Comparison

Step Calendar vs SimpleStep

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. ▼ 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. ▼ 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 ▼ 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

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Step Calendar4 screens
SimpleStep3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Step Calendar at Free against SimpleStep's $0.99. SimpleStep's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, device support 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

Step Calendar is free to download; SimpleStep costs $0.99 up front. Step Calendar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SimpleStep asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Step Calendar ships an update every 3 weeks, SimpleStep every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 3 level
Step Calendar versus SimpleStep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep CalendarSimpleStep
PriceFree — better$0.99
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkoichi hashimotoHiroyuki Yagi

Customer experience

Step Calendar

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SimpleStep

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Step Calendar

Subscriptions2
  • プレミアム(月額)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • プレミアム(年額)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
None

SimpleStep

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Step Calendar free?
Step Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SimpleStep free?
SimpleStep costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Step Calendar or SimpleStep have ads?
Step Calendar shows ads; SimpleStep does not.
Which is updated more often, Step Calendar or SimpleStep?
Step Calendar ships an update every 3 weeks, and SimpleStep every 5 days. Most recently, Step Calendar was updated on October 6, 2026 and SimpleStep on September 27, 2026.

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