Comparison

Step Counter vs StepsUp

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

Head to head
About

Step Counter

Track your daily walking activity, including steps taken, calories burned, distance covered, and time spent. This app uses your phone's accelerometer to conserve battery life and provides clear visual graphs of your progress. It's designed for anyone looking to monitor their fitness journey.

Highlights
  • Step tracking
  • Calorie counting
  • Distance monitoring
  • Time spent walking
  • Battery-efficient accelerometer use
  • Progress graphs
Features
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Step Counter - Pedometer - Calorie Counter is a free and professional app, your way to perfect health! Ideal for tracking your fitness progress! The advantage of this application is that it uses an accelerometer sensor instead of a GPS sensor, that way it prolongs the duration of your battery life. This easy to use Step Counter - Pedometer - Calorie Counter app records and displays not only the number of steps walked but also the number of calories burned, time spent walking and distance covered. All you have to do is push the play button and start walking! In the gym, on your home treadmill, or outside in the park, be conscious of your walking data anytime and anywhere. Let’s start walking!!! View graphs displaying the number of steps, calories burned, time, distance by touching on each icon respectively. For a precise number of calories burned, you will need to enter your height and weight values. If there is a mistake with the number of steps recorded, further sensitivity adjustments should be made. Thank you for taking the time to review our application.

About

StepsUp

This application acts as a pedometer, tracking your daily steps, calories burned, distance covered, and activity time. It helps you set and achieve fitness goals, offering motivation through progress tracking and the ability to share activities with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Set activity goals
  • Track steps, calories, distance
  • Monitor activity time
  • Progress visualization for motivation
  • Share activities with friends
Features
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StepsUp is a powerful and easy-to-use pedometer that tracks your activity and motivates you to achieve your goals. Features: - Set your goals - Track your activity, calculate your steps, calories, distance, activity time, etc. - The progress of the goal is completed to maintain your motivation. - Share activities with friends and family to inspire each other. - Let you set and achieve your goals step by step. HealthKit: StepsUp gets your activity data from Apple Health (HealthKit), we show it to you in a better form, we don't collect your data. StepsUp Privacy Policy: http://qwe19643.lofter.com/post/1feb267d_1c6a753d5

Screenshots

Step Counter3 screens
StepsUp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: StepsUp at none against Step Counter's shown. StepsUp also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 62%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Step Counter's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StepsUp holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StepsUp has 1K ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Step Counter's written reviews are positive against 93% of StepsUp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Step Counter ships an update every 4 days, StepsUp every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Step Counter versus StepsUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep CounterStepsUp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (42 ratings)4.8 (1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.1% of reviews92.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings421K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSDG CODE DOO NIS乐慧 胡

Customer experience

Step Counter

All ratings32 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive62.1%
Neutral10.6%
Negative27.3%

StepsUp

All ratings1,018 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.9%

Bugs and requests

Step Counter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

StepsUp

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Unable to view monthly step history
  • Inaccurate step counting when phone is not in use

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ad-free version
  • Monthly progress tracking
  • Ability to customize step length
  • Widget support

In-app purchases

None

Step Counter

No in-app purchases

None

StepsUp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Step Counter free?
Step Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StepsUp free?
StepsUp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Step Counter or StepsUp?
StepsUp is rated higher. Step Counter averages 4.5 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while StepsUp averages 4.8 from 1K ratings.
Do Step Counter or StepsUp have ads?
Step Counter shows ads; StepsUp does not.
Which is updated more often, Step Counter or StepsUp?
Step Counter ships an update every 4 days, and StepsUp every 3 weeks. Most recently, Step Counter was updated on October 21, 2026 and StepsUp on October 17, 2026.

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