Comparison

FTW vs Watch Your Steps

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

Head to head
About

FTW

Turn your daily walks into a fun team challenge. Create or join step groups with friends and compete on live leaderboards. Earn achievements and track your progress with weekly recaps.

Highlights
  • Team step competitions
  • Live leaderboards
  • Apple Watch complication
  • In-app cheers and taunts
  • Weekly and daily challenges
  • Ghost races
  • Achievements and stats
Features
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FTW turns walking into a team sport. Create a step group, invite your friends, and see who can walk the most. Live leaderboards update every 5 minutes so you always know where you stand. HOW IT WORKS - Sign in with Apple or Google - Create a group or join one with a 6-character invite code - Your steps sync automatically from Apple Health - Live leaderboards rank everyone in real time FEATURES - Real-time step leaderboards for groups up to 25 people - Apple Watch complication shows your rank at a glance - Send cheers and taunts to motivate your group - Weekly and daily competitions with automatic resets - Ghost races to compete head-to-head - Stats, personal records, and 50+ achievement badges - Weekly recap with charts and trends PRIVACY FIRST FTW reads your step count from Apple Health. That’s it. No heart rate, no GPS, no workouts. Your data is never sold or shared with advertisers. FTW is completely free. No subscriptions, no premium tiers, no ads.

About

Watch Your Steps

This app displays your daily step count and goal progress on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Track your activity with customizable widgets and view historical data with hourly charts. It integrates with Apple Health for seamless step tracking.

Highlights
  • Step count and goal progress on watch face
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Customizable daily step goals
  • 30 days of historical step data
  • Live Activity progress
  • Shortcuts and Siri integration
Features
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Watch Your Steps keeps your daily steps and goal progress visible across your iPhone and Apple Watch—from your watch face and Home Screen to the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Set a daily step goal that works for you, choose from personalized suggestions based on your recent activity, and follow your progress throughout the day. Browse up to 30 days of step history, including hourly activity charts that show when you moved most. Features: • Apple Watch app with today’s steps, goal progress, steps remaining, and Health status • Apple Watch complications for step count and visual goal progress • Home Screen widgets for steps, goal progress, steps remaining, percentage complete, and seven-day trends • Lock Screen widgets in inline, circular, and rectangular layouts • Themed progress widgets with eight styles, including Retro Sunset, Neon Grid, Vaporwave, Arcade, and Ocean • Custom daily goals with personalized suggestions based on recent activity • Thirty days of historical step data with hourly activity charts • Automatic Goal Sprint Live Activities when you reach 75% of your goal • Live Activity progress on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Shortcuts and Siri actions for checking steps, setting your goal, and refreshing widgets • Simple setup and goal syncing between iPhone and Apple Watch Watch Your Steps reads step data from Apple Health only to calculate and display your totals and goal progress. There are no accounts, no social feeds, and no clutter; just a clear, motivating view of your steps wherever you’re most likely to see it.

Screenshots

FTW4 screens
Watch Your Steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Watch Your Steps at 5 against FTW's 1. FTW's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FTW against 5.0 for Watch Your Steps. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Watch Your Steps has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FTW ships an update every 4 days, Watch Your Steps every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
FTW versus Watch Your Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFTWWatch Your Steps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApres AI LLCCody Kerns

Customer experience

FTW

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Watch Your Steps

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FTW

No in-app purchases

None

Watch Your Steps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FTW free?
FTW is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Watch Your Steps free?
Watch Your Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FTW or Watch Your Steps?
FTW and Watch Your Steps are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do FTW or Watch Your Steps have ads?
Neither FTW nor Watch Your Steps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FTW or Watch Your Steps?
FTW ships an update every 4 days, and Watch Your Steps every 3 days. Most recently, FTW was updated on October 31, 2026 and Watch Your Steps on October 31, 2026.

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