Comparison

Ksteps vs Heart Rate BLE

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

Head to head
About

Ksteps

Features
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Ksteps is an app that helps you quickly check your step count directly from your Apple Watch face. With complications, you can instantly view today’s steps on your watch face, and the app supports a variety of complication styles. Add it easily without complicated setup and keep track of your daily activity at a glance. Key Features • Apple Watch complication support • Quickly check your step count from the watch face • Various complication styles available • Simple setup and intuitive usage How to Use Install Ksteps on your Apple Watch. Press and hold the watch face to open the edit screen. Select Ksteps when adding a complication.

About

Heart Rate BLE

Features
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See your live heart rate, straight from your Bluetooth sensor. Heart Rate BLE connects to any standard Bluetooth LE heart-rate sensor — chest straps, armbands, or a sports watch broadcasting heart rate (such as Garmin's Broadcast Heart Rate mode) — and shows your pulse in real time. LIVE HEART RATE • Big, readable beats-per-minute display with a heart that pulses at your actual heart rate • Signal awareness at a glance: know immediately when the sensor stops broadcasting or loses contact • Automatic reconnection when the link drops LIVE ACTIVITY & WIDGET • Follow your heart rate from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with Live Activities • Add a home-screen widget to keep your latest reading in view SIMPLE BY DESIGN • No account, no ads, no tracking — your heart rate never leaves your device • Works with the standard Bluetooth Heart Rate profile (GATT Heart Rate Service) • Built-in demo mode: explore the whole app with virtual sensors before pairing real hardware Pair it with a chest strap for the workout, or with your watch's broadcast mode to see your pulse on a bigger screen.

Screenshots

Ksteps4 screens
Heart Rate BLE2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ksteps at every 5 days against Heart Rate BLE's fortnightly. Heart Rate BLE's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ksteps ships an update every 5 days, Heart Rate BLE fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Ksteps versus Heart Rate BLE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKstepsHeart Rate BLE
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKiyeong JeongDirk Postma

In-app purchases

None

Ksteps

No in-app purchases

None

Heart Rate BLE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ksteps free?
Ksteps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Heart Rate BLE free?
Heart Rate BLE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ksteps or Heart Rate BLE have ads?
Neither Ksteps nor Heart Rate BLE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ksteps or Heart Rate BLE?
Ksteps ships an update every 5 days, and Heart Rate BLE fortnightly. Most recently, Ksteps was updated on October 9, 2026 and Heart Rate BLE on October 24, 2026.

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