Comparison

Steps for Watch vs Walk Buddy

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

Head to head
About

Steps for Watch

This app tracks your daily steps and heart rate directly on your Apple Watch. It offers detailed daily step analysis, a seven-day graph of your activity, and the ability to set personal step goals. All data is stored locally on your device for privacy.

Highlights
  • Daily step tracking
  • Heart rate monitoring
  • Digital Crown for detailed analysis
  • Seven-day activity graph
  • Complication support
  • Personal step goals
Features
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Steps for Watch puts your steps and heart rate together in one clear chart, on iPhone and Apple Watch. See how today compares with your usual day, and where this pace takes you by the end of the day. Works on iPhone alone, too. Heart rate needs Apple Watch. No account, no ads, nothing uploaded. Today at a Glance • Steps toward your goal, and the steps expected by midnight • Steps and heart rate in one chart, or your steps next to your usual day • Today vs Usual: your running total against how a day like today usually goes • Heart rate through the day, with your resting rate • Distance and floors • Your whole day in detail, hour by hour All Your History (Steps Pro) • Week, Month, Year and All Time, with your goal days marked • Records: your best day, week and month, and your longest goal run • Any earlier day in full detail Trends and Patterns (Steps Pro) • Weekday Pattern: how each day of the week usually goes • When You Walk: your busiest hours and days • Long View: this year against last year, and the best day of every month • Compare any period with the one before or with last year Walking and Intensity (Steps Pro) • Walking speed, step length, distance and floors over time • Brisk minutes and steps per minute Heart Rate and Steps (Steps Pro, needs Apple Watch) • See how your heart rate moves with your steps • How it settles after a walk, and your walking heart rate month by month • Descriptive only, not a medical measurement A Goal That Fits • Set your daily steps goal • Goal Simulator (Steps Pro): try a goal against your last four weeks • Goal by Weekday (Steps Pro): a different goal for each day Widgets • The small Today widget is free • Every other widget is part of Steps Pro: Lock Screen, Medium, Large and StandBy Notifications • Goal Reached, Week Ready and a quiet Evening Summary at the time you choose • Local only, and off until you turn them on On Apple Watch • Steps and heart rate in one full-screen chart • Turn the Digital Crown to move through the day. Each bar shows its steps and average heart rate • A 7-day view with daily steps and heart rate averages • Your latest heart rate, and a daily goal you set on the watch • A complication with today's steps and goal progress • Runs on its own; the iPhone app is optional Free and Steps Pro Free: the whole Apple Watch app, the Today screen and today's details on iPhone, your daily goal, notifications and the small Today widget. Steps Pro adds all your history, Trends and Patterns, Walking and Intensity, Heart Rate and Steps, Goal Simulator, Goal by Weekday, every widget, themes and CSV export. Steps Pro is available as a yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, a monthly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Steps for Watch reads your activity from Health, only with your permission. Your data stays on your devices and is never sent to us or anyone else. No account, no ads. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sydvesti.com/privacy-policy Questions or ideas? contact@sydvesti.com

About

Walk Buddy

This app tracks your daily steps, calories burned, and distance covered. It offers a simple way to stay motivated and healthy by encouraging you to beat your previous records. View your progress at a glance with daily and weekly summaries, and utilize convenient widgets and watch app features.

Highlights
  • Step, calorie, and distance tracking
  • No goal setting, focus on personal bests
  • Daily and weekly progress summaries
  • Home screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Privacy-focused, no data collection
Features
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Walk Buddy Pedometer is a simple step, calories, distance tracking app with no ads and completely private. No need to be a fitness nerd to stay active. - No goal setting, just try to beat your previous record and get in green zone. - Easy way to keep your self motivated and healthy - Quick glance on your daily and weekly steps, calories and distance - Widgets (left most page on your iPhone/iPad). - Watch app: Keep the app while walking, and it will show you steps as you raise your hand. - Watch Face Complications - shows you current steps, weekly low, weekly high - and motivates you to walk more. We are super sensitive to users privacy and don't collect any user data at all. App built on latest modern SwiftUI stack.

Screenshots

Steps for Watch4 screens
Walk Buddy3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Walk Buddy at 4.8 against Steps for Watch's 3.6. Walk Buddy also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 7 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Walk Buddy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Steps for Watch's written reviews are positive against 80% of Walk Buddy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps for Watch ships an update every 7 months, Walk Buddy every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Steps for Watch versus Walk Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteps for WatchWalk Buddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (20 ratings)4.8 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2027 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB20 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSydvesti OyGammaPoint LLC

Customer experience

Steps for Watch

All ratings20 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative18.8%

Walk Buddy

All ratings24 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

Steps for Watch

No in-app purchases

None

Walk Buddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steps for Watch free?
Steps for Watch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Walk Buddy free?
Walk Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steps for Watch or Walk Buddy?
Walk Buddy is rated higher. Steps for Watch averages 3.6 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Walk Buddy averages 4.8 from 27 ratings.
Do Steps for Watch or Walk Buddy have ads?
Neither Steps for Watch nor Walk Buddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steps for Watch or Walk Buddy?
Steps for Watch ships an update every 7 months, and Walk Buddy every 4 days. Most recently, Steps for Watch was updated on October 24, 2026 and Walk Buddy on October 24, 2026.

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