Comparison

StepTracker vs Pixel Pilgrim

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

Head to head
About

StepTracker

This application helps you increase your daily steps and motivation to reach your fitness goals. It automatically tracks your steps, even when the app is closed, and offers a home screen widget for easy progress monitoring. Set custom goals, earn awards, and view your weekly progress with insightful charts.

Highlights
  • Automatic step counting
  • Apple Health integration
  • Customizable step goals
  • Home screen widget
  • Weekly step charts
  • Awards for progress
Features
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StepTracker — the walking you already do, worth looking at. StepTracker turns the steps Apple Health already tracks into a daily habit worth checking — records, streaks, and patterns from data you're already generating, on your phone and nowhere else. SEE TODAY AT A GLANCE Your ring animates up the moment you open the app. A daily card tells a different story depending on when you check — yesterday's story in the morning, your pace to goal at midday, how close you are to a personal best by evening. EVERY WALK, TRACKED LIVE Start a live walk and watch your count in real time — on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, and on your Apple Watch. It ends itself if you forget, and nothing is ever written back to Health. WIDGETS AND A WATCH APP Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show your ring and count without opening the app. Complications do the same on your wrist, plus a dedicated watch app for your ring, streak, and goal. RECORDS THAT MEAN SOMETHING Personal bests, streaks, and a weekday fingerprint that shows when you actually move. Chase themed journeys — from New York City to the Idaho wilderness to the Pacific Northwest — each one turning distance into a badge collection. 30+ METRICS, ONE PLACE Steps, distance, stairs, walking speed, cadence, and more — each with its own history and chart. COMPLETELY PRIVATE Every calculation happens on your device. No account, no server, no ads. Your health data is never sent anywhere — not even to us. FREE TO TRY StepTracker is free to download and free to use for 7 days. After that, continue with a subscription — monthly, yearly (with its own free trial), or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices shown in USD and may vary by region. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be managed or cancelled anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pixel Pilgrim

Features
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Walk the Camino de Santiago. From wherever you are. Every real step you take moves your pixel pilgrim along the legendary Camino Francés, 765 km and 33 stages from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port across the Pyrenees, the endless Meseta and green Galicia to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. * Your steps, your journey: connects to Apple Health / Health Connect. No treadmill screens, no ads, no account: just your daily walks, turned into a pilgrimage. * 33 pixel panoramas: every stage is a 16-bit painting that unlocks as you arrive, with a day/night cycle that follows your clock. * A real guidebook: elevation profiles, albergues, and some history of every stage, told one arrival ceremony at a time. * Collect it all: 33 credencial stamps, badges, levels, streaks, landmark moments like Cruz de Ferro and the 100 km stone. * Your pilgrim: customize skin, hair and tunic; share pixel postcards from the road; earn your Compostela certificate in Santiago. * On your home screen; a widget (and iOS lock-screen widget) keeps your pilgrim's progress in sight: next town, steps today. The first 4 stages are free. One single purchase unlocks the full road to Santiago. No subscription, no ads. Buen Camino!

Screenshots

StepTracker4 screens
Pixel Pilgrim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StepTracker at none against Pixel Pilgrim's 1. StepTracker also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). Pixel Pilgrim's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pixel Pilgrim sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. StepTracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StepTracker ships an update every 4 days, Pixel Pilgrim every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
StepTracker versus Pixel Pilgrim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepTrackerPixel Pilgrim
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB143 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrittany RimaMaurits van Hassel

In-app purchases

None

StepTracker

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pixel Pilgrim

One-time1
  • The Full Camino$8.99

Questions

Is StepTracker free?
StepTracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixel Pilgrim free?
Pixel Pilgrim is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StepTracker or Pixel Pilgrim have ads?
Neither StepTracker nor Pixel Pilgrim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StepTracker or Pixel Pilgrim?
StepTracker ships an update every 4 days, and Pixel Pilgrim every 10 days. Most recently, StepTracker was updated on October 2, 2026 and Pixel Pilgrim on September 13, 2026.

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