HKStepMonitor vs Capsule
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.
Capsule
Understand your menstrual cycle and its impact on your daily well-being. This app offers smart tracking, personalized AI-driven tips for nutrition, exercise, and mood, and detailed analytics to help you feel your best.
- Smart cycle tracking
- AI wellness assistant
- Symptom tracking
- Personalized daily tips
- Cycle predictions
- Visual calendar
- Health reports
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Your cycle is more than dates on a calendar — it shapes your energy, mood, skin, and wellbeing every single day. Capsule helps you understand it. Meet Noa — your personal AI wellness assistant. She knows your cycle phase, tracks your symptoms, and gives you daily tips on what to eat, how to move, and how to feel your best right now. What Capsule offers: ● Smart cycle tracking — period, follicular phase, ovulation, luteal phase with accurate predictions ● AI assistant Noa — personalized advice on nutrition, exercise, skin care and mood based on your phase and symptoms ● 50+ symptoms — pain, mood, energy, sleep, skin, digestion, cravings, discharge and more ● Cycle predictions — forecast your next period and fertile window ● Visual calendar — color-coded cycle history at a glance ● Analytics — cycle length trends, regularity insights, symptom patterns ● Vitamins & meds tracker — daily intake log with reminders and streaks ● PDF health report — share cycle data with your doctor ● Cloud sync — seamless access across all your devices ● Face ID / Touch ID — your data stays private ● Dark and light theme Capsule Plus unlocks: — Unlimited AI assistant Noa — AI-powered cycle predictions — AI symptom analysis — Daily personalized tips from Noa — Unlimited vitamin & medication tracking Capsule Plus is available as an auto-renewable subscription. Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID upon confirmation. Manage in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://capsulecored-web.github.io/capsule-legal/privacy Terms of Use: https://capsulecored-web.github.io/capsule-legal/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HKStepMonitor at none against Capsule's 2. HKStepMonitor also leads on ads (none vs shown). Capsule's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 21 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Capsule sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. HKStepMonitor asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HKStepMonitor against 5.0 for Capsule. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
HKStepMonitor ships an update every 21 months, Capsule every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HKStepMonitor | Capsule |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Richard Armstrong | Oleh Horoshko |
Customer experience
HKStepMonitor
Capsule
In-app purchases
HKStepMonitor
No in-app purchases
Capsule
- Capsule Plus$4.991 Month
- Capsule Plus3 Days trial$29.991 Year
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