Yoga Circle SC vs SimpleStep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yoga Circle SC
Manage your yoga, pilates, and strength training account. View class schedules and book your sessions directly through the app. Stay updated on all offerings.
- Account management
- View class schedule
- Book classes
- Pilates and strength training
- Yoga sessions
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On this app, you can view your account, check out our schedule, and book your classes!
SimpleStep
Track your daily steps, distance, and goal progress with this straightforward iPhone pedometer. View historical activity through daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly charts. Enjoy a clean, ad-free experience with no account required.
- Step, distance, and goal tracking
- Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly charts
- Customizable daily step goal
- App icon badge for steps
- Light/dark/system appearance options
- Accent and app icon color choices
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Your steps, without the clutter. SimpleStep is a simple iPhone pedometer that shows today’s steps, walking and running distance, and goal progress at a glance. Look back at your activity with daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly charts. No ads. No account. No tracking. One purchase, with no subscriptions or in-app purchases. WHAT YOU CAN DO • View today’s and past days’ steps, distance, and goal progress • Swipe to move between days and chart periods • Review daily (hourly), weekly, monthly, and yearly step charts • See totals and averages for steps and distance • Tap a weekly chart bar to view that day’s activity • Set a daily goal from 1,000 to 30,000 steps in 1,000-step increments • Show today’s steps on the app icon badge with notification permission • Receive a silent goal notification once per day • Choose light, dark, or system appearance • Choose from seven accent colors and seven app icon colors IPHONE-RECORDED ACTIVITY SimpleStep reads Steps and Walking + Running Distance from Apple Health. Only records created by your iPhone are included. Apple Watch data, manual entries, and records written by other apps are excluded. Health data is read-only and stays on your iPhone. SimpleStep does not send your health data to an external server. Distance is displayed in kilometers. Step badges and goal notifications update when you open or return to the app, or when HealthKit delivers a background update. They do not update continuously while the app is closed. REQUIREMENTS An iPhone running iOS 18 or later. Languages: English and Japanese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Yoga Circle SC at Free against SimpleStep's $0.99. Yoga Circle SC also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). SimpleStep's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 weeks). On review sentiment, 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
Yoga Circle SC is free to download; SimpleStep costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Yoga Circle SC ships an update every 4 weeks, SimpleStep every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yoga Circle SC | SimpleStep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (62 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yoga Circle LLC | Hiroyuki Yagi |
Customer experience
Yoga Circle SC
SimpleStep
In-app purchases
Yoga Circle SC
No in-app purchases
SimpleStep
No in-app purchases
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