Widgethy vs Step Counter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side â with what reviewers say about each.
Widgethy
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Check your health data at a glance with widgets on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch face. Widgethy connects with Apple Health to display 50+ health and fitness metrics as widgets. See your latest steps, heart rate, sleep, weight, blood oxygen, and more â right from your Lock Screen or Home Screen, without opening an app. â 50+ Metrics Supports a wide range of health data including steps, heart rate, sleep, weight, blood oxygen, blood pressure, body temperature, calories, VO2 Max, HRV, and more. All metrics are available for free. â Three Widget Types: Simple, Rich & Heatmap Simple â Shows today's value at a glance. Rich â Detailed view with 7-day charts and statistics. Sleep is visualized with a stage-by-stage hypnogram. Heatmap â Daily trends visualized as a color-intensity grid. Spot patterns at a glance. (Rich and Heatmap widgets require a Widgethy Pro subscription.) â Every Size Supported Both types support all Home Screen widget sizes (Small / Medium / Large) and Lock Screen widget sizes (Circular / Rectangular). View your data with feature-rich widgets complete with gauges and charts. â Apple Watch Complications Put any of the 50+ metrics on your watch face. Pick one straight from the watch face editor â no setup in the app required. Circular, inline, corner, and rectangular are all supported, and the rectangular complication charts today's trend. â Fully Customizable Set Light, Dark, Vivid, or System appearance independently for each widget. Vivid adds vibrant gradient backgrounds in your metric's category color. â Privacy First Widgethy only reads your health data and never writes to it. Your health values never leave your device â they are never sent to any server. â Widgethy Pro Unlock Rich widgets with charts, Lock Screen widgets with gauges, watch complications with gauges and charts, and unlimited widget slots. Supported categories: Activity / Body Measurements / Heart / Sleep / Respiratory / Nutrition / Vitals / Cycle Tracking / Mental Wellbeing
Step Counter
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Your daily steps, right where you look. Steps Widget shows the step count recorded in Apple Health on your Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets. FEATURES - Matches the Health app exactly (same aggregation, duplicate sources removed) - Lock Screen widgets: circular, rectangular and inline - Home Screen widgets (small / medium) in your theme color - Refresh button on the widget for instant updates GOALS & NOTIFICATIONS - Set multiple step goals and get notified when you reach them (once per goal per day) - Background updates can be turned on or off LOOK BACK WITH CHARTS - 7-day step history chart - Tap any bar to see that day's record - Export your daily steps as CSV MAKE IT YOURS - Theme color from a palette or full RGB picker - 6 preset backgrounds, plus custom colors and photos HEALTH APP INTEGRATION - Steps are read-only from Apple Health - One tap to open the Health app - Your step data never leaves your device Banner ads only. The "Remove Ads" in-app purchase removes all banner and video ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Widgethy at none against Step Counter's shown. Widgethy also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Step Counter's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Widgethy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Step Counter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Widgethy | Step Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | â |
| Ads | No â better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch â better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 â better |
| Further details â not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SoyApps | AKIRA TEZUKA |
In-app purchases
Widgethy
- Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Pro (Yearly)$9.991 Year
Step Counter
- Remove Ads$1.99
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