Comparison

Calorie Diff vs SimpleSteps Pedometer

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

Head to head
About

Calorie Diff

Easily track your daily calorie balance by viewing active, rest, and dietary intake. See your surplus or deficit at a glance, with optional macro tracking and historical data for the past month.

Highlights
  • Calorie surplus/deficit visualization
  • Active, Rest, and Dietary calorie tracking
  • Optional macro tracking (Carbs, Fats, Protein)
  • 7, 14, and 30-day calorie history
  • Apple Health integration
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This app is for users like me who want a quick glance at their daily calories. We have many nutrition apps out there, but not all of them display the complete picture, I wanted to easily be able to see whether or not I was sitting in a surplus or a deficit depending on my current training/nutrition goals. My preferred nutrition app only pulls in exercises, ignoring rest and general active calories, only giving part of the picture. This app simply pulls in the Active, Rest and Dietary calories from Apple Health and displays the combined Burned Calories, Consumed Calories and the difference between them. We optionally also display the 3 macros, Carbs, Fats and Protein, this can be enabled in the settings tab, where you will also need to set your goal values per day. On the history tab, you are able to view a list of your calories over the last 7, 14 and 30 days. --------------- Requirements --------------- This app requires that the device has the Apple Health app installed and access to the following permissions: - Active Energy - Resting Energy - Dietary energy Optionally, for those who also wish to view their Macros within the app, we would need the following permissions: - Carbohydrates - Protein - Total Fats ---------------------- Supported languages ---------------------- English German Spanish Hindi Arabic Portuguese French Russian Japanese Korean Malay Vietnamese Turkish Tamil Italian Polish Ukrainian Romanian Dutch Thai Hungarian Czech Swedish Hebrew Slovak Danish Finnish Norwegian Chinese (Simplified)

About

SimpleSteps Pedometer

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SimpleSteps is the easiest way to see your daily steps. Open the app — that's it. No setup, no accounts, no clutter. Just a calm, beautiful view of how much you've moved today. Your steps come straight from Apple Health, shown in a warm, thoughtful interface designed to feel good to look at every day. WHY SIMPLESTEPS • Zero effort — one glance tells you everything • Beautiful design, with adaptive light and dark modes • 100% private — all data stays on your device • No accounts, no sign-ups, no tracking • Available in 74 languages • Automatic miles or kilometers based on your region TODAY See your steps, distance, and goal progress in a clean, glanceable dashboard. Set your daily goal with a simple slider — anywhere from 2,000 to 30,000 steps. Gentle encouragement, never guilt. HISTORY Explore your activity by day, week, month, or year with beautiful charts and clear summaries. Spot trends, celebrate best days, and watch your totals grow. SETTINGS Switch between miles and kilometers. Choose light, dark, or automatic appearance. That's it — no endless menus, no hidden toggles. PRIVACY FIRST SimpleSteps reads step and walking distance data from Apple Health and displays it to you. Nothing is sent anywhere. There are no servers, no analytics, no third parties. Your activity is yours alone. BUILT FOR EVERYONE Whether you're tracking a daily walk, working toward a fitness goal, or simply curious about your movement, SimpleSteps gives you an honest, beautiful view — without the noise. Download SimpleSteps and enjoy step tracking the way it should be: simple.

Screenshots

Calorie Diff4 screens
SimpleSteps Pedometer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SimpleSteps Pedometer at weekly against Calorie Diff's fortnightly. Calorie Diff's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calorie Diff ships an update fortnightly, SimpleSteps Pedometer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Calorie Diff versus SimpleSteps Pedometer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalorie DiffSimpleSteps Pedometer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReme Le HaneJason Quigley

In-app purchases

None

Calorie Diff

No in-app purchases

None

SimpleSteps Pedometer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calorie Diff free?
Calorie Diff is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SimpleSteps Pedometer free?
SimpleSteps Pedometer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Calorie Diff or SimpleSteps Pedometer have ads?
Neither Calorie Diff nor SimpleSteps Pedometer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calorie Diff or SimpleSteps Pedometer?
Calorie Diff ships an update fortnightly, and SimpleSteps Pedometer weekly. Most recently, Calorie Diff was updated on October 9, 2026 and SimpleSteps Pedometer on October 7, 2026.

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