Comparison

Step Progress vs Pacer

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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Pacer

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Most step counters tell you you're behind at 10pm. Pacer tells you at 10am. Pacer spreads your daily step goal across your active hours and shows whether you're ahead or behind pace right now, on every glance. A 10,000-step goal isn't a midnight cliff. By 3pm you can know if you're on track. WHAT YOU GET β€’ A live ahead/behind number on your wrist β€” "+420" or "-180", not a percentage. β€’ Three watch-face complications: rectangular (steps + delta + pace bar), Pacer Steps (circular), and Pacer Delta (circular). β€’ Custom active hours. Active from 10am? Winding down by 6pm? Set it once. β€’ Gentle behind-pace nudges if you slip off pace PRIVACY Pacer collects nothing. HealthKit step counts stay on your watch β€” no servers, no accounts, no analytics, no third-party SDKs. DESIGNED FOR APPLE WATCH Built with SwiftUI and Swift 6 for smooth, battery-friendly performance. HOW IT WORKS Set a daily goal and an active window (default 9am–8pm). Every minute Pacer computes your on-pace target, a moving line from 0 at your start time to your goal at your end time. The delta between your actual steps and that target is your dashboard, your complication, your nudge. PERFECT FOR β€’ Walkers who want nudges, not alarms β€’ Shift workers with non-standard hours β€’ Anyone trying to get their steps in for the day, every day

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Step Progress at Free against Pacer's $3.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Step Progress is free to download; Pacer costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Step Progress versus Pacer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep ProgressPacer
PriceFree β€” better$3.99
Update frequencyβ€”Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoseph GraingerAditya Gupta

In-app purchases

None

Step Progress

No in-app purchases

None

Pacer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Step Progress free?
Step Progress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pacer free?
Pacer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Step Progress or Pacer have ads?
Neither Step Progress nor Pacer shows ads.

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