Step Counter Widget vs Steply
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Step Counter Widget
This pedometer app automatically tracks your steps, exercise time, calories burned, and distance traveled. It minimizes power consumption by utilizing your iPhone's dedicated motion chip and offers unique mission and data comparison features. It also integrates with the Health App to read step and stair climb data.
- Automatic step counting
- Exercise time tracking
- Calorie expenditure calculation
- Distance traveled measurement
- Unique mission functions
- Past data comparison
- Health App integration
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It is simple but highly functional pedometer. MyCount automatically measures a variety of data such as the number of steps, exercise time, calorie expended, traveled distance, and the number of times it got up during the movement. Since data is read from a dedicated chip mounted on the iPhone, there is no need to keep the application running all the time, and it is designed to minimize power consumption. In terms of functions, we also offer fulfilling functions such as unique mission functions and past data comparison functions. +++ About cooperation with a Helth App +++ MyCount reads the following data from the Health App - The number of steps - Number of stairs climbed ・Terms of Use https://eeggs.jp/terms-of-use-en
Steply
This app tracks your daily steps, distance, and calories burned using your device's motion sensor. It integrates with Apple Health to import past records and allows you to set daily step goals. Connect with friends and receive motivational notifications to stay active.
- Step tracking without GPS
- Calorie and distance calculation
- Apple Health integration
- Daily step goal setting
- Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly stats
- Friend sharing and notifications
- Background operation with low battery drain
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Count your steps! Learn how many calories you burn! Calculate the distance of your walk! Welcome to the Steply! Steply is a free step counter app for your daily walking activity. This intelligent pedometer application has been developed for iPhone. Steply doesn't need GPS. It takes advantage of the ingenious Apple Motion Coprocessor that manages your motion data automatically in the background. So, this allows you to track your all-day walking activity without draining your battery and without wearing any health/fitness gadget! Researchers reveal that just by being more active you can also be healthier. Increasing your daily activity will also lend assistance to get you in better shape. Get information about your daily activities and set your step goals. To provide you with a complete overview of your wellness progress, Steply can import all your past step records from the Apple Health app. General Features *Instantly allows easy tracking of your steps *Records your hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly step values *Enables to integrate Apple Health *Allows setting your daily step goal *Correctly records your steps without the need for GPS *Provides the opportunity to track the distance covered and the calories burned along with your walk *Shows floors climbed *Makes it possible to connect with your friends and share your steps *Perpetually runs in the background with a very low battery drain *Motivates you to reach your daily goal by sending notifications *Shows your step count with app icon badge *Offers an opportunity to use iOS Today Widget for tracking your walk Not everyone finds the time for an extensive exercise routine. Just increasing your daily activity will get you to be healthier. Steply will motivate you to be more active wherever you are. All you have to do is set your goal and start walking. Steply never collects personal activity data stored internally and doesn't share any information with third-party platforms. If you have encountered a bug or got a suggestion email us at: support@viyatek.io Privacy Policy: https://viyatek.io/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://viyatek.io/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Step Counter Widget at 4.5 against Steply's 4.1. Step Counter Widget also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 33%) and ratings volume (301 vs 13). Steply's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Step Counter Widget sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Steply sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Step Counter Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Step Counter Widget has 301 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Step Counter Widget's written reviews are positive against 33% of Steply's.
Step Counter Widget ships an update every 3 months, Steply every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Step Counter Widget | Steply |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (301 ratings) — better | 4.1 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 301 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EasterEggs | Viyatek |
Customer experience
Step Counter Widget
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In-app purchases
Step Counter Widget
- Premium Plan$1.991 Month
Steply
- Weekly Subscription7 Days trial$1.997 Days
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