Comparison

Step Progress vs Ready

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

Head to head
About

Step Progress

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Step Progress puts your daily steps and goal progress directly on your watch face. Choose a circular or rectangular complication and instantly see how far you’ve walked today. Set a daily step goal that resets each morning to keep you motivated. Features β€’ View today’s step count at a glance β€’ Circular & rectangular complications β€’ Set a daily step goal β€’ Uses step data from Apple Health on Apple Watch Step Progress is simple, fast, and designed for Apple Watch only.

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Ready

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Ready transforms your Apple Watch health data into actionable recovery insights. See at a glance whether your body is ready to perform or needs rest. DAILY SCORES β€’ Energy Score - your daily readiness percentage based on HRV, resting heart rate, and sleep quality β€’ Readiness Score - a recovery metric combining overnight vitals with sleep analysis OVERNIGHT VITALS β€’ Heart Rate Variability (HRV) with personal baselines β€’ Resting Heart Rate trends β€’ Respiratory Rate monitoring β€’ Blood Oxygen (SpO2) tracking β€’ Wrist Temperature deviations β€’ Outlier detection highlights unusual readings SLEEP ANALYSIS β€’ Sleep duration and stage breakdown β€’ Sleep quality scoring β€’ Integration with Apple Health sleep data DESIGNED FOR PRIVACY β€’ All data stays on your device - no cloud accounts, no sign-ups β€’ Reads directly from Apple Health - your data never leaves your iPhone β€’ No tracking, no analytics, no ads Ready works entirely with your existing Apple Watch data. No additional hardware or subscriptions required. Just connect Apple Health and start understanding your recovery.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Step Progress at 3 against Ready's β€”. Step Progress also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.2). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 3 level
Step Progress versus Ready: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep ProgressReady
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoβ€”
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch β€” betterβ€”
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better26.2
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoseph Grainger8STE LTD

In-app purchases

None

Step Progress

No in-app purchases

None

Ready

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Step Progress free?
Step Progress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ready free?
Ready is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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