Running Mate vs Pedometer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Running Mate
This app tracks your runs, helping you discover new routes and celebrate achievements with virtual badges and exclusive rewards. It focuses on individual progress and personal bests, allowing you to set your own pace and soundtrack.
- Run tracking
- Route discovery
- Milestone badges
- Exclusive rewards
- Personal best focus
- Customizable soundtrack choice
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Run smarter, not harder. Whether you are training for your first 5K, walking for daily fitness, or logging marathon miles, Running Mate is the lightweight, hyper-accurate GPS distance tracker built for ultimate reliability. With a deeply integrated Apple Watch companion app, your workout data syncs automatically to your iPhone the moment you finish. No lost runs, no manual syncing—just pure performance tracking. SEAMLESS APPLE WATCH INTEGRATION • Leave your phone at home: Start, pause, and finish workouts directly from your wrist. • Automatic syncing: Your route, pace, and heart rate data instantly populate on your iPhone. • Apple Health integration: Workouts automatically contribute to your daily rings. PRECISION GPS & ROUTE TRACKING • Track distance, active pace, elevation, and calories burned in real-time. • Highly accurate GPS mapping for outdoor runs, walks, and hikes. • Indoor mode available for treadmill tracking. TRAINING & METRICS • Set custom goals for distance, time, or calorie burn. • Audio cues keep you updated on your split times and current pace without breaking your stride. • Review detailed post-run analytics, including heart rate zones and elevation changes. SHARE YOUR MILESTONES • Crush a personal best? Easily export and share your completed routes, times, and achievements with friends, family, or your favorite social platforms directly through the standard iOS share sheet. RUNNING MATE PREMIUM Running Mate is free to download and explore. Free users can comfortably navigate the app, view historical data, and access ad-supported features. To actively record, track, and log new runs or walks, an active Running Mate Premium subscription is required. Premium completely removes all ads and unlocks the full tracking suite. YOUR DATA, YOUR PRIVACY • We believe your health data belongs to you. Running Mate uses standard Apple HealthKit protocols to ensure your data remains private and secure on your device. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS Running Mate Premium is available as a weekly, monthly or annual auto-renewable subscription. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Service: https://www.wpexpertservices.com/mobile-application-end-user-license-agreement/ Privacy Policy: https://www.wpexpertservices.com/privacy-policy/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Pedometer
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StepKit is a pedometer that stays out of your way: steps counted on this iPhone, a ring that fills as your day goes, a real Apple Watch app with your heart rate, and Home and Lock Screen widgets that actually work. TODAY, THIS WEEK, THIS MONTH Today opens on one big ring with your steps and the days of the week under it. Switch to Week or Month to see the whole stretch, or step back to yesterday and the weeks before it. SHARE YOUR DAY Every day, week and month can be shared as a card, in many styles: the ring, a big number, hour by hour, the week's bars, the month's calendar. ALWAYS ON YOUR WRIST AND HOME SCREEN Five Home Screen and five Lock Screen layouts show today's steps, this week, a 16-week heatmap or today's distance, or start a walk with one tap. On iOS 18 you can start one from Control Center, too. On Apple Watch, two complications put today's progress on the watch face. None of this sits behind Pro. A WALK OF ITS OWN Tap Start and StepKit tracks one walk at a time: steps, elapsed time, distance, pace, estimated calories, and your cadence over the last minute. On Apple Watch, a walk is a real workout — it keeps running with your wrist down, reads your heart rate, and saves itself to Apple Health when you're done. Allow Location and every walk keeps its route: see each one on a map in History. READS HEALTH, YOUR STEPS STAY ON YOUR DEVICES Your iPhone's motion sensor already holds your last seven days of steps. Turning on Apple Health sync — optional — brings in every day before that, with your iPhone and Apple Watch totals already merged. StepKit shows no ads, asks for no account, and your step history and routes never leave your devices. GOALS, A STREAK, AND SOME SMALL WINS Set a daily goal from 2,000 to 30,000 steps and StepKit tracks your streak against a weekly target of five goal days out of seven. Forty-four awards in six series mark real milestones: a first 10,000-step day, 100 days at your goal, a year-long streak. NOTIFICATIONS THAT FOLLOW YOUR DAY As the day goes on, StepKit tells you when you've passed halfway, when you're nearly there and when the goal is done. On a quiet day it nudges you at 1 p.m., and again in the evening if the goal is still open. At the start of each week it sums up the last one, ready to share. Every notification has its own switch, and none of them come from a server. WHAT STEPKIT PRO ADDS Counting, walks and their maps, the Apple Watch app, widgets, goals, notifications, awards and sharing your day come with the app. StepKit Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time purchase, with no trial. It adds: - Reports from your steps: your strongest weekdays, where the month is heading, how often you hit your goal, what your walks say, and how you compare with a year ago - Monthly report: each finished month on one page, ready to share - Replay every walk in 3D: the camera follows the route - Trend charts across your years, in plain words - All-time records, celebrated the day you beat them - All your years: every year on file, with a “My year” card to share - Adaptive goal: rises by a step you choose once your two-week average clears it - CSV export, and five neon colors for the app and its Home Screen icon PURCHASE DETAILS - StepKit Pro (Monthly) — the price is shown in the app before you subscribe - StepKit Pro (Yearly) — the price is shown in the app before you subscribe - StepKit Pro (Lifetime) — a one-time purchase; the price is shown in the app before you buy - Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gen2apps.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pedometer at none against Running Mate's shown. Pedometer also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 29 months). Running Mate's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Running Mate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Pedometer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Running Mate ships an update every 29 months, Pedometer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Running Mate | Pedometer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AppMaven, LLC | Ayhan Selek |
In-app purchases
Running Mate
- 7 Days Subscription3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$39.991 Year
Pedometer
- StepKit Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
- StepKit Pro (Yearly)$19.991 Year
- StepKit Pro (Lifetime)$39.99









