Steps for Watch vs Step Stats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Daily step tracking
- Heart rate monitoring
- Digital Crown for detailed analysis
- Seven-day activity graph
- Complication support
- Personal step goals
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Track your Steps and Heart Rate in this standalone app for Apple Watch Key features: -Daily steps -Use the Digital Crown to examine daily steps in detail and compare your steps activity to heart rate measurements during the selected time period -Seven day graph with daily steps and heart rate averages -Complication with daily steps -Set your personal daily steps goal -In app tutorial (open menu by firmly pressing the screen) Privacy: Steps for Watch needs read access to Motion & Fitness Activity and Heart Rate data. Information read by Steps for Watch is only stored and used locally on your Apple Watch. If you have any questions please contact us at contact@sydvesti.com
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.
- Real-time step tracking
- Distance and floors climbed
- Daily activity snapshot
- Progress trends (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
- Apple HealthKit integration
- On-device data privacy
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Step Stats at 4.3 against Steps for Watch's 3.6. Step Stats also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 35 months). Steps for Watch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (73% vs 50%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Step Stats sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Steps for Watch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Step Stats holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 31 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 73% 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.
Steps for Watch ships an update every 35 months, Step Stats every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steps for Watch | Step Stats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (20 ratings) | 4.3 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sydvesti Oy | Sven Navez |
Customer experience
Steps for Watch
Step Stats
In-app purchases
Steps for Watch
No in-app purchases
Step Stats
- Step Stats Premium$3.99
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