Miles vs StepWatcher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Miles
Track your running progress with a simple interface that displays distance, time, and maps. Set weekly goals and view your progress with live activities and widgets. Syncs with Apple Health and Apple Watch.
- Live Activities for real-time run data
- Widgets for weekly progress tracking
- Set weekly or monthly running goals
- View run history with maps
- Syncs with Apple Health
- Apple Watch integration
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Miles is the simplest but most effective way to track your running progress. Start and end runs with ease and sync seamlessly with Apple Watch. No ads or subscriptions. **Live Activities and Widgets** Miles uses Live Activities to show your current run so you don't need to unlock your phone to check your distance and time. Widgets show your weekly progress to help you stay motivated and focused. **Weekly Goals** Set a weekly or monthly goal to stay motivated on your running journey. **Simple Stats and Map** Stay on top of your progress with a weekly distance chart, and see your running routes with maps for each run. **Health Syncing** Miles can connect with Apple Health to save runs from the app and display runs from Apple Watch and other fitness apps. **Minimalist Design** Stay focused on your runs with a simple design that highlights only the data you need. **No ads or subscriptions** When you get the app, you get the full app and all future updates. There will never be ads, subscriptions, or in-app purchases..
StepWatcher
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StepWatcher shows your steps and distance. That's it. Glance at your watch face for today's count. Open the iPhone app to see your day, week, month, 6 months or year, and whether you're ahead of your usual pace. On Apple Watch • 14 complications for any watch face • Steps by hour in the Smart Stack • Today's steps and distance, one tap away On iPhone • Charts for the day, week, month, 6 months and year • Your best, your average, and where you usually are by now • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Step and distance goals, set once for both devices Private by design StepWatcher reads steps and distance from Apple Health. No account, no ads, no tracking. Your data stays on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Pay once No subscription and no in-app purchases. Buy it once and it's yours, shared with your family through Family Sharing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Miles at Free against StepWatcher's $2.99. StepWatcher's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On ads, device support 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
Miles is free to download; StepWatcher costs $2.99 up front. Miles sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. StepWatcher asks for nothing beyond the download.
Miles ships an update fortnightly, StepWatcher every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Miles | StepWatcher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (159 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 89.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 159 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Miles Vinson | Shawn Bierman |
Bugs and requests
Miles
Reported bugs
4 issues- App deleted run data while paused
- Mile counter/pace counter not working
- Entire runs not logged
- App did not work at all (swipe down issue)
Requested features
9 requests- Send to Strava feature
- Siri commands for start/stop
- Black dark theme option
- Mile ran yearly goal
- Calories burned and elevation tracking
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- Ability to change time or auto-stop
- Add notes to a run
- Direct Apple Watch support
- Companion Apple Watch app
StepWatcher
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Miles
- Miles Pro$1.99
- Tip 12 variants$2.99
- Tip 2$4.99
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- Tip 2$5.99
- Tip 3$8.99
- Tip 3$9.99
StepWatcher
No in-app purchases








