Comparison

HKStepMonitor vs Habit Tracker

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Habit Tracker

Visually track daily habits and routines with unique, filling graphics that represent your progress. Set custom goals, receive gentle reminders, and monitor your achievements through calendar history and statistics. Offers a free trial of premium features.

Highlights
  • Living fill visuals for routines
  • Customizable routines with icons and alarms
  • Daily success threshold tracking
  • Calendar history and statistics
  • Home screen widget
  • Gentle reminders
  • Dark mode
Features
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Cadence helps you track your daily routines beautifully and simply. Each routine comes alive with a visual that fills as you progress — a body that fills as you drink water, a book that fills as you read, a figure that fills with your steps. What you can track: • Water — a body that fills toward your goal • Sleep, workouts, study, meditation, family time, reading • Prayer — five daily prayers with times calculated automatically for your location • Quran reading • Steps — counted automatically by your phone, with a gentle nudge when you've been still too long • Vitamins, walking, journaling and more • Build your own custom routine — pick an icon and color, set an alarm Highlights: • A unique, living fill visual for every routine • Daily success threshold — fall below your goal and the day counts as "incomplete" • Calendar history, statistics and achievement badges • Home screen widget • Gentle reminders — to dismiss one you open the app and mark it done • Dark mode, clean design Your routine data is stored on your device. No ads are shown inside the app. Cadence Pro: Try everything free after install. When the trial ends, continue with a monthly or yearly subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://msalikoc.github.io/cadence-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://msalikoc.github.io/cadence-legal/privacy.html

Screenshots

HKStepMonitor4 screens
Habit Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HKStepMonitor at none against Habit Tracker's 2. HKStepMonitor also leads on ads (none vs shown). Habit Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 3 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Habit Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. HKStepMonitor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for HKStepMonitor against 5.0 for Habit Tracker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HKStepMonitor ships an update every 21 months, Habit Tracker every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HKStepMonitor versus Habit Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHKStepMonitorHabit Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard ArmstrongAli Koc

Customer experience

HKStepMonitor

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Habit Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

HKStepMonitor

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Habit Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is HKStepMonitor free?
HKStepMonitor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Habit Tracker free?
Habit Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HKStepMonitor or Habit Tracker?
HKStepMonitor and Habit Tracker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do HKStepMonitor or Habit Tracker have ads?
Habit Tracker shows ads; HKStepMonitor does not.
Which is updated more often, HKStepMonitor or Habit Tracker?
HKStepMonitor ships an update every 21 months, and Habit Tracker every 3 days. Most recently, HKStepMonitor was updated on October 20, 2026 and Habit Tracker on October 13, 2026.

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