Mount Pleasant Recreation vs SimpleStep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mount Pleasant Recreation
Easily register for activities and stay informed about recreation programs. Existing users can sign in once with online credentials. New users must create an account in person at a facility.
- Activity registration
- User account management
- Stay informed on programs
- HealthKit integration
- Workout data sharing
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The Mount Pleasant Recreation app offers quick access to registration for your favorite activities. Existing users will only have to sign in ONCE using their online credentials. A new user must create an account in person at one of our facilities: G. M. Darby Building, R. L. Jones Center or Park West Recreation Complex. Please bring proof of residency and a birth certificate or passport for each child that you are registering. Download the app to your smartphone and experience convenient registration and stay informed. APPLE HEALTHKIT We also use HealthKit to allow users to share their activity and workout data with the app. This data is used to incentivise users to stay active.
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: Mount Pleasant Recreation at Free against SimpleStep's $0.99. Mount Pleasant Recreation also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). SimpleStep's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 months). On 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
Mount Pleasant Recreation is free to download; SimpleStep costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mount Pleasant Recreation ships an update every 6 months, SimpleStep every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mount Pleasant Recreation | SimpleStep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (77 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Town of Mount Pleasant | Hiroyuki Yagi |
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Mount Pleasant Recreation
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In-app purchases
Mount Pleasant Recreation
No in-app purchases
SimpleStep
No in-app purchases
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