StepsMeter vs Steps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StepsMeter
Track your daily steps and visualize your progress with detailed statistics and activity rings. Set personal goals and monitor your trends over time. Integrates with Apple Health for automatic tracking.
- Real-time step tracking
- Detailed statistics and trend charts
- Daily activity rings (steps, distance, calories)
- Goal setting and progress monitoring
- Apple Health integration
- iPhone and Apple Watch support
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StepsMeter helps you turn daily walking into visible progress. Track your steps in real time, explore detailed statistics, and reach your personal goal — all in a clean, tab-based layout. Overview Your daily activity ring shows step count, distance, floors, and calories at a glance. A trend chart with daily averages keeps you informed about your recent activity. Statistics Dive deeper with weekly comparisons, active day tracking, trend overviews, weekday patterns, personal bests, goal streaks, monthly progress heatmaps, and all-time totals. History Review your step data by week, month, or year — with charts, summaries, and detailed breakdowns. More Features - Estimated time to reach your daily goal based on your walking pace - Monthly progress levels to keep you motivated - Apple Health integration for automatic step tracking - iPhone and Apple Watch support - 34 languages supported StepsMeter is designed to be simple, focused, and motivating for everyday use.
Steps
This app offers a beautiful and comprehensive way to track your daily steps, distance, calories, and active minutes. It provides detailed charts, goal setting, and motivational features to keep you moving. You can also track outdoor workouts with GPS and compete with friends.
- Live step count with progress ring
- GPS outdoor workout tracking
- Streaks, goals, and personal bests
- Weekly and monthly trend charts
- Social leaderboards and challenges
- Customizable themes and widgets
- Apple Health and Apple Watch integration
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Steps is the cleanest, most beautiful step tracker for iPhone. Whether you're working toward 10,000 steps a day or training for a marathon, Steps keeps you motivated with real-time data, stunning charts, and social competition. DAILY TRACKING • Live step count with animated progress ring • Distance, calories, active minutes & floors climbed • Hourly breakdown chart — see exactly when you were active • Automatic sync with Apple Health STREAKS & GOALS • Set your own daily step goal • Build and protect day streaks • Personal best detection with confetti celebration • Motivational messages that adapt to your progress TRENDS & HISTORY • Weekly and monthly charts with goal markers • Full calendar history — tap any day for hourly detail • Monthly and weekly recap cards GPS WORKOUTS • Track outdoor walks, runs, cycling, hiking & trail runs • Live route map with pace, splits & elevation • Auto-pause, voice coach & detailed post-workout summary FRIENDS & CHALLENGES • Leaderboard — compare steps with friends daily, weekly or monthly • Send challenges and nudges to keep each other moving • XP levels and achievement badges BEAUTIFUL & CUSTOMISABLE • 5 accent colour themes • Light, dark & automatic appearance • Home screen and Lock Screen widgets • Apple Watch companion app Steps respects your privacy. All health data stays on your device and is only shared with Apple Health.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Steps at 5.0 against StepsMeter's 4.6. Steps also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). StepsMeter's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (16 vs 1). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Steps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StepsMeter has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
StepsMeter ships an update every 6 days, Steps every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StepsMeter | Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Steffen Mayer | Dejvi Kacollja |
In-app purchases
StepsMeter
No in-app purchases
Steps
No in-app purchases









