Comparison

Step Counter vs StepDerby

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

Head to head
About

Step Counter

This app automatically tracks your daily steps, calories, and distance walked. It offers motivational achievements, streaks, and beautiful widgets for your home and lock screens to help you build a consistent walking habit.

Highlights
  • Automatic step tracking
  • Apple Health integration
  • Home & lock screen widgets
  • Achievements and streaks
  • Calorie and distance tracking
  • Progress insights
Features
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Stepsly is a beautiful step counter for iPhone. Track steps, see your daily steps at a glance, and turn step counting into a walking habit youโ€™ll want to keep. Set daily step goals that fit your life, build a streak, beat your best, and make every walk count. WHY STEPSLY - A clear daily view that makes progress feel rewarding - Goals, streaks, achievements, and personal bests that give every walk more meaning - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets that keep your progress close - Detailed history, charts, and records when you want the fuller story - Beautiful share cards for celebrating a great day your way YOUR MOVEMENT, CLEARLY - Step tracking powered by Apple HealthKit - See your steps and daily goal progress at a glance - Track distance, calories burned, floors climbed, and time moving - Choose metric or imperial distance - Follow the flow of your day with a smooth, animated progress ring MORE THAN TODAY - Explore your day, week, and month in a few taps - Compare weeks and months with easy-to-read charts and goal markers - Use the calendar view to spot your most active days - Look back on trends, averages, goal days, and lifetime records KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING - Set a daily step goal that fits your life - Build a streak and revisit your progress over time - Unlock achievements for goals, milestones, records, and consistency - Celebrate your best days, weeks, and months - Share daily, weekly, monthly, or all-time progress in a polished card PROGRESS WHERE YOU NEED IT - Home Screen widgets for daily steps, stats, streaks, weekly progress, and monthly trends - Lock Screen widgets for a quick check without opening the app - Optional reminders when you need a little nudge or are close to your goal MADE YOURS - Light, dark, and system appearance - Smooth, thoughtful interactions throughout - A focused experience built around one thing: helping you keep moving SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Stepsly is free to download. A free trial is available for eligible new users. A subscription unlocks full access and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Website: https://stepsly.app Privacy Policy: https://heyvish.com/privacy/steps Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Download Stepsly and make every step count.

About

StepDerby

Features
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StepDerby makes walking feel like a small friendly race. Pick a cat, start a challenge, and watch your progress move across the track as your real steps update from Apple Health. Build a daily habit with a race view that is light, playful, and easy to read. StepDerby keeps the focus on challenge progress, cute cats, and simple motivation instead of complicated fitness charts. Features: - Cat race progress powered by Apple Health step count - Daily walking challenges - Local race history and friendly status updates - Home Screen widgets for quick progress checks - Apple Watch app and complications for latest race summaries - Shared-race invite flow for beta testing small friend groups Privacy matters. StepDerby does not use ads, does not track you across apps or websites, and does not sell user data. Apple Health step count is used to power the race experience.

Screenshots

Step Counter4 screens
StepDerby4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Step Counter at Free against StepDerby's $0.99. Step Counter also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). StepDerby's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On 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

Step Counter is free to download; StepDerby costs $0.99 up front. Step Counter sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. StepDerby asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 4 level
Step Counter versus StepDerby: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep CounterStepDerby
PriceFree โ€” better$0.99
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationFreemiumโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size79 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSrivishnu RamakrishnanOdir Henry Perez

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Step Counter

Subscriptions4
  • Steps App Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Steps Pro Premium Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Steps Pro Premium Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • Steps App Premium Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Steps App Premium Lifetime$24.99
None

StepDerby

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Step Counter free?
Step Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StepDerby free?
StepDerby costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Step Counter or StepDerby have ads?
Neither Step Counter nor StepDerby shows ads.

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