Comparison

Pedometer vs Sun Ring

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

Head to head
About

Pedometer

Track your daily steps, analyze your physical activity, and monitor calorie consumption. Set and adjust your step goals to support weight loss and view your progress over time with integrated health data.

Highlights
  • Daily step counting
  • Activity analysis (climbing, running)
  • Calorie consumption calculation
  • Adjustable step goals
  • Progress tracking graphs
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Keep fit yourself with daily step counts and activities. The number of steps you take every day will be counted and displayed on the home screen of the app. Also, you can use the app to analyze your movements, climbing stairs, running and doing physical exercises. Use a pedometer to see how much you've walked to reach your daily steps goal or understand how many steps you need to lose weight. The steps goal can be adjusted in the settings. The pedometer converts your activity into consumed calories and you can more accurately calculate the balance of consumption and expenditure of calories, change your diet and physical activity. Using the application constantly, you get a graph on which you can observe your progress over time. This app integrates with Apple Health to display your activity data and make information graphs and display tabs with this data. Privacy Policy https://steptracker.xyz/assets/privacy.html Terms of Use https://steptracker.xyz/assets/terms.html

About

Sun Ring

This app encourages daily sun exposure by using a familiar ring-closing mechanic. Users can customize their daily goals and track progress with watch face complications and notifications. Review historical data to maintain streaks and stay motivated to enjoy the outdoors.

Highlights
  • Gamified daily sun exposure tracking
  • Customizable daily sun exposure goals
  • Adjustable 'direct sunlight' lux value
  • Watch face widgets and complications
  • Goal completion notifications
  • Daily progress history and streak tracking
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Sun Ring gamifies daily sun exposure in a format Apple Watch owners will find very familiar: closing a ring. Easily glance at your progress for the day and motivate yourself to go outside to reach your goal. CUSTOMIZABLE THRESHOLDS Set how many minutes you'd like to be in the sun each day, and motivate yourself to enjoy the outdoors. Change what Sun Ring considers as "direct sunlight" by adjusting the minimum lux value your Apple Watch counts towards your goal. WIDGETS/COMPLICATIONS Easily view and keep track of your daily progress right from your watch face. Watch your Sun Ring close throughout the day and inch closer toward your goal. NOTIFICATIONS Never miss out on reaching your goal by turning on Goal Completion notifications. Your Apple Watch will send you a celebratory notification when you have reached or surpassed your daily sun exposure goal. HISTORY Remain motivated by looking at the progress you've made over the past few days and keep your streak alive! Easily see which days you fell short or exceeded your goal and closed your ring. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pedometer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sun Ring at 5.0 against Pedometer's 4.5. Sun Ring also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). Pedometer's advantage is ratings volume (44 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Sun Ring asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sun Ring holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pedometer has 44 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pedometer versus Sun Ring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPedometerSun Ring
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (44 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings44 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRAMAN KHVASHCHEUSKIAaron Taylor

Customer experience

Pedometer

All ratings44 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

Sun Ring

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Pedometer

Subscriptions6
  • Monthly Premium Membership3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Membership$4.991 Month
  • Annual Membership -75% OFF$4.991 Year
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  • Annual Membership -50% OFF3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Annual Membership -50% OFF$9.991 Year
  • Annual Premium Membership$19.991 Year
None

Sun Ring

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pedometer free?
Pedometer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sun Ring free?
Sun Ring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pedometer or Sun Ring?
Sun Ring is rated higher. Pedometer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while Sun Ring averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pedometer or Sun Ring have ads?
Pedometer shows ads; Sun Ring does not.

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