Comparison

Step Goal vs Pacer

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

Head to head
About

Step Goal

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it your daily movement targets right from your wrist! StepGoal is the ultimate, incredibly simple pedometer designed specifically for your smartwatch. Check your daily step count at a glance with beautiful progress rings, view your 7-day activity history in an easy-to-read chart, and earn badges for reaching your milestones. Features: - Live step tracking and daily goal progress rings - 7-day historical bar charts for step insights - Earn unique badges for achieving milestones - Deeply integrated with HealthKit for accurate data - Beautiful, intuitive, wrist-first design

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Pacer

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Most step counters tell you you're behind at 10pm. Pacer tells you at 10am. Pacer spreads your daily step goal across your active hours and shows whether you're ahead or behind pace right now, on every glance. A 10,000-step goal isn't a midnight cliff. By 3pm you can know if you're on track. WHAT YOU GET โ€ข A live ahead/behind number on your wrist โ€” "+420" or "-180", not a percentage. โ€ข Three watch-face complications: rectangular (steps + delta + pace bar), Pacer Steps (circular), and Pacer Delta (circular). โ€ข Custom active hours. Active from 10am? Winding down by 6pm? Set it once. โ€ข Gentle behind-pace nudges if you slip off pace PRIVACY Pacer collects nothing. HealthKit step counts stay on your watch โ€” no servers, no accounts, no analytics, no third-party SDKs. DESIGNED FOR APPLE WATCH Built with SwiftUI and Swift 6 for smooth, battery-friendly performance. HOW IT WORKS Set a daily goal and an active window (default 9amโ€“8pm). Every minute Pacer computes your on-pace target, a moving line from 0 at your start time to your goal at your end time. The delta between your actual steps and that target is your dashboard, your complication, your nudge. PERFECT FOR โ€ข Walkers who want nudges, not alarms โ€ข Shift workers with non-standard hours โ€ข Anyone trying to get their steps in for the day, every day

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Step Goal at $0.99 against Pacer's $3.99. Pacer's advantage is chart position (#195 vs unranked) and device support. On in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Step Goal costs $0.99 and Pacer $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 4 level
Step Goal versus Pacer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep GoalPacer
Price$0.99 โ€” better$3.99
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 months
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Best chart rankโ€”#195 โ€” better
Devicesโ€”iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimge Ceylan AkyuzAditya Gupta

In-app purchases

None

Step Goal

No in-app purchases

None

Pacer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Step Goal free?
Step Goal costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pacer free?
Pacer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.

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