Comparison

VeloTrax vs ActivityTracker Pedometer

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

Head to head
About

VeloTrax

Track your cycling activities with detailed mileage graphs and ride categorization. Manage your bikes, set maintenance alerts, and integrate with Apple Health for comprehensive health management.

Highlights
  • Mileage data graphs
  • Ride activity by month
  • Bike maintenance alerts
  • Categorize rides
  • Manage multiple bikes
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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VeloTrax helps you track your daily cycling activities. View graphs of your mileage data, manage all of your bikes, create categories for your rides, and track your bike maintenance, all with the help of VeloTrax. FEATURES • View graphs of your mileage data • See your ride activity by month • Set maintenance alerts for your bikes based on mileage or time • Categorize your rides • Manage all of your bikes Using VeloTrax with the Apple Health app on iPhone empowers you to better manage your health. NOTE: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

ActivityTracker Pedometer

Effortlessly track your daily steps, active calories, distance, and more using just your iPhone or Apple Watch. Set personal goals, view hourly and daily progress, and stay motivated to increase your activity for a healthier lifestyle. Offers workout tracking with GPS and detailed activity maps.

Highlights
  • Track steps, calories, distance, active time, floors climbed
  • Hourly activity breakdown
  • Daily, weekly, and yearly trend graphs
  • Workout tracking with GPS
  • Route mapping and detailed activity stats
  • Apple Watch and Health app integration
Features
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Become your Best Self! Track your daily activity effortlessly — no fitness gadget, no battery drain, and complete privacy. "The interface is clean and clear and will help you set achievable goals for fitness" — MacWorld - bit.ly/MacWorldTop ActivityTracker keeps track of your steps, active calories, distance, active time, and flights of stairs climbed, just by carrying your iPhone or Apple Watch — which you already do. Research shows that simply being more active can make you healthier. Not everyone wants a vigorous exercise routine, so just increasing your daily activity can help you get in better shape. ActivityTracker automatically quantifies your daily and weekly activity and motivates you to be more active — completely free! General Features • Track your Steps, Active Calories, Distance, Active Time, and Floors Climbed; • Monitor what's most important to you: Steps, Calories, or Distance (PRO version); • Track your activity hour-by-hour in the Hourly view. Details such as steps, calories, distance, active time, and floors are shown per hour; • Set individual Targets for: Steps, Calories, and Distance (PRO version); • Today overview graph in Trends, with progress for the current day vs last days; • This Week overview graph in Trends, with progress for the current week vs last; • See the big picture with the Years summary in the Trends view; • See details per hour for any day by long tapping on that day in the Details view; • Long tapping on any Week/Month in Details, will get you to the first day of that interval; • Since not all days are the same, you will set a Weekly Target that we will also break down to a Daily Target; • Customize the interface with one of the seven Accent Colors (from which three are free); • Import/export feature to save your data or move it to another device (PRO version); • Week Overview to review your last week's progress at a glance (PRO version); • Fireworks & Confetti animations for reaching your targets (PRO version); • Easily share your daily stats with friends. Activities • New Activities feature to track your workouts with GPS! • Track activities such as Walking, Running, Cycling, and Hiking in great detail; • View a map overview of your routes, plus detailed stats such as Splits, Elevation, Speed, and more; • Monitor metrics such as Heart Rate (requires Apple Watch) and Weather conditions (PRO version); • [New] Edit your activities and explore your entire route in greater detail • Easily share your activity route & stats with friends. Apple Watch & Health • [New] Record activities with GPS route from your Watch! • [New] Sync between Watch and iPhone activities • Sync steps between your iPhone, Apple Watch and Health app (PRO version); • Real-time stats updates; • Import your historical data from Apple Health so you can have a complete overview of your activity from day one; • Awesome Apple Watch app with: today's overview, hour-by-hour stats & last 7 days! • Independent Watch app for watchOS 10+ with settings; • Multiple watchOS 10+ Complications for at a glance stats on your Watch (PRO version). iOS Integration • Live activities with your workout details; • [New] Siri with App Intents integration; • New zoom transition for iOS 18; • Beautiful Lock Screen Widgets, with graphs for Hours & Days; • In-App Events. Get engaged by participating in our monthly challenges; • Awesome Today widgets with customizable statistics and colors; • Progress notifications for target reached and target half-reached (PRO version); • Daily & Weekly notifications, that can easily be disabled in Settings; • App badge that shows the steps taken directly on the app icon; • Dark mode • iMessage app https://activitytracker.app/terms-of-service.html

Screenshots

VeloTrax4 screens
ActivityTracker Pedometer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ActivityTracker Pedometer at Free against VeloTrax's $2.99. ActivityTracker Pedometer also leads on ratings volume (102K vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). VeloTrax's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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

ActivityTracker Pedometer is free to download; VeloTrax costs $2.99 up front. ActivityTracker Pedometer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. VeloTrax asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VeloTrax holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ActivityTracker Pedometer has 102K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VeloTrax ships an update every 4 months, ActivityTracker Pedometer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
VeloTrax versus ActivityTracker Pedometer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVeloTraxActivityTracker Pedometer
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (102K ratings)
Positive reviews—97.2% of reviews
Number of ratings1102K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEldon M. RoushBits&Coffee

Customer experience

VeloTrax

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ActivityTracker Pedometer

All ratings101,655 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews3,026 reviews
Positive97.2%
Neutral0.8%
Negative2.0%

Bugs and requests

VeloTrax

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ActivityTracker Pedometer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Steps not updating in real-time
  • App crashes on certain devices
  • Complications not working on newer Apple Watch faces

Requested features

3 requests
  • Monthly/annual step/distance summary
  • Manual data entry option
  • More customization options

In-app purchases

None

VeloTrax

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ActivityTracker Pedometer

Subscriptions2
  • ActivityTracker PRO$4.991 Month
  • ActivityTracker PRO7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is VeloTrax free?
VeloTrax costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ActivityTracker Pedometer free?
ActivityTracker Pedometer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, VeloTrax or ActivityTracker Pedometer?
VeloTrax is rated higher. VeloTrax averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while ActivityTracker Pedometer averages 4.8 from 102K ratings.
Do VeloTrax or ActivityTracker Pedometer have ads?
ActivityTracker Pedometer shows ads; VeloTrax does not.
Which is updated more often, VeloTrax or ActivityTracker Pedometer?
VeloTrax ships an update every 4 months, and ActivityTracker Pedometer every 6 weeks. Most recently, VeloTrax was updated on October 11, 2026 and ActivityTracker Pedometer on October 18, 2026.

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