Comparison

Step Calendar vs Step Counter

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

Head to head
About

Step Calendar

This app automatically tracks your daily steps, distance, and calories, displaying them on a color-coded calendar. Set goals, earn badges, and embark on virtual journeys. It offers weekly reports and shareable recaps of your progress.

Highlights
  • Automatic step tracking
  • Color-coded calendar view
  • Daily step goals and badges
  • Virtual walking journeys
  • Weekly progress reports
  • Shareable monthly recaps
  • Widgets and Siri integration
Features
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Step Calendar turns the steps you already take into a diary. It links to Health on your iPhone and lays your daily steps, distance and calories out on a colour-coded calendar. There is nothing to set up and nothing to press — just carry your iPhone. ā–¼ WHAT YOU GET CALENDAR VIEW The darker the cell, the more you walked. Tap any day for a chart of your steps hour by hour, a comparison with yesterday and with the same day last week, plus distance and calories. You can jot a note on any date too. GOALS AND BADGES Set a daily step goal and a badge celebrates the moment you reach it, with a satisfying little buzz. Passing 5,000, 10,000, 15,000 and 20,000 steps gets its own moment. Your streak and your personal best are always on screen, so the longer you keep going, the more there is to protect. JOURNEYS — WALK YOUR WAY SOMEWHERE Your daily steps become distance on a real route. Follow the old Tokaido road from Tokyo to Kyoto, take the mountain road of the Nakasendo, walk the 88-temple pilgrimage of Shikoku, loop Mt. Fuji or Lake Biwa, cross Japan end to end, drive Route 66 on foot, or make your way along the Camino de Santiago. Every stop records the date you arrived, so the route becomes your own record. Ten routes in all — some finish in a few days, some take years. WEEKLY REPORT Every week, a short read on how you actually walk, in plain words. It suggests a daily goal from your recent weeks that you can apply with one tap, and on Apple Intelligence devices the highlights are summarised by AI — entirely on your device. ICLOUD BACKUP Notes, goals and journey progress are backed up to iCloud automatically, so nothing is lost when you change phones. Free for everyone. STATS AND ANALYSIS Averages by weekday and by week show you the shape of your own habits. Monthly totals, averages, best and worst days are all there at a glance. Premium adds yearly and all-time analysis and a year-at-a-glance heatmap. SHAREABLE RECAP Turn a month of walking into a single image, complete with what your distance adds up to — a marathon, a lap of Tokyo, a slice of the way around the Earth. One recap a month is free. WIDGETS, LOCK SCREEN AND SIRI Put your steps on the Home Screen, on the Lock Screen, in StandBy or in Control Center. Ask Siri to check today's steps and it answers without opening the app. WEATHER Current conditions and a 24-hour forecast for where you are, right under your calendar. ā–¼ PREMIUM (MONTHLY, YEARLY OR ONE-TIME) • The full Weekly Report, with AI summary • Steps compared with sleep, weight and resting heart rate • No ads • Unlimited history • Detailed stats: yearly and all-time • Year-at-a-glance heatmap • Monthly reports to share • Premium colour themes (6) • 29 calendar backgrounds, or your own photo • CSV export • Live Activity with Dynamic Island • All Premium journey routes ā–¼ ABOUT THE PLANS • Choose a monthly plan, a yearly plan or a one-time purchase • The one-time purchase is a single payment with no auto-renewal • The monthly and yearly plans start with a 7-day free trial • Payment is charged to your Apple ID account • Monthly and yearly plans renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • You can manage or cancel a subscription any time in the Settings app • On a new device, tap "Restore Purchases" with the same Apple ID Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/khappprivacy-policy/%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0 Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Step Counter

Features
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Your daily steps, right where you look. Steps Widget shows the step count recorded in Apple Health on your Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets. FEATURES - Matches the Health app exactly (same aggregation, duplicate sources removed) - Lock Screen widgets: circular, rectangular and inline - Home Screen widgets (small / medium) in your theme color - Refresh button on the widget for instant updates GOALS & NOTIFICATIONS - Set multiple step goals and get notified when you reach them (once per goal per day) - Background updates can be turned on or off LOOK BACK WITH CHARTS - 7-day step history chart - Tap any bar to see that day's record - Export your daily steps as CSV MAKE IT YOURS - Theme color from a palette or full RGB picker - 6 preset backgrounds, plus custom colors and photos HEALTH APP INTEGRATION - Steps are read-only from Apple Health - One tap to open the Health app - Your step data never leaves your device Banner ads only. The "Remove Ads" in-app purchase removes all banner and video ads.

Screenshots

Step Calendar4 screens
Step Counter4 screens

Verdict

The call

Step Calendar and Step Counter are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Step Calendar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Step Counter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Step Calendar versus Step Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep CalendarStep Counter
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkoichi hashimotoAKIRA TEZUKA

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Step Calendar

Subscriptions2
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1 purchases

Step Counter

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Step Calendar free?
Step Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Step Counter free?
Step Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Step Calendar or Step Counter have ads?
Both Step Calendar and Step Counter show ads.

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