StepWorld vs Pedora
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StepWorld
Track your daily, weekly, and monthly step counts with a simple and easy-to-browse design. Share your progress with friends and family, and compete on global leaderboards to stay motivated and active.
- Daily, weekly, monthly step tracking
- Social sharing with friends and family
- Global and daily leaderboards
- Country representation in global challenges
- Integration with Apple Health data
- Displays walking distance and active calories
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Turn every step into a friendly competition. StepWorld counts your steps automatically using Apple Health, then shows how you rank against friends, family, and walkers around the world. No workouts to start, no complicated setup. Just walk. WALK TOGETHER, RANK TOGETHER • Daily and monthly leaderboards to see where you stand • Add friends and family and share your progress • Global country challenge: help your country climb the world board ALL YOUR STEPS IN ONE PLACE • Daily, weekly, and monthly step totals • Walking distance and active calories • Works with Apple Watch and iPhone data through Apple Health SIMPLE BY DESIGN A clean, easy-to-read layout shows your numbers at a glance. Free to use. Download StepWorld and see how far your steps can take you. StepWorld reads step data from Apple Health with your permission. It is not a medical device.
Pedora
This app automatically adjusts your daily walking goals based on your recent activity, allowing for gradual increases or fixed targets. It tracks various health metrics and offers friendly competition with friends. Visualize your progress with charts and widgets.
- Automatic goal adjustment
- Customizable fixed goals
- Activity tracking (steps, distance, calories, etc.)
- Progress charts and statistics
- Friendly walking competitions
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Apple Watch integration
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You just set the improvement rate and Pedora will increase your walking goals little by little everyday. Pedora will intelligently adjust your goals as you go using your previous 7 days average. Maybe now it's spring and you feel like to go out and walk more? No problem. You can change your improvement rate higher and you're all set! Pedora will update your walking goals automatically from now on. Or maybe you're facing a plateau and just want to maintain your goals? No problem. You can change it to custom fixed goals and you're all set! Pedora will not touch your walking goals from now on. Walking can be more fun when its goal is achievable. Achieve you goals everyday with Pedora, and have a healthy life! ** Pedora includes ** 6 Activity Items - Steps - Distance - Duration - Calories - Floors - Heart Rate (can be tracked using Apple Watch or other smart bands) 2 Goal-Tracking Modes - Automatic Goals: Today's goals are tracked automatically based on previous 7 days average - Custom Goals: Custom Goals can be set and changed manually for today and any previous days. - Goal progresses are presented beautifully in a ring and bar charts 7 Period Charts - Day - 7 Days - Week - Weeks - Month - Year - Years Period Statistics - Totals - Averages - Trends Data Source - iPhone: updates in real time using iPhone motion sensor - All including Apple Watch: Update can be slower as the data are synced and merged with other sources including Apple Watch Friendly Walking Competition - Walking together is more fun - Compete for the weekly step counts with friends and loved ones - Motivate each other and achieve goals together - No 3rd party user registration or login is required - Send your invitation to any iCloud contact via Messages or Mail Home Screen Widgets - One activity on a small-sized widget - All activities on a medium-sized widget Lock Screen Widgets for iOS 16 and up - 2 types of lock screen widgets: Rectangular and Circular - Select activity (steps, distance, duration, calories, floors, heart rate) to show by tapping each widget while adding widget Apple Watch - Various watch complications - Independent Apple Watch app to track today's goal progress Notifications - Daily Steps Goal Progress - Friendly Steps Competition Rank Change - Friendly Steps Competition Weekly Winning Units - Can switch between Imperial and Metric Units Dark & Light Mode - Supports Dark & Light mode or System setting of your iPhone ** Health app integration ** Pedora integrates with the Health app in order to display health data collected by connected devices including Apple Watch. ** Data Privacy ** Your health data stays in your iPhone and Apple's eco system, and they will not be shared with any 3rd parties.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pedora at 65% against StepWorld's 0%. Pedora also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (56 vs 2). StepWorld's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price and in-app purchases 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.
Pedora holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pedora has 56 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of StepWorld's written reviews are positive against 65% of Pedora's.
StepWorld ships an update every 2 months, Pedora monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StepWorld | Pedora |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.5 (56 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 65.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 56 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Skydea K.K. | Dong hyun Kim |
Customer experience
StepWorld
Pedora
In-app purchases
StepWorld
No in-app purchases
Pedora
No in-app purchases









