Comparison

Widgethy vs Step Counter

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

Head to head
About

Widgethy

Features
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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 — right from your Lock Screen or Home Screen, without opening an app. ■ 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. ■ Three Widget Types: Simple, Rich & Heatmap Simple — Shows today's value at a glance. Rich — Detailed view with 7-day charts and statistics. Sleep is visualized with a stage-by-stage hypnogram. Heatmap — Daily trends visualized as a color-intensity grid. Spot patterns at a glance. (Rich and Heatmap widgets require a Widgethy Pro subscription.) ■ 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. ■ Apple Watch Complications Put any of the 50+ metrics on your watch face. Pick one straight from the watch face editor — no setup in the app required. Circular, inline, corner, and rectangular are all supported, and the rectangular complication charts today's trend. ■ Fully Customizable Set Light, Dark, Vivid, or System appearance independently for each widget. Vivid adds vibrant gradient backgrounds in your metric's category color. ■ Privacy First Widgethy only reads your health data and never writes to it. Your health values never leave your device — they are never sent to any server. ■ 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

About

Step Counter

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Widgethy4 screens
Step Counter4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice ¡ In-app purchases ¡ Ads ¡ Monetization

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.

Scorecard3 real differences ¡ 3 level
Widgethy versus Step Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidgethyStep Counter
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSoyAppsAKIRA TEZUKA

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Widgethy

Subscriptions2
  • Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Pro (Yearly)$9.991 Year
1 purchases

Step Counter

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Widgethy free?
Widgethy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Step Counter free?
Step Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Widgethy or Step Counter have ads?
Step Counter shows ads; Widgethy does not.

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