Comparison

Pedometer Plus vs Steps for Watch

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

Head to head
About

Pedometer Plus

Track your daily steps with a simple and elegant pedometer designed for iPhone and Apple Watch. This app prioritizes your privacy by not collecting any personal data.

Highlights
  • Step tracking
  • iPhone compatibility
  • Apple Watch compatibility
  • Widget support
  • Complication support
  • Privacy-focused
Features
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A simple and beautiful pedometer for iPhone and Apple Watch. This application does not collect personal data.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Daily step tracking
  • Heart rate monitoring
  • Digital Crown for detailed analysis
  • Seven-day activity graph
  • Complication support
  • Personal step goals
Features
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Steps for Watch puts your steps and heart rate together in one clear chart, on iPhone and Apple Watch. See how today compares with your usual day, and where this pace takes you by the end of the day. Works on iPhone alone, too. Heart rate needs Apple Watch. No account, no ads, nothing uploaded. Today at a Glance • Steps toward your goal, and the steps expected by midnight • Steps and heart rate in one chart, or your steps next to your usual day • Today vs Usual: your running total against how a day like today usually goes • Heart rate through the day, with your resting rate • Distance and floors • Your whole day in detail, hour by hour All Your History (Steps Pro) • Week, Month, Year and All Time, with your goal days marked • Records: your best day, week and month, and your longest goal run • Any earlier day in full detail Trends and Patterns (Steps Pro) • Weekday Pattern: how each day of the week usually goes • When You Walk: your busiest hours and days • Long View: this year against last year, and the best day of every month • Compare any period with the one before or with last year Walking and Intensity (Steps Pro) • Walking speed, step length, distance and floors over time • Brisk minutes and steps per minute Heart Rate and Steps (Steps Pro, needs Apple Watch) • See how your heart rate moves with your steps • How it settles after a walk, and your walking heart rate month by month • Descriptive only, not a medical measurement A Goal That Fits • Set your daily steps goal • Goal Simulator (Steps Pro): try a goal against your last four weeks • Goal by Weekday (Steps Pro): a different goal for each day Widgets • The small Today widget is free • Every other widget is part of Steps Pro: Lock Screen, Medium, Large and StandBy Notifications • Goal Reached, Week Ready and a quiet Evening Summary at the time you choose • Local only, and off until you turn them on On Apple Watch • Steps and heart rate in one full-screen chart • Turn the Digital Crown to move through the day. Each bar shows its steps and average heart rate • A 7-day view with daily steps and heart rate averages • Your latest heart rate, and a daily goal you set on the watch • A complication with today's steps and goal progress • Runs on its own; the iPhone app is optional Free and Steps Pro Free: the whole Apple Watch app, the Today screen and today's details on iPhone, your daily goal, notifications and the small Today widget. Steps Pro adds all your history, Trends and Patterns, Walking and Intensity, Heart Rate and Steps, Goal Simulator, Goal by Weekday, every widget, themes and CSV export. Steps Pro is available as a yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, a monthly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Steps for Watch reads your activity from Health, only with your permission. Your data stays on your devices and is never sent to us or anyone else. No account, no ads. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sydvesti.com/privacy-policy Questions or ideas? contact@sydvesti.com

Screenshots

Pedometer Plus3 screens
Steps for Watch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Steps for Watch at Free against Pedometer Plus's $0.49. Steps for Watch also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 52%). Pedometer Plus's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Steps for Watch is free to download; Pedometer Plus costs $0.49 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pedometer Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pedometer Plus has 921 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 52% of Pedometer Plus's written reviews are positive against 75% of Steps for Watch's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pedometer Plus ships an update every 5 weeks, Steps for Watch every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Pedometer Plus versus Steps for Watch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPedometer PlusSteps for Watch
Price$0.49Free — better
Rating4.6 (921 ratings) — better3.6 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews51.6% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings921 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#90 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB11 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMartin RoederSydvesti Oy

Customer experience

Pedometer Plus

All ratings922 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive51.6%
Neutral16.5%
Negative31.9%

Steps for Watch

All ratings20 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative18.8%

Bugs and requests

Pedometer Plus

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Discrepancy between phone and watch step counts
  • App stops updating after certain updates
  • Incompatibility with newer devices/OS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add color customization options
  • Provide more detailed weekly/monthly stats
  • Allow adjusting step goals
  • Improve Apple Watch complication

Steps for Watch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pedometer Plus

No in-app purchases

None

Steps for Watch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pedometer Plus free?
Pedometer Plus costs $0.49, with no in-app purchases.
Is Steps for Watch free?
Steps for Watch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pedometer Plus or Steps for Watch?
Pedometer Plus is rated higher. Pedometer Plus averages 4.6 out of 5 from 921 ratings, while Steps for Watch averages 3.6 from 20 ratings.
Do Pedometer Plus or Steps for Watch have ads?
Neither Pedometer Plus nor Steps for Watch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pedometer Plus or Steps for Watch?
Pedometer Plus ships an update every 5 weeks, and Steps for Watch every 7 months. Most recently, Pedometer Plus was updated on November 2, 2026 and Steps for Watch on November 3, 2026.

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