Comparison

WatchSteps vs FastingWindow

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

FastingWindow

Track your intermittent fasting journey with a clean and simple interface. Monitor your progress in real-time with a visual ring and understand the five metabolic stages your body goes through during a fast.

Highlights
  • Real-time progress tracking
  • Visual progress ring
  • Explanation of metabolic stages
  • No account required
  • No subscription needed
  • Customizable fasting schedules
Features
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FastingWindow is the cleanest, simplest way to track intermittent fasting — no account, no subscription, no noise. Pick a schedule (16:8 or 12:12), tap Start Fast, and watch your progress in real time. A live ring shows exactly where you are in your fast, and as the hours pass you'll move through five metabolic stages — from initial digestion all the way to deep ketosis. Each stage is explained so you actually understand what your body is doing, not just how long you've been waiting.

Screenshots

WatchSteps4 screens
FastingWindow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WatchSteps at none against FastingWindow's 1. WatchSteps also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.4). FastingWindow's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. FastingWindow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WatchSteps 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 WatchSteps against 5.0 for FastingWindow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WatchSteps ships an update every 2 months, FastingWindow every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
WatchSteps versus FastingWindow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWatchStepsFastingWindow
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYANCY SHEPHERDMoon Labs

Customer experience

WatchSteps

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FastingWindow

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

WatchSteps

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

FastingWindow

One-time1
  • Unlock Forever$2.99

Questions

Is WatchSteps free?
WatchSteps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FastingWindow free?
FastingWindow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WatchSteps or FastingWindow?
WatchSteps and FastingWindow are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do WatchSteps or FastingWindow have ads?
Neither WatchSteps nor FastingWindow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WatchSteps or FastingWindow?
WatchSteps ships an update every 2 months, and FastingWindow every 2 days. Most recently, WatchSteps was updated on October 28, 2026 and FastingWindow on October 31, 2026.

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