wHealth Dashboard vs Steps for Watch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
wHealth Dashboard
Monitor over 100 health metrics with clear graphs, trends, and goals. This app works independently or as a companion to Apple Health, offering customizable dashboards and widgets for iPhone and Apple Watch.
- Track 100+ health data points
- Customizable graphs and widgets
- Apple Health integration
- Goal setting and progress tracking
- Data export to CSV
- Workout performance and recovery tracking
- Sleep session monitoring
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Want to get the most out of your health data? wHealth is designed for that! Track more than 100 health data types with clear, concise charts, trends, goals, progress and statistics, helping you better understand how your health evolves over time. wHealth works completely independently on your iPhone, without requiring an Apple Watch. It is an excellent companion to the Apple Health app. For Apple Watch users, wHealth also lets you access your data directly from your wrist. With a full year of historical data and a wide range of charts, explore your health data over different time periods and easily compare your values over time. Use iPhone and Apple Watch widgets to view the data that matters to you directly from your Home Screen, Lock Screen and watch faces. Highly customizable, the app lets you configure each chart to suit your preferences, track your personal goals, compare your current values with previous data, share your results with your doctor, export your data to CSV files, and much more. Adding new data points is quick and easy, whether you want to record hydration, weight, blood pressure or any other type of data supported by wHealth. KEY FEATURES iPhone and Apple Watch: * Customize the data you want to display and its order. * Choose from 30 colors and 8 chart types, with many customization options. * Set personal goals and view your progress directly on your charts. * For certain data types, wHealth can automatically suggest a personalized reference value based on your age and sex. * Add new data points in just a few seconds. * Set notifications to help you reach your goals or alert you when certain values exceed the thresholds you define. * Track your workout performance and recovery directly from your iPhone or Apple Watch. * Explore your sleep sessions with detailed statistics. * Manage many health data types, with up to 50 displayed directly on your Apple Watch dashboard. * Enjoy numerous widgets on the Home Screen and Lock Screen. * Get full support for Apple Watch complications. iPhone only: * Replay your outdoor workouts on an animated map showing your route and performance. * Compare your current values with previous data across different time periods or on specific dates. * Create customized graphical reports from your data. (Requires the “Report Creation” in-app purchase.) * Share your health reports with your doctor or your performance reports with friends. * Export your data to CSV files. HEALTH DATA Most of the data displayed by wHealth comes from the Apple Health (HealthKit) database on your iPhone. wHealth also supports certain data that are not yet available in HealthKit. This data is automatically synchronized between your devices. PRIVACY Like any iOS app using HealthKit, wHealth requires your permission to access your health data. Read access is required to display your data in the dashboard. Write access allows you to add new data points. Your HealthKit data remains in the HealthKit database and is not transmitted anywhere else. Cached data is stored locally on your devices (iPhone and Apple Watch) to speed up dashboard display. It is automatically deleted when the app is uninstalled. wHealth, your everyday companion for exploring and understanding your health data.
Steps for Watch
This app tracks your daily steps and heart rate directly on your Apple Watch. It offers detailed daily step analysis, a seven-day graph of your activity, and the ability to set personal step goals. All data is stored locally on your device for privacy.
- Daily step tracking
- Heart rate monitoring
- Digital Crown for detailed analysis
- Seven-day activity graph
- Complication support
- Personal step goals
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Track your Steps and Heart Rate in this standalone app for Apple Watch Key features: -Daily steps -Use the Digital Crown to examine daily steps in detail and compare your steps activity to heart rate measurements during the selected time period -Seven day graph with daily steps and heart rate averages -Complication with daily steps -Set your personal daily steps goal -In app tutorial (open menu by firmly pressing the screen) Privacy: Steps for Watch needs read access to Motion & Fitness Activity and Heart Rate data. Information read by Steps for Watch is only stored and used locally on your Apple Watch. If you have any questions please contact us at contact@sydvesti.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Steps for Watch at Free against wHealth Dashboard's $7.99. Steps for Watch also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). wHealth Dashboard's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 35 months). On 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
Steps for Watch is free to download; wHealth Dashboard costs $7.99 up front. wHealth Dashboard sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Steps for Watch asks for nothing beyond the download.
wHealth Dashboard holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 73 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of wHealth Dashboard's written reviews are positive against 73% of Steps for Watch's.
wHealth Dashboard ships an update every 3 weeks, Steps for Watch every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | wHealth Dashboard | Steps for Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (73 ratings) — better | 3.6 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.2% of reviews — better | 73.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 73 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jean-Philippe Reynaud | Sydvesti Oy |
Customer experience
wHealth Dashboard
Steps for Watch
Bugs and requests
wHealth Dashboard
Reported bugs
15 issues- Water intake data entry not working on Apple Watch Ultra 2
- Statistics panel appearing instead of data input panel
- App not displaying data on dashboard after setup
- Watch complications showing incorrect data compared to phone
- Blood pressure data misalignment on watch
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- Update notification appearing repeatedly despite latest version installed
- Today's data not displaying in dashboard after recent update
- Widget not reflecting dashboard customizations
- Watch app showing no data despite iPhone app configured
- Complication data not syncing with phone data
- App crashes on launch
- Data loss after app updates
- Complications not appearing on watch face after reset
- BMI and other metrics not displaying correctly
- App freezing or unresponsive behavior
Requested features
20 requests- iPad version with landscape orientation support
- Standard deviation bands on trend graphs
- Correlation analysis between different health metrics
- Ability to edit workout names and add workout notes
- Stress monitoring feature
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- Insulin tracking metric
- Bedtime and wake time visualization on graphs
- Cholesterol tracking from food intake
- Elevation/altitude data from GPS workouts
- Data export to JSON/CSV format
- Goal display on dashboard
- Automatic watch face refresh/complication updates
- Keyboard input for manual sleep duration entry
- Potassium tracking metric
- Turkish language support
- Workout frequency tracking (workouts per week/month)
- Higher input limits for certain metrics
- Simplified quick-glance view for casual users
- 7-day and 21-day trend lines for yearly view
- Walking asymmetry and daylight time metrics
Steps for Watch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
wHealth Dashboard
- Reports creation$2.99
- VIP$5.99
Steps for Watch
No in-app purchases
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