Comparison

Dot Step Counter vs Watch Your Steps

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

Head to head
About

Dot Step Counter

Features
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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.

About

Watch Your Steps

This app displays your daily step count and goal progress on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Track your activity with customizable widgets and view historical data with hourly charts. It integrates with Apple Health for seamless step tracking.

Highlights
  • Step count and goal progress on watch face
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Customizable daily step goals
  • 30 days of historical step data
  • Live Activity progress
  • Shortcuts and Siri integration
Features
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Watch Your Steps keeps your daily steps and goal progress visible across your iPhone and Apple Watch—from your watch face and Home Screen to the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Set a daily step goal that works for you, choose from personalized suggestions based on your recent activity, and follow your progress throughout the day. Browse up to 30 days of step history, including hourly activity charts that show when you moved most. Features: • Apple Watch app with today’s steps, goal progress, steps remaining, and Health status • Apple Watch complications for step count and visual goal progress • Home Screen widgets for steps, goal progress, steps remaining, percentage complete, and seven-day trends • Lock Screen widgets in inline, circular, and rectangular layouts • Themed progress widgets with eight styles, including Retro Sunset, Neon Grid, Vaporwave, Arcade, and Ocean • Custom daily goals with personalized suggestions based on recent activity • Thirty days of historical step data with hourly activity charts • Automatic Goal Sprint Live Activities when you reach 75% of your goal • Live Activity progress on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Shortcuts and Siri actions for checking steps, setting your goal, and refreshing widgets • Simple setup and goal syncing between iPhone and Apple Watch Watch Your Steps reads step data from Apple Health only to calculate and display your totals and goal progress. There are no accounts, no social feeds, and no clutter; just a clear, motivating view of your steps wherever you’re most likely to see it.

Screenshots

Watch Your Steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Dot Step Counter at 13.0 against Watch Your Steps's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dot Step Counter ships an update every 5 days, Watch Your Steps every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Dot Step Counter versus Watch Your Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDot Step CounterWatch Your Steps
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlina Hang & Dominik Schmidt GbRCody Kerns

In-app purchases

None

Dot Step Counter

No in-app purchases

None

Watch Your Steps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dot Step Counter free?
Dot Step Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Watch Your Steps free?
Watch Your Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dot Step Counter or Watch Your Steps have ads?
Neither Dot Step Counter nor Watch Your Steps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dot Step Counter or Watch Your Steps?
Dot Step Counter ships an update every 5 days, and Watch Your Steps every 3 days. Most recently, Dot Step Counter was updated on October 25, 2026 and Watch Your Steps on October 24, 2026.

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