Comparison

Step Counter vs Shadowstep

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

Head to head
About

Step Counter

This pedometer app tracks your daily steps and walking activity. Set personal goals, maintain streaks, and receive helpful reminders. It also offers a widget and watch complications for easy access to your progress.

Highlights
  • Step tracking
  • Daily goals
  • Streaks
  • Reminders
  • Widget support
  • Watch complications
Features
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Stepperly is an easy-to-use pedometer app that helps you track your steps, set a daily goal and protect your streak with reminders. Set Daily Goal: Choose the daily step goal you want to work toward. Get Reminders: Set reminders that help you stay on track. View History: Review your step history and previous activity. Calorie Insights: Estimate calories from your steps and body metrics. Watch and Widget: Add the widget to your Home Screen or add a complication to your Apple Watch. If you have any suggestions on how to improve Stepperly, feel free to contact us via the App Support email. This app is sustained by optional subscriptions while keeping essential features freely available. A Pro subscription is required to unlock Stay-on-Track Reminders, Step History, Calorie Insights, Widget Customization, and Custom Complication Color. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Shadowstep

Features
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Every day, Shadowstep matches you against one hidden rival — and you have until 8 PM to out-walk them. You won't know who they are. Their name is redacted, their city is a guess, their step count climbs in real time beside yours. All you know is the number you have to beat. Then at 8 PM the mask comes off: the identity is revealed, the verdict lands, and you find out whether the stranger you've been racing all day was a friend, a neighbor, or someone you'll never meet. One duel. One day. No grinding, no endless leaderboards, no streak guilt. Just the quiet pressure of someone out there walking — and the question of whether you moved more than they did. HOW IT WORKS • Each morning you're paired with an anonymous rival. • Shadowstep reads your daily step total from Apple Health to keep score. • Watch the gap in real time — your steps against theirs, lane by lane. • At 8 PM, the rival is unmasked and the duel is settled. • Win or lose, you get a share card built to send. WALK YOUR FRIENDS Challenge people you actually know. Find which of your contacts already play (we only ever check secure one-way hashes — your address book never leaves your phone in readable form) and call them out for a head-to-head where you both know exactly who you're racing. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Sign in with your phone number — no email, no password. • Shadowstep only READS your step count. It never writes to Apple Health and reads nothing else. • No ad tracking. No data sold. No advertising profiles. Out-walk a stranger before the day ends. Find out who they were. Then do it again tomorrow.

Screenshots

Step Counter4 screens
Shadowstep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shadowstep at none against Step Counter's 6. Step Counter's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Step Counter sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Shadowstep asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Step Counter versus Shadowstep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep CounterShadowstep
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHavard TrymanElya Livshitz

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Step Counter

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly - Free Trial$3.997 Days
  • Step Counter Pro (Weekly)$3.997 Days
  • Pro (Weekly)3 Days trial$8.997 Days
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  • Pro (Yearly)$24.991 Year
  • Yearly - Free Trial$49.991 Year
  • Step Counter Pro (Yearly)$49.991 Year
None

Shadowstep

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Step Counter free?
Step Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shadowstep free?
Shadowstep is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Step Counter or Shadowstep have ads?
Neither Step Counter nor Shadowstep shows ads.

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