Steps vs Dot Step Counter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steps
This app helps you track your daily step count and achieve your fitness goals. It offers a widget for quick access and visual cues to celebrate your progress, encouraging an active lifestyle. The app is lightweight and supports both light and dark modes.
- Daily step tracking
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Customizable step goals
- Visual goal achievement celebration
- Light and Dark modes
- Small app size
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Achieve your 10,000 steps goal with Steps! Add the widget to your Lock Screen or Home Screen for daily motivation. When you hit 10,000 steps, the app turns green to celebrate your success. Strive for green every day to stay active and healthy. You can edit the goal if you want too. Steps is a simple app, and at less than 2MB, it's smaller than even just 1 photo on your iPhone. Enjoy both Light and Dark modes for the app and widget.
Dot Step Counter
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A simple and minimalistic step counter app with complication widgets for the Apple Watch. It counts your daily steps and shows your progress towards your daily step goal. Simply set your daily goal in the Watch app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Dot Step Counter at 3 against Steps's 1. Dot Step Counter also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Steps ships an update weekly, Dot Step Counter every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steps | Dot Step Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dasmer Singh | Alina Hang & Dominik Schmidt GbR |
Bugs and requests
Steps
Reported bugs
2 issues- Steps not syncing correctly
- App changes step totals retrospectively
Requested features
3 requests- Add distance and pace tracking
- Allow customization of step goal
- Extend historical data view beyond one week
Dot Step Counter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Steps
No in-app purchases
Dot Step Counter
No in-app purchases
