Comparison

Heart Rate vs StepKeep

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

Head to head
About

Heart Rate

Measure your pulse accurately using your phone's camera and flash. Track your heart rate history, view trends, and share your data. Integrates with Apple Watch for convenient access.

Highlights
  • Accurate heart rate measurement with phone camera
  • Instant pulse readings
  • Detailed heart rate history tracking
  • Data sharing and export
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Easily measure your heart rate anytime, anywhere with our advanced Heart Rate: Pulse Checker app! Using PPG technology, this app provides precise pulse readings in just seconds. Keep track of your heart health with detailed history storage and seamlessly sync your data with Apple Watch for easy access on the go. Key Features: Accurate Heart Rate Measurement - No additional devices needed - just use your phone’s camera and flash. Get instant results within seconds. Track & Store Your Heart Rate History - Automatically saves your measurements for easy tracking. View detailed trends and patterns over time. Share & Export Your Data - Easily share your heart rate results with doctors, trainers, or loved ones. Take control of your heart health today! Download now and start tracking with precision. Disclaimer Heart Rate: Pulse Checker's content is not medical advice, a diagnosis, or a treatment plan for any type of heart disease. And it should never be substituted for a treatment plan by your doctor or specialist. If you are experiencing any medical heart condition, please consult your healthcare provider before commencing any program. About Heart Rate: Pulse Checker Premium Subscription: Yearly subscription - $24.99 Weekly subscription - $3.99 - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. - The account is charged for renewal within 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. You can cancel your Heart Rate: Pulse Checker subscription anytime via this URL: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 Terms of Use: https://doc-hosting.flycricket.io/pulse-measurement-terms-of-use/495aadfc-624a-47c6-8bca-d6d1358c8fd3/terms Privacy Policy: https://doc-hosting.flycricket.io/pulse-measurement-privacy-policy/89566d20-7a62-4ae1-a500-eddeaf3b45df/privacy

About

StepKeep

This app synchronizes with Apple Health to provide an accurate, verifiable step count. It displays real-time data, offers historical trends, and includes features like goal setting and challenges. It prioritizes privacy by not uploading data or requiring an account.

Highlights
  • Accurate step count synced with Apple Health
  • Timestamped data for verification
  • History restoration and streak preservation
  • Goal setting, streaks, and rest days
  • Weekly, monthly, and yearly trends
  • Challenges and badges
  • Heart rate estimation (for reference)
  • Apple Watch app and complications
Features
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Most step counters show you a number you cannot check. Open the Health app and it says something different, and nobody tells you which one is right. StepKeep shows the number Health shows. Every day, on every screen, next to the time it was last updated. Why the number holds up: • One authoritative total, read straight from Apple Health and deduplicated across iPhone and Apple Watch. Never re-counted, never estimated from your weight or your stride. • Steps still waiting to sync get their own line, so the big number never runs ahead of Health. • Every screen is timestamped. If the data is more than two hours old, StepKeep says so instead of pretending it is live. • A source breakdown shows which device contributed what, and how many duplicate steps were removed. Key Features: • History restored: the first launch brings your past days back from Health, so your record and your streak survive a new phone. • Goals, streaks and rest days: set a daily goal, build a streak, and spend a rest day when life gets in the way. The streak stays alive. • Trends: week, month and year, with a calendar heat map and your best day. • Insights that admit what they do not know: how today compares with your usual pace, how this period compares with the last, and the hours you are most active. Too little data, and StepKeep says so rather than inventing a number. • Challenges and badges: daily, weekly, monthly, or your own target and length. Finish it and the badge is yours. • Calories, distance, floors and exercise minutes, all read from Health so they match too. • Heart rate: your Health heart rate and resting rate in one chart, plus a quick estimate with the rear camera. For reference only, not a medical device. • Apple Watch app and complication: today, the last 7 days and your goal on your wrist, and it works offline. • Widgets and Live Activity: Home Screen, Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. • Manual entry: treadmill, stroller, phone left on the table. Add those steps yourself; they stay on this device. • Wheelchair mode: counts pushes and wheelchair distance, read from Health like everything else. • Reminders: a nudge when you are close, a word when you hit the goal. Works with your devices StepKeep reads from Apple Health, so it already includes Apple Watch, Garmin, Oura, Whoop, Polar, Amazfit and Withings. Anything that writes to Health is already counted. No extra setup, no extra account. Private by design No ads. No third-party SDKs. No account to create. Your steps never leave your iPhone: nothing is uploaded to a server, and nothing goes to iCloud. Free forever: today's steps, the 7-day chart, week trends, goals, streaks, rest days, challenges, badges, every widget, the Live Activity and the Watch complication. StepKeep Plus adds month and year trends, camera heart rate measurement, and CSV export of your whole history. Fully usable with VoiceOver and Dynamic Type. Available in 15 languages. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/stepkeep-terms Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/stepkeep-privacy

Screenshots

Heart Rate3 screens
StepKeep4 screens

Verdict

The call

Heart Rate and StepKeep are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Heart Rate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and StepKeep sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Heart Rate against 5.0 for StepKeep. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Heart Rate ships an update weekly, StepKeep every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Heart Rate versus StepKeep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeart RateStepKeep
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMikalai Lipski月梅 孙

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Heart Rate

Subscriptions3
  • Week Subscription3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Weekly Subscription$3.997 Days
  • Year Subscription$24.991 Year
3 purchases

StepKeep

Subscriptions3
  • StepKeep Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • StepKeep Plus Yearly Offer$9.991 Year
  • StepKeep Plus Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Heart Rate free?
Heart Rate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StepKeep free?
StepKeep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Heart Rate or StepKeep?
Heart Rate and StepKeep are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Heart Rate or StepKeep have ads?
Neither Heart Rate nor StepKeep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Heart Rate or StepKeep?
Heart Rate ships an update weekly, and StepKeep every 6 days. Most recently, Heart Rate was updated on October 17, 2026 and StepKeep on October 16, 2026.

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