Steps vs Steps App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steps
Track your daily step count and stay motivated to reach your fitness goals. This app offers a simple way to monitor progress with customizable goals and visual celebrations upon achievement. Enjoy a lightweight and user-friendly experience with customizable display options.
- Daily step counting
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Customizable step goal
- 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.
Steps App
This app helps you track your daily steps with a visually appealing interface. It offers real-time tracking, progress grids, and home screen widgets. Unlock your complete history and advanced stats with a premium subscription.
- Real-time step tracking
- Apple Health integration
- Home screen widgets
- Progress grids
- Customizable color themes
- Complete history and trends (Premium)
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Hit 10,000 steps every single day. 10K Steps Today is a simple, beautiful step tracker built around one big number and your week at a glance. Free to download and use: - Real-time step tracking synced with Apple Health - Today, your week, and this month at a glance - Your best day of the week and month, crowned - Daily streaks, plus an optional evening nudge on days you're behind - Pick any daily goal, from 2,000 to 30,000 steps - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets - Share cards for your day and your month - Dark mode support Go Premium to unlock your whole journey: - Every past month, as far back as your Health data goes - Every past year, with your best month crowned - Share cards for any month or year Premium is an optional subscription (quarterly or annual, annual includes a 3-day free trial), or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Cancel anytime. No ads and no account. Your step data never leaves your phone. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steps at none against Steps App's 3. Steps also leads on ratings volume (5.5K vs 2). Steps App's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Steps App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Steps asks for nothing beyond the download.
Steps App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps has 5.5K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Steps ships an update weekly, Steps App every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steps | Steps App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (5.5K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5.5K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dasmer Singh | Gustavo Tiffer |
Customer experience
Steps
Steps App
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
Steps App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Steps
No in-app purchases
Steps App
- 10K Premium - Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- 10K Premium - Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$59.99
