Simple Steps vs Pace Calculator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Steps
This free app tracks your daily steps, calories, and distance with a focus on privacy. Set custom goals and view progress with simple charts, all without needing an account or internet connection.
- Daily step tracking
- Calorie and distance monitoring
- Customizable step goals
- Weekly and monthly reports
- Apple Watch complication
- Offline functionality
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A simple step counter that respects your privacy. Completely free! Track your daily steps, set goals, and monitor your walking progress. All without creating an account, seeing adverts, or being tracked. Features: • Today View - See your step count at a glance with a clean radial progress dial. Track calories, distance, and active minutes throughout the day. • Walk Mode - Start a walk with a specific goal (steps or time) or just walk freely with an open goal. • Reports - View your weekly and monthly step history with clear, simple charts. See your daily averages and track your consistency over time. • Targets - Set minimum and maximum daily step goals that work for you. Watch your progress as you move from your minimum towards your stretch goal. • Apple Watch - Step count complication, progress, last 5 days, and recording a walk. Simple by design: • No account required, just download and go • No internet connection needed, works anywhere • No GPS, better for your battery • No tracking or analytics • No adverts • No AI • No subscriptions or paywalled features. Simple Steps uses Apple HealthKit and your device's built-in pedometer to read your step data and nothing else. We don't collect, store, or share any of your information. Just simple steps.
Pace Calculator
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You trained at 5:15/km. The race is in miles. Milemark handles it. Type any running pace and it converts between min/km and min/mile instantly — plus your finish time for every standard race distance. One number. Every answer. WHAT IT DOES · Pace conversion — min/km ↔ min/mi, live as you type · Speed readout in km/h and mph · Race finish times — 5K · 10K · Half Marathon · Full Marathon, updating live · Pro: save your target pace and pin it to your Lock Screen or Home Screen WHAT IT DOESN'T DO · No GPS. No run tracking. No account. No subscription. · Free to download. Unlock Pro once for $1.99 — yours forever. Built for runners who cross borders — who train in one unit and race in another, who join international events, follow training plans written for a different system, or just want to know exactly what their pace means before the gun goes off. One screen. One number. Every split you need.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Steps at none against Pace Calculator's 1. Simple Steps also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs weekly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Pace Calculator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple Steps asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple Steps ships an update every 4 days, Pace Calculator weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Steps | Pace Calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gavan Grenville-Hunt | Neil Brazil |
In-app purchases
Simple Steps
No in-app purchases
Pace Calculator
- Unlock the app$1.99









