Moves Lite vs Moves +
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Moves Lite
This app automatically tracks your daily activities and exercise, including steps, distance, time, and calories burned. It operates lightly, consuming minimal battery, and allows you to view your movement routes on a map. Receive daily health status notifications to support a healthier lifestyle.
- Automatic activity tracking
- Low battery consumption
- Route mapping
- Step, distance, time, and calorie tracking
- Daily health status notifications
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Moves Lite is the pedometer that automatically tracks your everyday life and exercise. Because it is simple, it operates lightly and consumes almost no batteries. Since you can check the daily health status with notifications, it will help you to create your healthy lifestyle. [Features] - Just carry your iPhone or iPad, it automatically tracks activity. - If the application is suspended, it will automatically continue tracking. - You can check the route that you moved on the map. - Because it has no unnecessary function, it consumes almost no battery. [How to use] When you first start up, you will be asked for permission to access the activity sensor and location data, so please allow. Tracking starts automatically after launching. On the main screen you can check the activities of today. On the calendar screen, you can check past activity. On the map screen, you can check the route you moved. [Tracking activities] - Number of steps - Activity distance (meters, miles) - Activity time - Calories consumed
Moves +
This app tracks your physical activity and rewards you with points for actions like running, walking, cycling, and swimming. Connect your existing fitness trackers to earn rewards such as coffee, clothing, and gym passes. Participate in challenges, earn badges, and compete with friends to stay motivated.
- Activity tracking and rewards
- Connects with popular fitness trackers
- Redeem points for rewards
- Activity challenges
- Earn badges for milestones
- Create and join groups
- Monthly leaderboard
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Get rewarded for your activity with the Moves+ app! Moves+ is an app that tracks and rewards you for the activity you do. Simply attach your tracking app or wearable device to your Moves+ account. Moves+ connects with the following trackers: - Apple Health - Garmin - Withings Health Mate App - Fitbit - Strava Rewards Build up points when you log running, walking, cycling and swimming activities. Exchange your points for a host of rewards including coffees, clothing and free gym passes! Challenges Compete in activity challenges to push yourself further and earn bonus points and prizes when you complete them. Badges Earn badges every time you achieve milestones in the app. Groups Stay social on Moves+ and create groups with your friends and set yourself some group goals to achieve together. Leaderboard See how you are doing compared to your friends by checking the monthly leaderboard. Will you be at the top this month?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Moves + at none against Moves Lite's 1. Moves + also leads on ads (none vs shown). Moves Lite's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and review sentiment 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. Moves Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Moves + asks for nothing beyond the download.
Moves Lite ships an update every 8 days, Moves + every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Moves Lite | Moves + |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (418 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 21.0% of reviews | 21.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 418 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hayato Shimizu | OpenPlay |
Customer experience
Moves Lite
Moves +
User reviews
Moves Lite
From 418 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 💡 Good replacement for the old Moves app
- 🚀 Lightweight and doesn't drain battery
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inaccurate tracking of steps, distance, and activities
- 🔍 Inconsistent location tracking and mapping
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🔍 Missing features from the old Moves app
Moves +
From App Store reviewsWhat we love
- 🎯 Motivating challenges and rewards system
- 🏆 Incentivizes daily physical activity
- 💰 Free rewards and redeemable points
- 👥 Social competition with friends
- ⚡ Works well when functioning properly
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent syncing failures with fitness trackers
- 📉 Inaccurate step counting and activity recording
- 💔 Data loss and points disappearing
- 🔄 Requires daily app opening to sync properly
- 😤 Poor customer support and unresponsive team
Bugs and requests
Moves Lite
Reported bugs
3 issues- Loses historical data
- Fails to track activity unless the app is open
- Misidentifies activities (e.g. cycling as driving)
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to edit tracked activities and locations
- Support for more activity types (cycling, running, etc.)
- Improved data export and sync options
- Better integration with Apple Health and other fitness apps
Moves +
Reported bugs
14 issues- Steps not syncing from Apple Health
- Fitbit integration broken after recent updates
- Garmin Connect sync failures
- App crashes on launch
- Login verification emails not received
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- Password reset emails not arriving
- Activities only counting if app opened daily
- Missing entire days of activity data
- Points not updating to challenges despite completion
- Inaccurate step conversion to points
- Only recording one activity per day
- Vouchers not loading or appearing
- App freezing during update downloads
- Challenge bonuses not awarded to all users
Requested features
8 requests- Support for additional fitness trackers (Garmin, Polar, Oura)
- Bring back t-shirt and merchandise rewards
- Monthly gym membership reward tier
- Manual sync button for on-demand updates
- Allow challenge sign-up anytime, not just start of period
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- Support for gym workouts tracking
- Faster email verification process
- Better reward inventory management
In-app purchases
Moves Lite
- Remove Ads$2.99
Moves +
No in-app purchases









