Pedometer Plus vs Steps for Watch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Step tracking
- iPhone compatibility
- Apple Watch compatibility
- Widget support
- Complication support
- Privacy-focused
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A simple and beautiful pedometer for iPhone and Apple Watch. This application does not collect personal 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 Pedometer Plus's $0.49. Steps for Watch also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 52%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). Pedometer Plus's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 35 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
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.
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 922 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 73% of Steps for Watch's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pedometer Plus ships an update every 5 weeks, Steps for Watch every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pedometer Plus | Steps for Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.49 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (922 ratings) — better | 3.6 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.6% of reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 922 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #153 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Roeder | Sydvesti Oy |
Customer experience
Pedometer Plus
Steps for Watch
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
Pedometer Plus
No in-app purchases
Steps for Watch
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pedometer Plus free?
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