Comparison

Walking Desk vs Digital Counting Steps

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

Head to head
About

Walking Desk

Manually log treadmill desk activity into Apple Health. Record steps, distance, calories, and duration to create walking workouts. View recent activity totals from the past week.

Highlights
  • Record steps, distance, calories, and duration
  • Save sessions as walking workouts in Apple Health
  • View last 7 days of activity totals
  • No account required
  • No ads or analytics tracking
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Walking Desk helps you record treadmill desk sessions in Apple Health. Enter the numbers from your treadmill display: • Steps • Distance in miles • Calories • Workout duration Walking Desk saves that session to Apple Health as: • Step count • Walking or running distance • Active energy burned • A walking workout The app also reads your recent Apple Health totals so you can see the last 7 days of activity in one place. No account. No ads. No analytics tracking.

About

Digital Counting Steps

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Digital Counting Steps brings movement to the office. Create step challenges with your coworkers and find out who walks the most. HOW IT WORKS Create a challenge with a start and end date, share the 6-digit invite code via chat or in person – and you're good to go. No password needed: simply log in with an email code. AUTOMATIC STEP SYNC Connect Apple Health and your daily steps are synced automatically. Garmin, Google Fit, and Health Connect are also supported. No fitness tracker? No problem – steps can be entered manually too. LIVE RANKING & AWARDS Track the leaderboard in real time. Beyond the overall ranking, there are special awards: Most Steps in a Single Day, Longest Win Streak, Most Consistent Walker, 10K Club, and more. Who takes the crown? FEATURES • Step challenges with unlimited participants • Automatic sync via Apple Health • Live leaderboard with overall and daily rankings • 7 different award categories • Invite by code or link • Manual step entry as fallback • Progress charts and personal stats • Available in German and English PRIVACY Your health data stays with you. The app only reads your daily step count from Apple Health – no other health data.

Screenshots

Walking Desk2 screens
Digital Counting Steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Digital Counting Steps at 3 against Walking Desk's 1. Digital Counting Steps also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Walking Desk versus Digital Counting Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWalking DeskDigital Counting Steps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael HarenPatrick Michalke

In-app purchases

None

Walking Desk

No in-app purchases

None

Digital Counting Steps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Walking Desk free?
Walking Desk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Digital Counting Steps free?
Digital Counting Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Walking Desk or Digital Counting Steps have ads?
Neither Walking Desk nor Digital Counting Steps shows ads.

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