Step Counter vs StrideTrail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Step Counter
This app helps you monitor daily activity, including step count, distance traveled, and walking routes visualized on a map. It provides historical data and motivational insights to encourage a healthier lifestyle and syncs with Apple Health.
- Step tracking
- Distance tracking
- Route mapping
- Activity history
- Motivational insights
- Apple Health integration
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Stay Active and Motivated with Step Counter Step Counter is your perfect companion for tracking your daily physical activity and staying motivated towards a healthier lifestyle. With its robust features, you can easily monitor your step count, distance traveled, and even visualize your walking routes on a map. Key Features: - Step Tracking: Accurately count your steps throughout the day, providing you with a comprehensive overview of your activity levels. - Distance Tracking: Step Counter seamlessly calculates the distance you've covered, allowing you to monitor your progress and set personal goals. - Route Mapping: Enjoy the convenience of having your walking routes displayed on a map, giving you a visual representation of your daily activity. - Activity History: Step Counter keeps a detailed record of your daily steps, distance, and walking routes, enabling you to track your progress over time. - Motivational Insights: Receive personalized insights and achievements to encourage you to maintain an active lifestyle and reach your fitness objectives. - Seamless Integration: Effortlessly sync your Step Counter data with Apple Health, ensuring a comprehensive view of your overall health and wellness.
StrideTrail
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StrideTrail is a step counter that puts privacy first. Open it and today's steps are right there — no account, no sign-up. Every step stays on this phone and in your own Health app. · Today dashboard — a big progress ring with live-ticking steps, plus distance, calories and active minutes at a glance · Daily goal & streaks — hit your goal to light up the day and keep the streak going · Week / month / year charts — browse your whole history freely, goal days highlighted in color, tap any day for its details · Health sync — optionally import your step history so you can see a full year of charts on day one, and optionally write calorie estimates back to Health · Widgets — small and medium Home Screen rings plus a Lock Screen ring · 12 theme colors — all of them open, switch whenever you like · No GPS — steps come from the iPhone's built-in motion coprocessor, with almost no extra battery drain Every feature is free. There are no locked features, no subscription and no trial period: step counting, the complete chart history, goals and streaks, daily reminders, Health sync, all widgets and all theme colors are available from the start. A banner ad is shown at the bottom of the screen. If you would rather not see it, a one-time "Remove ads" purchase hides it. That purchase does **not** unlock anything new, because nothing was locked in the first place. Privacy: StrideTrail has no account and no server of ours. Your steps and Health records stay on this device and in your own Health app — they are never uploaded and never used for advertising. Every feature works offline; the app goes online only to fetch the banner ad at the bottom of the screen. It does not track you and never asks for ATT permission. Motion and Health permissions are both optional, and basic step counting keeps working if you decline.
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Verdict
Step Counter and StrideTrail are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Step Counter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and StrideTrail sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Step Counter | StrideTrail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 243 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Linh Dan Le | 丽佳 施 |
In-app purchases
Step Counter
- Step Counter Pro$4.99
StrideTrail
- Remove Ads$0.99









