Quick Steps vs Cadence Sensor Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Steps
This app helps runners improve their stride rate to increase speed and reduce injury risk. It provides audio cues to guide your pace and tracks your running activity, even when in the background. Customize your target cadence for personalized training.
- Improve running cadence
- Audio step-sound cues
- Customizable target cadence
- Background activity tracking
- Run summary with average cadence
- Reduce injury risk
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Quick Steps is a fitness app to help improve your running cadence (steps per minute). 180 steps per minute has been recognised as the ideal running cadence. By increasing your cadence, you will be able to run faster and will be less prone to certain types of injury. The free version of Quick Steps defaults to a cadence of 180 steps per minute and will display your current cadence and activity time. It will also play a step-sound at 180 beats per minute to allow you to synchronise your cadence to 180. Through in-app purchase, you can change the target cadence to suit your needs. Using this feature, you can ease towards 180 steps per minute. If you put Quick Steps in the background the sound will continue to play, allowing you to add cadence training to your workout alongside other fitness apps. Quick Steps still tracks your activity, even in the background. At the end of your run, hold down the stop button to finish and show a summary of your activity, including an average cadence.
Cadence Sensor Connect
This app connects to your Bluetooth cadence sensor to display real-time RPMs with a large, easy-to-read interface. It's ideal for indoor cycling or outdoor rides, helping you maintain your cadence and improve fitness. A free version allows compatibility checks before purchase.
- Real-time cadence display
- Large, easy-to-read numbers
- Bluetooth sensor connectivity
- Indoor and outdoor cycling use
- Sensor compatibility testing
- Fitness improvement focus
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TRAIN & MAINTAIN Connect to your bluetooth cadence sensor for accurate, realtime display of your Cadence / RPMs. BIG DISPLAY Huge numbers allow you to concentrate on your energy and power .. give those eyes a rest from reading the tiny computer display. SCENIC RIDES Perfect for enjoying the scenic bike rides, whilst maintaining your cadence and improving your fitness. Put alongside the screen for accurate cadence data IN APP PURCHASE Cadence: Indoor Cycle Companion includes a limited free cycle, to allow you to ensure your Cadence Sensor is compatible. SENSOR COMPATIBILITY If you find your sensor is not compatible then please get in touch, it might just be a case of not knowing it exists. If your cadence sensor is Bluetooth ANT+ ready then we should be able to add it to the list of known sensors .. please get in touch. FEEDBACK We look forward to hearing from the community. For any feedback or improvement requests, please email admin@peakridge.co.uk
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cadence Sensor Connect at 50% against Quick Steps's 0%. Cadence Sensor Connect also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 13 months). Quick Steps's advantage is iOS requirement (10.3 vs 13.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Quick Steps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cadence Sensor Connect sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cadence Sensor Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Quick Steps's written reviews are positive against 50% of Cadence Sensor Connect's.
Quick Steps ships an update every 13 months, Cadence Sensor Connect every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Steps | Cadence Sensor Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (8 ratings) | 4.7 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Levy | Peak Ridge |
Customer experience
Quick Steps
Cadence Sensor Connect
In-app purchases
Quick Steps
- Change Target Cadence$0.99
Cadence Sensor Connect
- Remove Time Restriction$8.99
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