Steps Widgets (Pedometer) vs Steps Widget & Smart Nudges
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steps Widgets (Pedometer)
Visualize your daily activity directly on your home screen with customizable widgets. This app uses your iPhone's built-in sensors to display steps, distance, and personal bests. Track your progress across various time periods and personalize your experience with different themes.
- Home screen widgets
- Steps and distance tracking
- Personal best tracking
- Multiple measurement units
- Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly tracking
- Customizable themes
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Did you know your iPhone is already tracking the distance you travel every day using its built-in motion sensors? (Your Apple Watch does too!) All of this data is automatically and privatly stored in the Apple Health app. Steps Widgets takes that information and transforms it into beautiful, customizable widgets — bringing your daily activity, from walking to running, right to your home screen. And the best part? You can even track your personal bests across different time periods! Key Features ◆ Works without location data ◆ Multiple measurement units: steps, meters, kilometers, yards, miles ◆ Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly tracking ◆ Multiple home screen widgets, each with its own configuration ◆ Automatic dark and tinted mode adaptation Unlock More with a One-Time Purchase ◆ Track your top records ◆ Customizable themes ◆ Highlight extreme values with colors ◆ Add average values and trend lines ◆ Slimmer borders, larger content ◆ …and much more!
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.
- 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
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Steps Widgets (Pedometer) at 84% against Steps Widget & Smart Nudges's 25%. Steps Widgets (Pedometer) also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (140 vs 17). Steps Widget & Smart Nudges's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Steps Widgets (Pedometer) sells 2 one-off in-app purchases 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.
Steps Widgets (Pedometer) holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps Widgets (Pedometer) has 140 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Steps Widgets (Pedometer)'s written reviews are positive against 25% of Steps Widget & Smart Nudges's.
Steps Widgets (Pedometer) ships an update every 5 weeks, Steps Widget & Smart Nudges every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steps Widgets (Pedometer) | Steps Widget & Smart Nudges |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (140 ratings) — better | 3.9 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.9% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 140 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Khashayar Abryoghani | CrazyLazy OU |
Customer experience
Steps Widgets (Pedometer)
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In-app purchases
Steps Widgets (Pedometer)
- Full Version$1.99
- Full Version$2.99
Steps Widget & Smart Nudges
- Monthly$1.291 Month
- Yearly$7.991 Year
- Customization$2.99
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