Comparison

Daylight Tracker vs Live Step Counter

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

Head to head
About

Daylight Tracker

Track and visualize your time spent outdoors with this iOS and watchOS application. It offers widgets, complications, and graphs for at-a-glance insights into your outdoor activities. Subscribe to daily summaries to stay motivated.

Highlights
  • Outdoor time tracking
  • Widgets and complications
  • Visually appealing graphs
  • Daily summary push notifications
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Make daylight a daily habit. Set a personal daylight goal and see how much time you have spent outside today. A compatible Apple Watch records Time in Daylight in HealthKit, so your daily progress updates without starting a timer. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE • See immediately whether you still need daylight today or have reached your goal. • Check daylight time, goal progress, and minutes remaining. • Keep your daily focus visible with iPhone widgets, Watch widgets, and watch-face complications. • Get one positive local alert on Apple Watch when you reach your goal. APPLE WATCH FIRST • Use the Watch app for Today, recent history, trends, and settings. • Keep tracking and receive the goal alert even when your iPhone is not nearby. • Synchronize your goal and preferences between iPhone and Apple Watch. LOCAL UV CONTEXT • Enable location deliberately when you want to see local UV information. • View the hourly UV index and daily maximum from Apple Weather. • Match HealthKit daylight intervals with hourly UV values using stored coarse location anchors. • Visible location and weather coverage show how complete that estimate is. • Optionally choose a skin-response preset for carefully worded guidance — never as a claimed safe exposure time. UNDERSTAND YOUR ROUTINE • Explore daylight duration and brightness in clear charts. • Compare days, weeks, and longer-term progress. • Choose a daily goal that fits your routine. • No account is required. Daylight reads Time in Daylight and ambient-light data from Apple Health. Data availability and update timing depend on your Apple Watch model, how it is worn, and HealthKit background delivery. Location access starts only when you activate the UV feature. On iPhone, the app then uses power-efficient significant location changes instead of continuous GPS. You can delete its location history from Settings after a warning and confirmation. The UV context estimate is not a measurement of your personal UV dose or skin exposure. Daylight duration, brightness, and UV index do not determine vitamin D or a safe amount of time in the sun. This app does not provide medical advice. Follow local sun-protection guidance. ACCESS OPTIONS New customers can explore the app for two days from their first download without an automatic charge. After that, a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase is required. Choosing a plan starts a paid purchase immediately. Previous paid-app customers retain permanent access. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account on confirmation. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://www.blogboxapp.de/datenschutz

About

Live Step Counter

Features
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Dynamic Island Step Counter shows your daily step count in the Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen with a clean Live Activity that updates throughout the day. Track progress toward your daily goal at a glance, without opening the app. Dynamic Island Step Counter reads your step count using your iPhone’s motion data, lets you choose a goal that fits your routine, and keeps your Live Activity updated so your progress is always visible.

Screenshots

Daylight Tracker4 screens
Live Step Counter2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Daylight Tracker at 3 against Live Step Counter's 1. Live Step Counter's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Daylight Tracker costs $1.99 and Live Step Counter $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Daylight Tracker versus Live Step Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaylight TrackerLive Step Counter
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating3.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBernhard HeringDavid Anthony Dunkovich

In-app purchases

None

Daylight Tracker

No in-app purchases

None

Live Step Counter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daylight Tracker free?
Daylight Tracker costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Live Step Counter free?
Live Step Counter costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Daylight Tracker or Live Step Counter have ads?
Neither Daylight Tracker nor Live Step Counter shows ads.

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