Comparison

Total Steps vs Walkman Step Counter

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

Head to head
About

Total Steps

Features
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Turn your daily steps into friendly competition. Total Steps connects to Apple Health and helps you stay active with public and private step leagues, global leaderboards, achievements, streaks, weekly recaps, and clean progress stats. Compete with friends Create a private league, share an invite code, or join public leagues and race up the standings. Track active and finished leagues, check final results, and share your performance. Build a walking habit See your daily, monthly, yearly, and lifetime steps in a clean dashboard. Follow your streaks, personal records, milestones, and activity heatmap. Unlock achievements Earn badges for consistency, big step days, streaks, goals, and long-term progress. Your profile shows what you've unlocked and what is next. Review your week Weekly Recap shows your total steps, best day, trend vs last week, and progress highlights so you can keep momentum going. Share your progress Share step summaries, leaderboard results, weekly recaps, achievements, and league results with friends. Privacy & permissions Total Steps reads your step count from Apple Health to calculate stats, achievements, and rankings. Sign in with Apple keeps your leagues and stats connected across devices while you stay in control. Start walking, join a league, and see how far you can climb.

About

Walkman Step Counter

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Walkman is a simple step counter for iPhone. Open it and you see one number: your steps today. Below that are calories, distance and your week at a glance. FEATURES Step tracking. Steps, distance, calories and flights climbed, read from Apple Health. City leaderboard. See how you compare with other people walking in your city today. Optional, and city-level only. Weekly summary. Your best day, your current streak, and how this week is going. Collectible characters. A new character every 500 steps, up to 50,000. PRIVACY Walkman only reads from Apple Health and never writes to it. Location is optional and only used to place you in a city. Your coordinates are randomised on your device before they are sent. We do not sell your data and do not track you across other apps. You can delete your account and all of its data from inside the app, under Profile. Questions? Email cosmocochrane1@gmail.com

Screenshots

Total Steps4 screens
Walkman Step Counter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Walkman Step Counter at none against Total Steps's 4. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Total Steps sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Walkman Step Counter asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Total Steps ships an update weekly, Walkman Step Counter every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Total Steps versus Walkman Step Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTotal StepsWalkman Step Counter
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB120 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAleksandr MurashkinCosmo Cochrane

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Total Steps

One-time4
  • Custom Nickname$0.99
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
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  • Large Tip$14.99
None

Walkman Step Counter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Total Steps free?
Total Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Walkman Step Counter free?
Walkman Step Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Total Steps or Walkman Step Counter have ads?
Neither Total Steps nor Walkman Step Counter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Total Steps or Walkman Step Counter?
Total Steps ships an update weekly, and Walkman Step Counter every 4 days. Most recently, Total Steps was updated on October 15, 2026 and Walkman Step Counter on October 18, 2026.

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