Comparison

Step counter & tracker Paceful vs Running Walking Tracker Goals

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

Head to head
About

Step counter & tracker Paceful

This app tracks your daily steps and guides you through mindful walking meditations. It offers over 70 audio meditations across various categories to help you stay motivated, improve your mental state, and support weight loss goals.

Highlights
  • Step tracking
  • Guided audio meditations
  • Weight loss support
  • Mindful walking guidance
  • HealthKit integration
  • Multiple meditation categories
Features
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Paceful is a walking and steps tracker that motivates and helps you take daily walks. With guided audio meditations that cover a wide range of growth categories Paceful brings you, literally, a breath of fresh air in your busy life by inspiring you to take daily mindful walks and guiding you along the way. Paceful has over 70 meditations, spread across many categories like: Mental Health, Family, Physical Health, Pets, Self Care, Self Esteem, and many more. With insightful intros and fun prompts that will guide you along your walk, Paceful will help you stay in the present moment, keep you motivated and make the most of your walks. Paceful - healthy body, happy mind. With Paceful you will lose weight while walking, stay in a better mindful state and improve happiness and overall state. Paceful receives health data from the Health app using HealthKit on your iPhone. Privacy Policy - https://twodoorgames.com/privacy-policy/ Terms Of Use - https://twodoorgames.com/terms-of-use-2/

About

Running Walking Tracker Goals

Track your running, walking, and biking activities to achieve fitness goals like weight loss or calorie counting. Monitor distance, speed, elevation, and calories burned with voice control and Apple Watch integration. Offers various activity types and customizable goals.

Highlights
  • Track distance, time, speed, elevation, calories
  • Voice control with Siri
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Set custom fitness goals
  • Analyze sports activities
  • Monthly activity summaries
  • Share fitness results
Features
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Ready to achieve your fitness goals? Improve your health and get in great shape with the free GOALS app. You want to lose weight or just count the calories you have burnt or the distance you have covered! Start today and track all your fitness activities (distance, time, speed, elevation, calories burned & more) - such as running, jogging, biking, nordic walking and mountain biking! It´s also fully optimized for the Apple Watch. By the way you can use your voice (Siri) to control your workout, isn´t that convenient? Tie your shoelaces, download the app and start tracking your fitness activities. WHAT IS YOUR DAILY GOAL? SELECT ONE OF OUR EXCLUSIVE GOALS: - Distance - Burned calories - Duration - Elevation - Steps SELECT YOUR FAVORITE ACTIVITY: - Running (Jogging) - Walking - Biking - Nordic Walking - Mountain Biking APP FEATURES & BENEFITS: - Start your workout with Siri (e.g. "Start a 1 mile run with Goals-Fitness") - Start a new or control an ongoing workout from the goals widget. - Listen to your favorite iTunes playlist while you’re doing your workout - Analyze your sports activities, find out how to improve your performance even further - Monthly summary of your activities and achievements - Create your own goals profile, make it your personal training and workout app - Share your fitness results, be the one how motivates the crowd ADDITIONAL BENEFITS FOR PREMIUM MEMBERS - Access to all available goals like calories burned & elevation - Real Voice Coach: Audio feedback on duration or distance - Real Voice Coach: Configurable parameters (speed, burned calories, …) - Advanced Statistics & Analysis - Training plans for running (beginner, 5k, 10k) - Training plans for walking, running for weight loss (interval trainings) - Create your own interval trainings (HIIT) & heart rate zone trainings - Heart rate and steps included during workout and in summary - Live charts: See your performance already during your workout - Live intervals: See how you perform on intervals - Use iPhone & Apple Watch for heart rate zone trainings - Heart rate notifications to notifiy you when to slow down (or speed up) - also on Apple Watch ON APPLE WATCH: - Start an activity directly from your wrist - Check your pulsrate during your workout - View details of your current activity in real time and control your workout from the wrist DOWNLOAD NOW > AND GET STARTED! What are you waiting for? Download the app now, set your goals and take your fitness to the next level! Goals is free. We provide a premium upgrade for more advanced functionalities. Following premium durations are available: 1 month for $7.99, 3 months for $19.99, 6 months and 1 year for $38.99 (Prices can vary slightly depending on the region). The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. If offered, this also applies to the free trial period. The payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase. You can manage your iTunes subscription in the App Store settings after purchase. Terms of Service: http://apptuitive.at/terms-goals-fitness-tracker/ Privacy Policy: http://apptuitive.at/privacy-policy-goals-fitness-tracker. Apple Health: Goals can integrate with the Apple Health App to read your heart rate and steps information or to write workouts. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

Step counter & tracker Paceful4 screens
Running Walking Tracker Goals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Running Walking Tracker Goals at none against Step counter & tracker Paceful's shown. Running Walking Tracker Goals also leads on ratings volume (107K vs 1) and chart position (#206 vs unranked). Step counter & tracker Paceful's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.5). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Step counter & tracker Paceful sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year and Running Walking Tracker Goals sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Step counter & tracker Paceful holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Running Walking Tracker Goals has 107K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Step counter & tracker Paceful ships an update every 5 weeks, Running Walking Tracker Goals monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Step counter & tracker Paceful versus Running Walking Tracker Goals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep counter & tracker PacefulRunning Walking Tracker Goals
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (107K ratings)
Positive reviews—77.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1107K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank—#206 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB53 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperTwoDoor GamesAK Apptuitive GmbH

Customer experience

Step counter & tracker Paceful

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

Running Walking Tracker Goals

All ratings107,191 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral2.3%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews1,654 reviews
Positive77.4%
Neutral7.0%
Negative15.7%

Bugs and requests

Step counter & tracker Paceful

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Running Walking Tracker Goals

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • GPS tracking issues leading to inaccurate distance/pace
  • Workouts not saving or syncing properly
  • App freezing or crashing during use

Requested features

4 requests
  • Treadmill workout tracking
  • Ability to connect with friends/community
  • More customization options for goals and metrics
  • Improved pause/resume functionality

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Step counter & tracker Paceful

Subscriptions1
  • Paceful Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Year
15 purchases

Running Walking Tracker Goals

Subscriptions15
  • 1 Month Premium Training plans7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • HIIT Interval Training Timer7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Walking for Weight Loss MVP 1M7 Days trial$7.991 Month
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  • Running for Weight Loss MVP 1M7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • 1 Month Premium1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • 1 Month Premium2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Walking for Weight Loss MVP 3M$19.993 Months
  • Premium$23.993 Months
  • 3 Months Premium$24.993 Months
  • 3 Months Premium3 Months trial$24.993 Months
  • 6 Months Premium$38.996 Months
  • Premium$44.991 Year
  • 1 Year Premium1 Year trial$44.991 Year
  • 1 Year Premium, Training plans$44.991 Year
  • 1 Year Premium7 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Step counter & tracker Paceful free?
Step counter & tracker Paceful is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Running Walking Tracker Goals free?
Running Walking Tracker Goals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Step counter & tracker Paceful or Running Walking Tracker Goals?
Step counter & tracker Paceful is rated higher. Step counter & tracker Paceful averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Running Walking Tracker Goals averages 4.8 from 107K ratings.
Do Step counter & tracker Paceful or Running Walking Tracker Goals have ads?
Step counter & tracker Paceful shows ads; Running Walking Tracker Goals does not.
Which is updated more often, Step counter & tracker Paceful or Running Walking Tracker Goals?
Step counter & tracker Paceful ships an update every 5 weeks, and Running Walking Tracker Goals monthly. Most recently, Step counter & tracker Paceful was updated on August 15, 2026 and Running Walking Tracker Goals on September 27, 2026.

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