Step Counter vs WatchSteps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Step Counter
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StepMind is your all-in-one fitness and mindfulness companion. Track your daily steps, distance, calories, and active time with real-time accuracy. Stay motivated with beautiful charts, detailed analytics, and personalized goals. Record your thoughts and reflections with voice journaling to connect movement and mindfulness. With support for Apple Health, dark mode, and multiple languages, StepMind helps you live healthier—one mindful step at a time.
WatchSteps
This app displays your daily step progress prominently through watch face complications and iOS widgets. It syncs seamlessly between your iPhone and Apple Watch, offering customizable goals and styles while prioritizing your privacy by only accessing Health data.
- Daily step goal display
- Watch face complications
- iOS home and lock screen widgets
- Bidirectional sync between iPhone and Watch
- Customizable goals and colors
- Privacy-focused data handling
- Battery-efficient background updates
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WatchSteps keeps your daily step goal front and center with beautiful complications, iOS widgets, a responsive watch app, and a lightweight iPhone companion. It reads your step data directly from Health and never shares it with anyone else. Highlights • Corner complications: Curved progress gauges that follow the shape of your watch face corners. • iOS widgets: Lock screen and home screen widgets show your progress at a glance. • Multiple complication styles: Rings, gauges, inline text, and corner gauges for any watch face. • Bidirectional sync: Change settings on iPhone or Watch — they sync instantly to both devices. • Personal style: Pick colors and custom goals that match your aesthetic. • Privacy first: Reads steps only, requires no account, stores everything privately on-device. • Battery friendly: Background delivery keeps data fresh without draining your watch. How it works 1. Install WatchSteps on Apple Watch (watchOS 9+) and the paired iPhone (iOS 16+). 2. Grant Health permissions for "Steps." 3. Configure your goal and colors on either device — settings sync automatically. 4. Add widgets to your lock screen or home screen for quick progress checks. 5. Add the complication style you love to your favorite watch faces. Complication Styles • Circular: Ring progress around your step count. • Corner: Curved gauge that follows the watch face corner. • Modular: Large step count with progress indicator. • Inline: Compact text for slim complication slots. Privacy • We read step data from HealthKit solely to display it to you. • WatchSteps never uploads, tracks, or shares personal information. • No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. Walk more, simply — with WatchSteps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WatchSteps at none against Step Counter's 3. Step Counter's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Step Counter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. WatchSteps asks for nothing beyond the download.
Step Counter ships an update every 4 days, WatchSteps every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 2, 2026 and July 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Step Counter | WatchSteps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mahmoud Ramadan | YANCY SHEPHERD |
In-app purchases
Step Counter
- Premium3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$24.99
WatchSteps
No in-app purchases





