Comparison

Step counter & tracker Paceful vs HeartFan

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

HeartFan

Features
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Control your homekit devices during a workout. HeartFan allows you to control your fans and lights within your house based on your heart rate. This can be especially useful for indoor sports where you want your fan to go up when you start sweating. Also controlling the light when reaching your limits gives you an immersive extra motivation. Simply add the accessories, press start and go! The following services and data is accessed by the app: HealthKit: • Read Resting Heart rate (Optional, by default 60, used as minimum default control value 0%) • Read Date of Birth (Optional, by default 30, calculates the maximum heart rate based on your age, used as maximum control value 100%) • Read Heart rate (To read heart rate during the workout and control your HomeKit accessories between your min and max control value) • Read/Write Workout (To start a workout) HomeKit: • Control fans that have dynamic speed enabled. • Control lights that have brightness enabled.

Screenshots

Step counter & tracker Paceful4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HeartFan at none against Step counter & tracker Paceful's 1. HeartFan also leads on ads (none vs shown). Step counter & tracker Paceful's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 21 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. HeartFan asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Step counter & tracker Paceful ships an update every 5 weeks, HeartFan every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Step counter & tracker Paceful versus HeartFan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep counter & tracker PacefulHeartFan
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 21 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTwoDoor GamesThom Ritterfeld

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Step counter & tracker Paceful

Subscriptions1
  • Paceful Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

HeartFan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Step counter & tracker Paceful free?
Step counter & tracker Paceful is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HeartFan free?
HeartFan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Step counter & tracker Paceful or HeartFan have ads?
Step counter & tracker Paceful shows ads; HeartFan does not.
Which is updated more often, Step counter & tracker Paceful or HeartFan?
Step counter & tracker Paceful ships an update every 5 weeks, and HeartFan every 21 months. Most recently, Step counter & tracker Paceful was updated on October 23, 2026 and HeartFan on October 27, 2026.

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