Comparison

10,000 Steps vs My Run Stats

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

Head to head
About

10,000 Steps

This physical activity program helps you increase daily movement with evidence-based tools and resources. Track your progress, join challenges, and connect with others to achieve your fitness goals. It does not count steps directly but allows manual entry and syncing from other health apps.

Highlights
  • Add steps and activity minutes
  • Sync steps from Apple Health
  • View progress graphs and statistics
  • Access annual Public Leaderboard
  • Create personalized reminders
  • Connect with friends and family
  • Join Monthly Challenges
Features
Read full description

10,000 Steps is a physical activity program here to help you move more each day! Delivered by the Physical Activity Research Group at CQUniversity, the Program supports individuals, organisations and communities to incorporate more activity into daily living through evidence-based tools and resources also available at 10000steps.org.au. This mobile app does not count your steps. On this app, you can: · Add steps and minutes of activity · Sync steps from Apple Health · See progress towards your daily goal · View progress graphs and steps statistics · Access the annual Public Leaderboard · Create personalised reminders · Connect with friends and family · View Group progress and compare steps · View team Tournament progress · Join Monthly Challenges from around the world · Read evidence-based physical activity articles Additional tracker connections can be set up through Apple Health to integrate with the 10,000 Steps mobile app, more information is available at 10000steps.org.au/support. The Coordinator Hub, accessible at 10000steps.org.au, makes it easy to create Tournaments and manage team members, access team statistics and utilise Resources. If you need any support while using the 10,000 Steps app, please contact our team directly at 10000steps@cqu.edu.au. 10,000 Steps is proudly funded by the Queensland Government through Health and Wellbeing Queensland and Wellbeing SA, Government of SA.

About

My Run Stats

View all your run data, including cumulative split times, directly on your device. This app automatically syncs with Health to provide summaries and detailed analysis of your workouts without uploading private information.

Highlights
  • Automatic Health data sync
  • Detailed run analysis
  • Cumulative split times
  • Lifetime run statistics
  • Map of your run
  • Fastest race distance tracking
Read full description

Wanting an easy way to view all of your runs including cumulative split times without needing to upload your private data off your phone? My Run Stats automatically reads data from Health to give a summary of all of your runs and overall statistics recorded through the Workouts app. The app is built with privacy in mind, with no data transmitted off the device and no data saved within the app. Get a list of all of your runs from most recent first. See at a glance your distance, pace, date and time of run, time taken, temperature for the run and energy burned. Touch on any run to get further analysis including a map of your run, humidity, cadence and steps. You can also look at your kilometre or mile splits (including half marathon and marathon splits) with cumulative time at each split. Finally you also get some lifetime run stats including lifetime run steps, duration, pace and distance. See the furthest you have run and average run distance over all of your runs. Let the app find your fastest 5km, 10km, half marathon and marathon runs.

Screenshots

10,000 Steps4 screens
My Run Stats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 10,000 Steps at Free against My Run Stats's $1.99. 10,000 Steps also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 18 months). My Run Stats's advantage is review sentiment (40% vs 29%). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

10,000 Steps is free to download; My Run Stats costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for 10,000 Steps against 1.0 for My Run Stats. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of 10,000 Steps's written reviews are positive against 40% of My Run Stats's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

10,000 Steps ships an update every 2 months, My Run Stats every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
10,000 Steps versus My Run Stats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter10,000 StepsMy Run Stats
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews29.0% of reviews40.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 18 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCentral Queensland UniversityA Squared Enterprises Pty Ltd

Customer experience

10,000 Steps

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive29.0%
Neutral6.5%
Negative64.5%

My Run Stats

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

10,000 Steps

No in-app purchases

None

My Run Stats

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 10,000 Steps free?
10,000 Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Run Stats free?
My Run Stats costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 10,000 Steps or My Run Stats?
10,000 Steps and My Run Stats are both rated 1.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do 10,000 Steps or My Run Stats have ads?
Neither 10,000 Steps nor My Run Stats shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 10,000 Steps or My Run Stats?
10,000 Steps ships an update every 2 months, and My Run Stats every 18 months. Most recently, 10,000 Steps was updated on October 26, 2026 and My Run Stats on October 24, 2026.

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