Comparison

Pacer Pedometer Step Counter vs MoveZenGo

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

Head to head
About

Pacer Pedometer Step Counter

This app tracks your daily activity, including steps, distance, and calories burned, to help you reach your fitness goals. It offers GPS mapping for outdoor exploration, personalized fitness plans, and community features for motivation and support.

Highlights
  • Effortless activity tracking (steps, distance, calories)
  • GPS mapping for outdoor routes
  • Personalized fitness plans and weight management
  • Community challenges and groups
  • Syncs with Apple Health and Apple Watch
  • No extra devices needed
Features
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Whether you’re just starting out or chasing big goals, wanting to get active or lose weight, Pacer’s insightful data, outdoor routes, and personalized plans help you move more, feel great, and stay on track—like your 24/7 walking buddy. Join over 12 million happy walkers and find motivation every step of the way. WHY YOU'LL LOVE PACER - Effortless Activity Tracking Tracks steps, flights climbed, calories burned, distance, and active time—whether your phone is in your hand, pocket, or bag. Syncs with Apple Health and Apple Watch for seamless data. - Motivation & Community Support Join walking groups, compete in friendly challenges, and share progress with friends and family in real time—no matter what phone they use. - Explore Outdoors with GPS Mapping Explore local gems—routes, trails, and parks. Record every walk, hike, run, or ride with precision maps. - Personalized Fitness Plans & Weight Management Set daily goals, track your weight and BMI, and use guided workouts designed to help you lose weight and get fit. - Simple Setup, No Extra Devices Needed Just download and start—no wristbands or hardware required. HEAR FROM OUR HAPPY WALKERS: - “Best Walking App. Period. I love this app and use it for every walk.” — James T. - “I'm 73 and I especially like that if I start an activity and want my kids to be able to monitor where I am I can turn live tracking on in Pacer.” — Dr J. - “…Tracks all progress and more! Love the challenges and clubs to join all while sharing and interacting with others all the hard earned work. Definitely recommend.” — Lustine K. - “Cheaper and better than a gym membership and 1000x more effective!” — Covette92 READY TO TAKE THE FIRST STEP? Download Pacer for free today and start your journey to better health with the happiest walking community! Note: - Pacer offers both a free version and a premium subscription with additional features. If you choose to subscribe, payment will be charged to your Apple ID upon confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. - Pacer has an optional feature for more accurate tracking that uses of iOS's location based services. - Terms of Service https://www.mypacer.com/termsofservice/ - Privacy Policy: https://www.mypacer.com/privacy

About

MoveZenGo

Launch and manage fitness or wellbeing challenges for your team. Connects with popular devices and offers customizable leaderboards and virtual maps to motivate participants. Ideal for corporate wellness programs.

Highlights
  • Team fitness challenge creation
  • Device integration (Apple Health, Garmin, Fitbit, Strava)
  • Real-time leaderboards
  • Virtual course maps
  • In-app activity tracking (steps, GPS)
  • Admin panel for challenge management
Features
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Use MoveZenGo to launch your next fitness or wellbeing challenge. Our platform connects with all popular devices and offers the flexibility you need to quickly start a successful fitness challenge. Join us in our mission to get people moving more! Our data shows 68% of challenge participants will move more thanks to our engaging challenges. Challenge Accepted. All Connected. BENEFITS OF MOVE•ZEN•GO • Built for corporate wellness programs • Compatible with Apple Health, Garmin, Fitbit, Strava, & more • Real-time leaderboards and virtual maps • Easy self-service setup for HR & team leads • Great for remote, hybrid, and in-office teams INTEGRATION WITH DEVICES YOUR TEAM ALREADY USES Connect seamlessly with our Apple Health app integration to automatically sync steps, runs, walks, and rides from your Apple Watch. We also support Garmin, Fitbit, Strava, Polar, Suunto, COROS, MapMyRun, and more. No wearable? No problem! Employees can track activities directly through our app or input data manually. CUSTOMIZABLE LEADERBOARDS Motivate your team with leaderboards that show real-time progress. As organizer, you are in control of formatting leader boards to filter by activity, depart, location, etc. JOURNEYS TO SHOW PROGRESS Bring your challenges to life with pre-made or custom virtual course maps. As participants move through the challenge, their steps and activity are shown on the map, creating a visual sense of progress and accomplishment. CHALLENGE UPDATES AND NOTIFICATIONS WITH EVENT FEED Stay connected with our built-in event feed. Share progress, photos, and announcements to keep participants informed about and engaged with your Event. Real-time updates can be sent by push notification to ensure all participants are up to date with what’s going on. IN-APP AUTOMATIC STEP TRACKING No wearable? No problem! Enable background step tracking in the app to regularly sync steps without draining battery life. Perfect for step challenges and daily movement goals. BUILT-IN GPS FOR ACTIVITY LOGGING Participants can track any distance-based or time-based activity using the app. Use the integrated GPS tracker to accurately track runs, walks, and rides. ADMIN PANEL Create, manage, and monitor your fitness or wellbeing challenge using our powerful and intuitive self-service admin panel. Launching a new team event takes just minutes with our set-up wizard! WHY WAIT? LET’S GO! --- Note on Health app integration: use the Health app integration to connect and sync your Apple Watch. We request permission to read your daily steps and workout information to sync this with your profile and update your challenge progress automatically. Note on location data: When you decide to use this app for activity tracking, we will collect location data to enable activity tracking. We do this even when the app is in the background to ensure we can track your activities when you lock your phone or switch to another app. Once you are finished with your activity, we stop tracking your location.

Screenshots

Pacer Pedometer Step Counter4 screens
MoveZenGo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pacer Pedometer Step Counter at 98% against MoveZenGo's 63%. Pacer Pedometer Step Counter also leads on ratings volume (330K vs 204) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). MoveZenGo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Pacer Pedometer Step Counter sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. MoveZenGo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pacer Pedometer Step Counter holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pacer Pedometer Step Counter has 330K ratings behind it against 204, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 98% of Pacer Pedometer Step Counter's written reviews are positive against 63% of MoveZenGo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pacer Pedometer Step Counter ships an update every 3 weeks, MoveZenGo every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Pacer Pedometer Step Counter versus MoveZenGo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPacer Pedometer Step CounterMoveZenGo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (330K ratings) — better4.6 (204 ratings)
Positive reviews98.3% of reviews — better62.8% of reviews
Number of ratings330K — better204
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#127 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size495 MB53 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPacer Health, Inccorporatefitness.app

Customer experience

Pacer Pedometer Step Counter

All ratings329,832 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews17,831 reviews
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.6%
Negative1.1%

MoveZenGo

All ratings204 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral1.0%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive62.8%
Neutral2.3%
Negative34.9%

Bugs and requests

Pacer Pedometer Step Counter

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Steps/distance disappearing from history
  • GPS issues causing inaccurate location tracking
  • App crashes or freezes on certain devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to edit/delete recorded activities
  • Integration with other fitness trackers
  • Personalized step/calorie goals based on user profile
  • More free access to advanced analytics and insights

MoveZenGo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Pacer Pedometer Step Counter

Subscriptions9
  • Premium Subscription with Trial7 Days trial3 variants$3.991 Month
  • Premium Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Premium with Free Trial7 Days trial$3.991 Month
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  • Premium with Free Trial7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium with Free Trial$9.991 Month
  • Premium Subscription$19.991 Year
  • Premium Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • 1 Year Access (with Trial)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Pacer Premium Yearly1 Year trial$49.991 Year
None

MoveZenGo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pacer Pedometer Step Counter free?
Pacer Pedometer Step Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MoveZenGo free?
MoveZenGo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pacer Pedometer Step Counter or MoveZenGo?
Pacer Pedometer Step Counter is rated higher. Pacer Pedometer Step Counter averages 4.9 out of 5 from 330K ratings, while MoveZenGo averages 4.6 from 204 ratings.
Do Pacer Pedometer Step Counter or MoveZenGo have ads?
Neither Pacer Pedometer Step Counter nor MoveZenGo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pacer Pedometer Step Counter or MoveZenGo?
Pacer Pedometer Step Counter ships an update every 3 weeks, and MoveZenGo every 9 days. Most recently, Pacer Pedometer Step Counter was updated on September 24, 2026 and MoveZenGo on September 23, 2026.

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