Comparison

Steps for Watch vs Step Stats

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

Step Stats

Track your daily steps, distance, and floors climbed with real-time data from Apple Health. View your progress with daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly insights. Your health data stays private on your device.

Highlights
  • Real-time step tracking
  • Distance and floors climbed
  • Daily activity snapshot
  • Progress trends (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
  • Apple HealthKit integration
  • On-device data privacy
Features
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Step Stats - Pedometer & Health Reach your health goals without the hassle. Step Stats gives you a clear, real-time picture of your daily movement, steps taken, distance walked, and floors climbed all powered by your Apple Health data. Everything at a Glance Your daily activity snapshot is front and center the moment you open the app. No digging, no setup. Just your numbers. Deeper Insights When You Want Them Head to the Stats tab to explore your personal bests, cumulative totals, and progress trends across daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly views. See how far you've come and what you're capable of. Built on Apple HealthKit Step Stats pulls directly from your Apple Health app, so your data is always accurate and up to date, no manual logging required. Your Data Never Leaves Your iPhone Privacy isn't an afterthought here. Step Stats works entirely on-device. Your health information is never uploaded, shared, or stored externally. You stay in complete control, always. Download Step Stats and start moving with purpose.

Screenshots

Steps for Watch4 screens
Step Stats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Step Stats at 4.3 against Steps for Watch's 3.7. Steps for Watch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (75% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Step Stats sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Steps for Watch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Step Stats holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 31 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Steps for Watch's written reviews are positive against 50% of Step Stats's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps for Watch ships an update every 7 months, Step Stats every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Steps for Watch versus Step Stats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteps for WatchStep Stats
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (21 ratings)4.3 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2131 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB10 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSydvesti OySven Navez

Customer experience

Steps for Watch

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

Step Stats

All ratings31 ratings
Positive80.6%
Neutral9.7%
Negative9.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Steps for Watch

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Step Stats

One-time1
  • Step Stats Premium$3.99

Questions

Is Steps for Watch free?
Steps for Watch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Step Stats free?
Step Stats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Steps for Watch or Step Stats?
Step Stats is rated higher. Steps for Watch averages 3.7 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Step Stats averages 4.3 from 31 ratings.
Do Steps for Watch or Step Stats have ads?
Neither Steps for Watch nor Step Stats shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steps for Watch or Step Stats?
Steps for Watch ships an update every 7 months, and Step Stats every 5 months. Most recently, Steps for Watch was updated on November 7, 2026 and Step Stats on November 3, 2026.

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