Comparison

Step Counter vs Sun Ring

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

Sun Ring

This app encourages daily sun exposure by using a familiar ring-closing mechanic. Users can customize their daily goals and track progress with watch face complications and notifications. Review historical data to maintain streaks and stay motivated to enjoy the outdoors.

Highlights
  • Gamified daily sun exposure tracking
  • Customizable daily sun exposure goals
  • Adjustable 'direct sunlight' lux value
  • Watch face widgets and complications
  • Goal completion notifications
  • Daily progress history and streak tracking
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Sun Ring gamifies daily sun exposure in a format Apple Watch owners will find very familiar: closing a ring. Easily glance at your progress for the day and motivate yourself to go outside to reach your goal. CUSTOMIZABLE THRESHOLDS Set how many minutes you'd like to be in the sun each day, and motivate yourself to enjoy the outdoors. Change what Sun Ring considers as "direct sunlight" by adjusting the minimum lux value your Apple Watch counts towards your goal. WIDGETS/COMPLICATIONS Easily view and keep track of your daily progress right from your watch face. Watch your Sun Ring close throughout the day and inch closer toward your goal. NOTIFICATIONS Never miss out on reaching your goal by turning on Goal Completion notifications. Your Apple Watch will send you a celebratory notification when you have reached or surpassed your daily sun exposure goal. HISTORY Remain motivated by looking at the progress you've made over the past few days and keep your streak alive! Easily see which days you fell short or exceeded your goal and closed your ring. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Step Counter3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sun Ring at 5.0 against Step Counter's 4.4. Sun Ring also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Step Counter's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). 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

Sun Ring holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Step Counter has 32 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Step Counter versus Sun Ring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep CounterSun Ring
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (32 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings32 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSDG CODE DOO NISAaron Taylor

Customer experience

Step Counter

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

Sun Ring

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Step Counter

No in-app purchases

None

Sun Ring

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Step Counter free?
Step Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sun Ring free?
Sun Ring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Step Counter or Sun Ring?
Sun Ring is rated higher. Step Counter averages 4.4 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Sun Ring averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Step Counter or Sun Ring have ads?
Step Counter shows ads; Sun Ring does not.

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