Comparison

Pedometer vs SENS

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

Head to head
About

Pedometer

Display your key health metrics directly on your iPhone's Home Screen and Lock Screen with customizable widgets. Track steps, heart rate, and more without opening an app. Set daily goals and visualize trends with beautiful charts.

Highlights
  • Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets
  • Track 6 health metrics
  • Daily goals and streak tracking
  • Weekly trend charts
  • 9 customizable widget themes
  • Metric and imperial units
Features
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Count every step and see your health at a glance — right on your Home Screen, Lock Screen and Apple Watch, without ever opening the app. Steppy is the all-in-one pedometer, step counter and health widget for iPhone and Apple Watch. Track your steps, heart rate, blood oxygen, calories, distance and flights climbed, hit daily goals, keep your streak alive and unlock achievements — all synced privately with Apple Health. TRACK 6 HEALTH METRICS - Steps (pedometer) - Heart rate (BPM) - Blood oxygen (SpO2) - Calories burned - Walking & running distance - Flights climbed 8 WIDGETS FOR EVERY SCREEN - Small Home Screen widgets (free) - Medium & large Health Dashboard widgets (Premium) - Lock Screen widgets — Circular, Rectangular & Inline (free for everyone) - Quick Action Widget — refresh and bump your goal in one tap (Premium) - iOS 18 Control Center buttons — Today's Steps, Quick Refresh, Start Activity - Live Activity in the Dynamic Island while you walk (Premium) - Auto-refreshes every 15 minutes NATIVE APPLE WATCH APP Works standalone — no iPhone needed. See today's steps with a goal ring, live heart rate, calories, goals and achievements straight from your wrist. 9 BEAUTIFUL WIDGET THEMES Make your widgets yours with 9 color themes — Classic, Ocean, Sunset, Forest, Midnight, Berry, Lavender, Rose and Slate — each in light and dark mode. GOALS, STREAKS & 32 ACHIEVEMENTS Set daily goals for steps, calories, distance and flights, watch your progress fill up beautiful rings, and build a streak by hitting your goal every day. Unlock 32 achievement badges across six categories, and climb the Game Center leaderboards. TRENDS & CHARTS Review the last 7 days with interactive bar charts, and see your whole year at a glance with the contribution-style heatmap (Premium). PRIVATE BY DESIGN 100% private. Steppy reads only from Apple Health, with your permission. No data is collected, stored or sent to third parties — ever. PREMIUM Unlock everything with an optional subscription: an ad-free experience, medium & large widgets, the Quick Action Widget, Live Activities, all 9 themes, trends, the year heatmap, all goals and streaks, premium achievements and CSV export of your full history. Free forever: Classic theme, small Home Screen widgets, every Lock Screen widget, steps goal tracking and the full Apple Watch app. Download Steppy and turn every step into progress. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://code-expert.de/app-privacy-policy/

About

SENS

Features
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This app is developed for the Project-Trigger. The app connects to the sensor devices - ISENSIT MyAir, SmartWatch and the Pulseoximeter. Additionally, this app collects GPS data of the user to enable the study to fetch the macro environment parameters from existing data sources. This GPS data is not permanently stored. Volunteers participating in the project can use this app to view the data from myAir device. For more info visit -https://project-trigger.eu/

Screenshots

Pedometer4 screens
SENS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SENS at none against Pedometer's 2. SENS also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Pedometer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price and device support 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. Pedometer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SENS asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pedometer ships an update every 2 weeks, SENS every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pedometer versus SENS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPedometerSENS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (626 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings626 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAyhan GulsevenJan Mink

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pedometer

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly Subscription$15.991 Year
None

SENS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pedometer free?
Pedometer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SENS free?
SENS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pedometer or SENS have ads?
Pedometer shows ads; SENS does not.
Which is updated more often, Pedometer or SENS?
Pedometer ships an update every 2 weeks, and SENS every 6 weeks. Most recently, Pedometer was updated on October 12, 2026 and SENS on October 7, 2026.

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