My Steps Today vs Dot Step Counter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Steps Today
Track your daily step count with this Apple Watch app. Visualize your progress towards a customizable daily goal using a progress bar. It can also be used as a convenient watch complication.
- Daily step tracking
- Progress bar visualization
- Configurable daily goal
- Watch complication support
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Are you simply looking to see how many steps you've walked today? My Steps Today for the Apple Watch does exactly that, showing how many steps you've taken today. It also expresses that in progress-bar form as you work towards a daily user-configurable goal. It's also available to use as a watch complication. That's it, enjoy!
Dot Step Counter
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A simple and minimalistic step counter app with complication widgets for the Apple Watch. It counts your daily steps and shows your progress towards your daily step goal. Simply set your daily goal in the Watch app.
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dot Step Counter at every 5 days against My Steps Today's every 27 months. Dot Step Counter also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.2). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
My Steps Today ships an update every 27 months, Dot Step Counter every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Steps Today | Dot Step Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Tinberg | Alina Hang & Dominik Schmidt GbR |
In-app purchases
My Steps Today
No in-app purchases
Dot Step Counter
No in-app purchases
Questions
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