Pedometer Lite vs Steps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Step tracking
- Distance traveled
- Calories burned
- Stopwatch mode
- GPS support
- Automatic calibration
- Battery saving
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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!
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.
- Daily step counting
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Customizable step goal
- Visual goal achievement celebration
- Light and Dark modes
- Small app size
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
Pedometer Lite ships an update every 37 months, Steps weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pedometer Lite | Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.7 (5.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.0% of reviews | 80.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 37 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luminant Software, Inc | Dasmer Singh |
Customer experience
Pedometer Lite
Steps
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
Pedometer Lite
No in-app purchases
Steps
No in-app purchases









