Comparison

Pedometer vs Pacer

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

Head to head
About

Pedometer

This app quietly tracks your steps and captures your thoughts on the go. It offers clear daily trends, privacy-focused iCloud syncing, and quick idea capture via text or voice. Enjoy widgets, complications, and data export for a mindful movement and reflection experience.

Highlights
  • Automatic step counting
  • Quick thought capture (text/voice)
  • Home Screen widgets & Watch Face complications
  • Data export (PDF/CSV)
  • Customizable daily step goals
  • Progress tracking (day, week, month, year)
  • iCloud and Apple Health sync
Features
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Waymate is a simple, private, and mindful companion designed to count your steps and catch your ideas in motion. It works quietly in the background, shows clear daily trends, and keeps all your data — steps and thoughts — private and synced via your iCloud. Features: • Automatic step counting from iPhone and Apple Watch • Quick thought capture: save ideas via text or voice while you walk • Home Screen widgets and Watch Face complications for instant updates • Export your steps and to PDF or CSV • Set your own daily step goals • View your progress by day, week, month, or year Waymate is a good fit if you: • Want to check your daily step count without the noise • Need a simple way to log ideas during your walks • Want a clean, easy-to-use pedometer on your wrist • Want to build a habit of movement and reflection • Value your privacy and want to own your data Privacy first: • Your steps and thoughts are synced via iCloud, staying under your control • Syncs with Apple Health • No account required • No ads, no tracking, no profile building Whether you're hitting a step goal or capturing your next big idea, Waymate makes your daily journey calm, clear, and effortless. ---------------------------- Terms of Use(EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://indieupme.notion.site/Waymate-Privacy-Policy-2965249d7e868091b9e8e79e79675e86

About

Pacer

This app helps you achieve your daily step goals by tracking your progress in real-time. It intelligently spreads your goal across your active hours, providing immediate feedback on whether you're ahead or behind pace. Receive gentle nudges to stay on track throughout the day.

Highlights
  • Live ahead/behind step count
  • Customizable active hours
  • Watch-face complications
  • Gentle pace nudges
  • Privacy-focused (no data collection)
  • Built for Apple Watch
Features
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Most step counters tell you you're behind at 10pm. Pacer tells you at 10am. Pacer spreads your daily step goal across your active hours and shows whether you're ahead or behind pace right now, on every glance. A 10,000-step goal isn't a midnight cliff. By 3pm you can know if you're on track. WHAT YOU GET • A live ahead/behind number on your wrist — "+420" or "-180", not a percentage. • Three watch-face complications: rectangular (steps + delta + pace bar), Pacer Steps (circular), and Pacer Delta (circular). • Custom active hours. Active from 10am? Winding down by 6pm? Set it once. • Gentle behind-pace nudges if you slip off pace PRIVACY Pacer collects nothing. HealthKit step counts stay on your watch — no servers, no accounts, no analytics, no third-party SDKs. DESIGNED FOR APPLE WATCH Built with SwiftUI and Swift 6 for smooth, battery-friendly performance. HOW IT WORKS Set a daily goal and an active window (default 9am–8pm). Every minute Pacer computes your on-pace target, a moving line from 0 at your start time to your goal at your end time. The delta between your actual steps and that target is your dashboard, your complication, your nudge. PERFECT FOR • Walkers who want nudges, not alarms • Shift workers with non-standard hours • Anyone trying to get their steps in for the day, every day

Screenshots

Pedometer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pedometer at Free against Pacer's $3.99. Pedometer also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Pacer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#190 vs unranked). On rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Pedometer is free to download; Pacer costs $3.99 up front. Pedometer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Pacer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pedometer against 5.0 for Pacer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pedometer ships an update every 3 weeks, Pacer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pedometer versus Pacer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPedometerPacer
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#190 — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrei IlnitskiiAditya Gupta

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pedometer

Subscriptions2
  • Waymate Pro Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Waymate Pro Yearly14 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro Access$18.99
None

Pacer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pedometer free?
Pedometer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pacer free?
Pacer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pedometer or Pacer?
Pedometer and Pacer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Pedometer or Pacer have ads?
Neither Pedometer nor Pacer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pedometer or Pacer?
Pedometer ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pacer every 2 months. Most recently, Pedometer was updated on October 17, 2026 and Pacer on October 28, 2026.

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