Step Goal vs Pacer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
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
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 โข A live ahead/behind number on your wrist โ "+420" or "-180", not a percentage. โข Three watch-face complications: rectangular (steps + delta + pace bar), Pacer Steps (circular), and Pacer Delta (circular). โข Custom active hours. Active from 10am? Winding down by 6pm? Set it once. โข 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 9amโ8pm). 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 โข Walkers who want nudges, not alarms โข Shift workers with non-standard hours โข Anyone trying to get their steps in for the day, every day
Verdict
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
Step Goal costs $0.99 and Pacer $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Step Goal | Pacer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 โ better | $3.99 |
| Update frequency | โ | Every 2 months |
| Ads | โ | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Best chart rank | โ | #195 โ better |
| Devices | โ | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch โ better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simge Ceylan Akyuz | Aditya Gupta |
In-app purchases
Step Goal
No in-app purchases
Pacer
No in-app purchases









