Comparison

Steps vs Steps Widget & Walking Alert

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Daily step counting
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Customizable step goal
  • Visual goal achievement celebration
  • Light and Dark modes
  • Small app size
Features
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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.

About

Steps Widget & Walking Alert

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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 counting. 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 healthy 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. NEW: STYLE FROM A PHOTO Pick a photo you love. Steps Widget can pull a matching color palette from it, or place the photo right behind your step count. Drag and pinch to frame it, then adjust blur and tone. THE SMART NUDGE When glancing isn’t enough, Nudge steps in. Instead of an hourly buzz you’ll mute within a week, 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. KEY FEATURES • Beautiful Widgets: For Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy. • 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 and alerts you only when you’re inactive, not on someone else's schedule. • Standalone Apple Watch App: Runs on its own, with complications, progress rings, and move reminders on your wrist. • 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 location 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 when you want to change your style with the style editor or photo styles. 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. Can it remind me to move if I've been sitting too long? Yes. With the Nudge feature, Steps Widget nudges you when you've been still for a while or you're falling behind your daily goal. 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. Does it show steps in StandBy mode? Yes. Turn your charging iPhone sideways and your step count and progress ring appear in StandBy. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
Steps Widget & Walking Alert4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Steps at 80% against Steps Widget & Walking Alert's 25%. Steps also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Steps Widget & Walking Alert's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Steps Widget & Walking Alert sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.29 per month. Steps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Steps holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps has 5.5K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Steps's written reviews are positive against 25% of Steps Widget & Walking Alert's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps ships an update weekly, Steps Widget & Walking Alert every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Steps versus Steps Widget & Walking Alert: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsSteps Widget & Walking Alert
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5.5K ratings) — better3.8 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews80.5% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5.5K — better15
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDasmer SinghCrazyLazy OU

Customer experience

Steps

All ratings5,527 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews451 reviews
Positive80.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative15.3%

Steps Widget & Walking Alert

All ratings15 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative26.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative62.5%

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 Widget & Walking Alert

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Steps

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Steps Widget & Walking Alert

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.291 Month
  • Yearly$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Customization$2.99

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Steps Widget & Walking Alert free?
Steps Widget & Walking Alert is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Steps or Steps Widget & Walking Alert?
Steps is rated higher. Steps averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.5K ratings, while Steps Widget & Walking Alert averages 3.8 from 15 ratings.
Do Steps or Steps Widget & Walking Alert have ads?
Neither Steps nor Steps Widget & Walking Alert shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steps or Steps Widget & Walking Alert?
Steps ships an update weekly, and Steps Widget & Walking Alert every 4 days. Most recently, Steps was updated on October 19, 2026 and Steps Widget & Walking Alert on October 6, 2026.

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