Comparison

StepCard vs Watch Your Steps

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

StepCard

This app displays your daily step count directly on your Apple Watch face. Track progress towards your goal with visual indicators and review your recent step history.

Highlights
  • Daily step tracking complication
  • Configurable display (steps, percentage, combined)
  • Daily step goal achievement grading
  • Recent daily step history
  • 7-day rolling average
Features
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StepCard is an Apple Watch complication to track the number of steps per day. Hit your goal each day and get a perfect grade of A+! Configure the complication to display total steps, percentage of a daily step goal or a combination of both where the number represents steps and the ring represents percentage to of goal. View a recent daily history of your steps as well as a rolling 7 day average.

About

Watch Your Steps

This app displays your daily step count and goal progress on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Track your activity with customizable widgets and view historical data with hourly charts. It integrates with Apple Health for seamless step tracking.

Highlights
  • Step count and goal progress on watch face
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Customizable daily step goals
  • 30 days of historical step data
  • Live Activity progress
  • Shortcuts and Siri integration
Features
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Watch Your Steps keeps your daily steps and goal progress visible across your iPhone and Apple Watch—from your watch face and Home Screen to the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Set a daily step goal that works for you, choose from personalized suggestions based on your recent activity, and follow your progress throughout the day. Browse up to 30 days of step history, including hourly activity charts that show when you moved most. Features: • Apple Watch app with today’s steps, goal progress, steps remaining, and Health status • Apple Watch complications for step count and visual goal progress • Home Screen widgets for steps, goal progress, steps remaining, percentage complete, and seven-day trends • Lock Screen widgets in inline, circular, and rectangular layouts • Themed progress widgets with eight styles, including Retro Sunset, Neon Grid, Vaporwave, Arcade, and Ocean • Custom daily goals with personalized suggestions based on recent activity • Thirty days of historical step data with hourly activity charts • Automatic Goal Sprint Live Activities when you reach 75% of your goal • Live Activity progress on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Shortcuts and Siri actions for checking steps, setting your goal, and refreshing widgets • Simple setup and goal syncing between iPhone and Apple Watch Watch Your Steps reads step data from Apple Health only to calculate and display your totals and goal progress. There are no accounts, no social feeds, and no clutter; just a clear, motivating view of your steps wherever you’re most likely to see it.

Screenshots

StepCard4 screens
Watch Your Steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Watch Your Steps at 5.0 against StepCard's 3.9. Watch Your Steps also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). StepCard's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 5) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. StepCard sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Watch Your Steps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Watch Your Steps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StepCard has 29 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StepCard ships an update every 3 months, Watch Your Steps every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
StepCard versus Watch Your Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepCardWatch Your Steps
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (29 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings29 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScott BowlingCody Kerns

Customer experience

StepCard

All ratings29 ratings
Positive69.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative24.1%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral9.7%
Negative19.4%

Watch Your Steps

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

StepCard

One-time5
  • Baby Steps Tip$0.99
  • 5k Tip$1.99
  • Half Marathon Tip$4.99
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  • Marathon Tip$9.99
  • Ultra Marathon Tip$19.99
None

Watch Your Steps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StepCard free?
StepCard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Watch Your Steps free?
Watch Your Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StepCard or Watch Your Steps?
Watch Your Steps is rated higher. StepCard averages 3.9 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Watch Your Steps averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do StepCard or Watch Your Steps have ads?
Neither StepCard nor Watch Your Steps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StepCard or Watch Your Steps?
StepCard ships an update every 3 months, and Watch Your Steps every 3 days. Most recently, StepCard was updated on October 24, 2026 and Watch Your Steps on October 24, 2026.

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