HKStepMonitor vs Gym Cube
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HKStepMonitor
This utility app displays daily and weekly step counts tracked by your iPhone and Apple Watch. It presents your step data in a clear graph format, making it easy to monitor your activity over the past seven days.
- Displays step counts from Apple HealthKit
- Tracks steps from iPhone and Apple Watch
- Shows daily and weekly step totals
- Presents data in a graph format
- Monitors activity for the past 7 days
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Simple utility for iPhone that uses Apple HealthKit to display the number of steps that were measured by the iPhone and Apple Watch. Displays steps measured for the past 7 days with a total for the week and daily totals in a graph format. Please enjoy this simple and handy tool to easily find and monitor your steps for the week and the day.
Gym Cube
This app provides a private gym experience, allowing users to locate nearby facilities, book sessions, and share their workouts with friends. It also functions as a digital key for entry.
- Find nearby private gyms
- Book workout sessions
- Share sessions with friends
- Digital key for entry
- Community access
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The Gym Cube mobile app is your one-stop access to a revolutionary private gym experience. Join the Gym Cube community today and use the mobile app to conveniently 1. Find your closest Gym Cube 2. Book a session 3. Share your session with friends 4. Access your digital key to open the Gym Cube
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: HKStepMonitor at none against Gym Cube's shown. HKStepMonitor also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Gym Cube's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (17 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HKStepMonitor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gym Cube has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HKStepMonitor ships an update every 21 months, Gym Cube every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HKStepMonitor | Gym Cube |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Armstrong | The Gym Cube, LLC. |
Customer experience
HKStepMonitor
Gym Cube
In-app purchases
HKStepMonitor
No in-app purchases
Gym Cube
No in-app purchases
Questions
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