Comparison

Step Counter vs Pedora

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

Head to head
About

Step Counter

Track your daily steps and physical activity with this iPhone-based pedometer. Set daily goals and monitor your progress with a simple interface and icon badge updates. Review your weekly history to stay motivated on your fitness journey.

Highlights
  • Automatic step detection
  • Daily progress tracking
  • Icon badge step count
  • Weekly history review
  • Customizable interface
Features
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Think you can achieve 10,000 steps a day? Challenge yourself! Seamlessly use your iPhone as a step counter. Learn more about your physical activity and get fit by reaching your daily goal. Simple interface makes your life easy with just the information you need at your fingertips FEATURES: -Automatic step detection - Set it once and the app does the rest recording your step for each day -Super simple interface shows your daily progress. -Easily check your step count just by looking at the app's icon badge. -Check your history and see how you're doing for the week. -Change the look and feel to match your mood.

About

Pedora

This app automatically adjusts your daily walking goals based on your recent activity, allowing for gradual increases or fixed targets. It tracks various health metrics and offers friendly competition with friends. Visualize your progress with charts and widgets.

Highlights
  • Automatic goal adjustment
  • Customizable fixed goals
  • Activity tracking (steps, distance, calories, etc.)
  • Progress charts and statistics
  • Friendly walking competitions
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Apple Watch integration
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You just set the improvement rate and Pedora will increase your walking goals little by little everyday. Pedora will intelligently adjust your goals as you go using your previous 7 days average. Maybe now it's spring and you feel like to go out and walk more? No problem. You can change your improvement rate higher and you're all set! Pedora will update your walking goals automatically from now on. Or maybe you're facing a plateau and just want to maintain your goals? No problem. You can change it to custom fixed goals and you're all set! Pedora will not touch your walking goals from now on. Walking can be more fun when its goal is achievable. Achieve you goals everyday with Pedora, and have a healthy life! ** Pedora includes ** 6 Activity Items - Steps - Distance - Duration - Calories - Floors - Heart Rate (can be tracked using Apple Watch or other smart bands) 2 Goal-Tracking Modes - Automatic Goals: Today's goals are tracked automatically based on previous 7 days average - Custom Goals: Custom Goals can be set and changed manually for today and any previous days. - Goal progresses are presented beautifully in a ring and bar charts 7 Period Charts - Day - 7 Days - Week - Weeks - Month - Year - Years Period Statistics - Totals - Averages - Trends Data Source - iPhone: updates in real time using iPhone motion sensor - All including Apple Watch: Update can be slower as the data are synced and merged with other sources including Apple Watch Friendly Walking Competition - Walking together is more fun - Compete for the weekly step counts with friends and loved ones - Motivate each other and achieve goals together - No 3rd party user registration or login is required - Send your invitation to any iCloud contact via Messages or Mail Home Screen Widgets - One activity on a small-sized widget - All activities on a medium-sized widget Lock Screen Widgets for iOS 16 and up - 2 types of lock screen widgets: Rectangular and Circular - Select activity (steps, distance, duration, calories, floors, heart rate) to show by tapping each widget while adding widget Apple Watch - Various watch complications - Independent Apple Watch app to track today's goal progress Notifications - Daily Steps Goal Progress - Friendly Steps Competition Rank Change - Friendly Steps Competition Weekly Winning Units - Can switch between Imperial and Metric Units Dark & Light Mode - Supports Dark & Light mode or System setting of your iPhone ** Health app integration ** Pedora integrates with the Health app in order to display health data collected by connected devices including Apple Watch. ** Data Privacy ** Your health data stays in your iPhone and Apple's eco system, and they will not be shared with any 3rd parties.

Screenshots

Step Counter4 screens
Pedora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Step Counter at 100% against Pedora's 65%. Pedora's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (60 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Pedora holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pedora has 60 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Step Counter's written reviews are positive against 65% of Pedora's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Step Counter ships an update every 2 months, Pedora monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Step Counter versus Pedora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep CounterPedora
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.5 (60 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better65.0% of reviews
Number of ratings460 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWALABOK LLCDong hyun Kim

Customer experience

Step Counter

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pedora

All ratings56 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral5.4%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Step Counter

No in-app purchases

None

Pedora

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Step Counter free?
Step Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pedora free?
Pedora is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Step Counter or Pedora?
Pedora is rated higher. Step Counter averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Pedora averages 4.5 from 60 ratings.
Do Step Counter or Pedora have ads?
Both Step Counter and Pedora show ads.
Which is updated more often, Step Counter or Pedora?
Step Counter ships an update every 2 months, and Pedora monthly. Most recently, Step Counter was updated on October 12, 2026 and Pedora on October 22, 2026.

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