Comparison

Step counter & tracker Paceful vs Steps Tracker

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

Steps Tracker

This app helps you track your daily steps, analyze your progress through calories, distance, and time, and monitor your weight loss journey. It also offers weather predictions and GPS services for outdoor walks, with optional friend tracking for safety.

Highlights
  • Step tracking
  • Calorie analysis
  • Distance and time tracking
  • BMI calculation
  • Weight loss goals
  • Weather prediction
  • GPS tracking
  • Friend tracking notifications
Features
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Introducing the best walking app specially designed for weight loss! Set your own goals, track your exercise and check your progress everyday. Count your daily steps and analyse them through calories, distance and time. ¯ Check your BMI in the app and set your goal to lose weight faster. You can get the weather prediction and GPS services if you want to go out for the walk and you can also send notification to your friends and they can track you! So, tie up your shoes and start walking to get back in shape with best walking app ever! Subscription Details: • Auto-renewal (Yearly $39.99 and Monthly $9.99 and Weekly $4.99 with 3 day free trial) • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can turn of the auto-renew subscription from iPhone setting • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Walking app adds the great features above and are available through an auto-renewing subscription. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of your current subscription, and you can cancel a subscription during the active period. You can manage your subscription at any time, either by viewing your account in iTunes from your Mac or PC, or Account Settings on your device after purchase. • Privacy Policy: http://walkingappfree.com/privacy-policy.html • Terms of use: http://walkingappfree.com/terms-of-use.html

Screenshots

Step counter & tracker Paceful4 screens
Steps Tracker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Step counter & tracker Paceful at 5.0 against Steps Tracker's 4.4. Step counter & tracker Paceful also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Steps Tracker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (2.3K vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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. Step counter & tracker Paceful sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year and Steps Tracker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. 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 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps Tracker has 2.3K 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, Steps Tracker weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Step counter & tracker Paceful versus Steps Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep counter & tracker PacefulSteps Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.4 (2.3K ratings)
Positive reviews—69.3% of reviews
Number of ratings12.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTwoDoor GamesTop Fun Apps LLC

Customer experience

Step counter & tracker Paceful

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

Steps Tracker

All ratings2,307 ratings
Positive84.7%
Neutral6.3%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews202 reviews
Positive69.3%
Neutral6.4%
Negative24.3%

Bugs and requests

Step counter & tracker Paceful

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Steps Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App not opening or loading
  • Incorrect distance and calorie tracking
  • Profile settings not saving properly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to track daily/weekly progress
  • Option to switch between metric and imperial units
  • More customization options for goals and tracking

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Step counter & tracker Paceful

Subscriptions1
  • Paceful Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Year
5 purchases

Steps Tracker

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Walking tracker monthly pack3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Walking tracker weekly pack3 Days trial$9.997 Days
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  • Walking tracker yearly pack3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Walking tracker Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Step counter & tracker Paceful free?
Step counter & tracker Paceful is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Steps Tracker free?
Steps Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Step counter & tracker Paceful or Steps Tracker?
Step counter & tracker Paceful is rated higher. Step counter & tracker Paceful averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Steps Tracker averages 4.4 from 2.3K ratings.
Do Step counter & tracker Paceful or Steps Tracker have ads?
Step counter & tracker Paceful shows ads; Steps Tracker does not.
Which is updated more often, Step counter & tracker Paceful or Steps Tracker?
Step counter & tracker Paceful ships an update every 5 weeks, and Steps Tracker weekly. Most recently, Step counter & tracker Paceful was updated on August 15, 2026 and Steps Tracker on September 22, 2026.

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