Comparison

Activity Glance vs Step Progress

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

Head to head
About

Activity Glance

This app displays your Apple Watch activity data from the Health app with large, easy-to-read numbers. It can also prevent your iPhone from automatically locking while you're exercising.

Highlights
  • View Apple Watch activity data
  • Large, easy-to-read numbers
  • Track move, exercise, and stand progress
  • Prevents iPhone auto-lock
  • Power-saving black background
Features
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A handy app for checking your Apple Watch activity at a glance. • Activity Glance gathers your Apple Watch activity data from the Health app • Has large, easy-to-read numbers that let you track your Apple Watch move, exercise, and stand progress. • While Activity Glance is active, it prevents your iPhone from automatically locking, making it a great companion app while working out on a treadmill or other stationary exercise machine. • The background is pure black, which saves power and looks especially great on the iPhone X.

About

Step Progress

See your daily step count and progress towards your goal directly on your watch face. Customize complications to stay motivated with a clear view of your activity.

Highlights
  • View step count at a glance
  • Circular and rectangular complications
  • Set daily step goals
  • Integrates with Apple Health
  • Apple Watch exclusive
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Step Progress puts your daily steps and goal progress directly on your watch face. Choose a circular or rectangular complication and instantly see how far you’ve walked today. Set a daily step goal that resets each morning to keep you motivated. Features • View today’s step count at a glance • Circular & rectangular complications • Set a daily step goal • Uses step data from Apple Health on Apple Watch Step Progress is simple, fast, and designed for Apple Watch only.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Activity Glance at 3.6 against Step Progress's 1.0. Activity Glance also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.3 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

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

Activity Glance holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Activity Glance has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Activity Glance versus Step Progress: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActivity GlanceStep Progress
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (13 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS11.3 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKyle CroninJoseph Grainger

In-app purchases

None

Activity Glance

No in-app purchases

None

Step Progress

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Activity Glance free?
Activity Glance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Step Progress free?
Step Progress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Activity Glance or Step Progress?
Activity Glance is rated higher. Activity Glance averages 3.6 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Step Progress averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Activity Glance or Step Progress have ads?
Neither Activity Glance nor Step Progress shows ads.

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