Comparison

Pedometer vs Steps Widget & Smart Nudges

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

Steps Widget & Smart Nudges

Track your daily steps with customizable widgets for your iPhone and Apple Watch. Get smart nudges to help you reach your goals, with all data processed on-device for privacy and zero battery drain.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets for iPhone and Apple Watch
  • Integrates with Apple Health
  • On-device intelligence for goal prediction
  • Smart notifications and nudges
  • Real-time step count display
  • Privacy-first data handling
  • Zero battery drain
Features
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You spend most of your day sitting. You know walking is good for you, but between work, meetings, and life, it’s easy to forget. And most fitness apps ask for a big commitment: workout plans, memberships, calorie counts. Steps Widget asks for much less. It puts your step count where your eyes already go, on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy, and gives you a gentle nudge only when you’ve been sitting a little too long. Not every hour. Not on a fixed schedule. A few hundred extra steps here and there soon become part of your day, and those small moments add up. You don’t need to become a different person. Just move a little more today than yesterday. That’s how habits begin. DESIGN IT YOUR WAY A step counter you find ugly ends up on page three, and a buried reminder is no reminder. The style editor lets you pick colors, gradients, and layouts, give light and dark mode their own look, and save your favorite styles to reuse on any widget. Or pick a photo you love: Steps Widget can pull a matching palette from it, or place the photo right behind your step count. THE SMART NUDGE When glancing isn’t enough, Nudge steps in. It learns your routine right on your device and shows up once, only when you’ve actually gone still. One nudge, when it’s earned, and nothing otherwise. Don’t like how a reminder reads? Rewrite it yourself, or let Apple Intelligence reword it on your device. WHEN YOU WANT THE LATEST NUMBER iOS decides when widgets refresh, so your widget catches up through the day rather than the second you walk. When you want to watch the number climb, open the app for a count straight from your iPhone's motion sensor, or use the Apple Watch app to follow your steps as you go. NEW: SHARE YOUR STEPS AND YOUR STYLE Send today’s steps, your widget, or a style you made into any conversation, with a note of your own. In Messages, a step ranking shows who has walked the most today. KEY FEATURES • Beautiful Widgets: Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy, with ring, chart, gauge, and compact layouts. • Style Editor: Colors, gradients, and light and dark looks, saved as your own styles. • Photo Styles: Turn any photo into a palette or a widget background. • Smart Nudges: Learns your routine, alerts you only when you’re inactive, in wording you can edit. • Motion Sensor Count: The app reads your iPhone's sensor for a fresher number. • Standalone Apple Watch App: Runs on its own, with complications and move reminders on your wrist. • Insights: Your week, your past year, your best day, and where today will land. • Siri and Shortcuts: Ask whether you’re on track, or drop your steps into a shortcut. • Guilt-Free Tracking: No streaks to lose, no maps, no noise. Just a clean step counter. NO GPS. BARELY ANY BATTERY. Your iPhone already counts steps with its built-in motion sensors through Apple Health. Steps Widget simply shows that data—no background GPS tracking, no constant polling, no battery drain. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your health data stays on your device. The app collects no personal identity information. FREE TO START Default widget styles and goal reminders are free. A subscription is only needed to change your style with the style editor or photo styles, and the style you built stays on your widgets when a subscription ends. See your steps, get a gentle nudge. Move a little more every day. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Can I set my own daily walking goal? Yes. Pick the number of steps a day that suits you, and the progress ring fills as you walk toward it. Why doesn’t my widget update the moment I walk? iOS schedules widget refreshes, so the number catches up through the day. For an up-to-the-minute count, open the app or use the Apple Watch app. Do I need an Apple Watch? No. Steps Widget works on iPhone alone using Apple Health step data. With an Apple Watch you also get complications and move reminders on your wrist. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pedometer4 screens
Steps Widget & Smart Nudges4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Steps Widget & Smart Nudges at none against Pedometer's shown. Steps Widget & Smart Nudges also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Pedometer's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (50% vs 25%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Steps Widget & Smart Nudges sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.29 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pedometer holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pedometer has 627 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Pedometer's written reviews are positive against 25% of Steps Widget & Smart Nudges's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pedometer ships an update every 2 weeks, Steps Widget & Smart Nudges every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pedometer versus Steps Widget & Smart Nudges: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPedometerSteps Widget & Smart Nudges
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (627 ratings) — better3.9 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings627 — better17
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAyhan GulsevenCrazyLazy OU

Customer experience

Pedometer

All ratings626 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral4.2%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative42.9%

Steps Widget & Smart Nudges

All ratings17 ratings
Positive70.6%
Neutral5.9%
Negative23.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative62.5%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pedometer

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly Subscription$15.991 Year
3 purchases

Steps Widget & Smart Nudges

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.291 Month
  • Yearly$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Customization$2.99

Questions

Is Pedometer free?
Pedometer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Steps Widget & Smart Nudges free?
Steps Widget & Smart Nudges is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pedometer or Steps Widget & Smart Nudges?
Pedometer is rated higher. Pedometer averages 4.4 out of 5 from 627 ratings, while Steps Widget & Smart Nudges averages 3.9 from 17 ratings.
Do Pedometer or Steps Widget & Smart Nudges have ads?
Pedometer shows ads; Steps Widget & Smart Nudges does not.
Which is updated more often, Pedometer or Steps Widget & Smart Nudges?
Pedometer ships an update every 2 weeks, and Steps Widget & Smart Nudges every 4 days. Most recently, Pedometer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Steps Widget & Smart Nudges on October 24, 2026.

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