Comparison

Pedometer Lite vs Steps

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

Head to head
About

Pedometer Lite

Track your steps, distance, and calories burned to support weight loss and a healthier lifestyle. Features a stopwatch mode for training, music playback support, and adjustable settings for accurate step counting in various positions. Includes GPS support for enhanced distance tracking and battery-saving features.

Highlights
  • Step tracking
  • Distance traveled
  • Calories burned
  • Stopwatch mode
  • GPS support
  • Automatic calibration
  • Battery saving
Features
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Run, walk, or jog your way to better health! The Pedometer application will help you lose weight and stay healthy as it tracks your steps, distance traveled, and calories burned – all conveniently from your iPhone or iPod touch. A built-in stopwatch mode allows you to time your training sessions while it counts laps, distance, calories, and speed. Supports music playback, so you can listen while you exercise. Adjustable sensitivity and automatic calibration allows for accuracy whether walking, jogging, or running, and multiple position settings ensure that your steps are counted whether you carry your iPhone in your pocket, belt, on your arm, or in your hand! Keeps a history of your daily totals and timed runs. Automatic screen dimming saves battery life while continuing to count your steps, and our locking mechanism prevents accidental button pressing while in your pocket. Supports both English and Metric units. Now with GPS support for even better distance tracking!

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.

Screenshots

Pedometer Lite2 screens
Steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Steps at 80% against Pedometer Lite's 31%. Steps also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 37 months). Pedometer Lite's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Steps holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps has 5.5K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Pedometer Lite's written reviews are positive against 80% of Steps's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pedometer Lite ships an update every 37 months, Steps weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pedometer Lite versus Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPedometer LiteSteps
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.7 (5.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.0% of reviews80.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 37 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuminant Software, IncDasmer Singh

Customer experience

Pedometer Lite

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive31.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative62.1%

Steps

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

Bugs and requests

Pedometer Lite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or 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

In-app purchases

None

Pedometer Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Steps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pedometer Lite free?
Pedometer Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pedometer Lite or Steps?
Steps is rated higher. Pedometer Lite averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Steps averages 4.7 from 5.5K ratings.
Do Pedometer Lite or Steps have ads?
Neither Pedometer Lite nor Steps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pedometer Lite or Steps?
Pedometer Lite ships an update every 37 months, and Steps weekly. Most recently, Pedometer Lite was updated on October 14, 2026 and Steps on October 19, 2026.

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