Comparison

Steptide vs Pedometer

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

Head to head
About

Steptide

This app encourages daily activity by pitting friends against each other on a leaderboard. It syncs with health data to track steps, resetting the competition each day. Earn achievements for reaching personal goals and maintain streaks without pressure.

Highlights
  • Daily step leaderboards
  • Group creation and invites
  • Syncs with Apple Health
  • Milestone achievements
  • Weekly and monthly rankings
  • Invite-only groups
Features
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Steptide is a step counter built around one idea: your friends are watching the leaderboard. It reads your steps from Apple Health, drops them into a daily leaderboard, and gets out of the way. No calorie diaries. No sleep graphs. No fourteen different metrics fighting for your attention. Every day is a fresh race. Steps reset at midnight, the board reshuffles, and yesterday's leader has to earn it again. Create a group for your family, your office, or your group chat. Share a 6-character code to invite. Watch the rankings update as everyone moves through their day. Switch between today, this week, this month, and all-time. Earn milestones for streaks, distance covered, and personal bests. Track your progress without the streak guilt that makes you delete the app a month in. Steptide is quiet by design. No spam. No notifications begging you to come back. It opens when you open it. Groups are invite-only. There's no public discovery, no social feed, no friend graph. Only members of your group can see your daily totals. Terms of Use: https://www.steptide.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.steptide.app/privacy

About

Pedometer

Track your daily steps, distance, and active energy using your iPhone and Apple Watch. Visualize your progress with charts and set daily goals. Customize your experience with widgets and color options, with privacy-focused data processing on your device.

Highlights
  • Step tracking
  • Distance tracking
  • Active energy monitoring
  • Flights climbed
  • Daily goals
  • Charts and graphs
  • Home Screen and Apple Watch widgets
Features
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Follow steps, distance, flights climbed and active energy on iPhone and Apple Watch with Apple Health. Charts, daily goals and widgets are free; choose which details your widgets show. Pedometer Plus removes iPhone banner ads and unlocks preset and custom colors for the app, supported Home Screen widgets and Apple Watch. System and watch-face tints take priority. Health data is processed on your devices and is never sent to advertisers. No account is required. The free version may include Google ads and regional privacy choices. Privacy Policy: https://kayvenchen.github.io/pedometer/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://kayvenchen.github.io/pedometer/support/

Screenshots

Steptide4 screens
Pedometer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Steptide at 5.0 against Pedometer's 4.3. Steptide also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). Pedometer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, monetization model 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. Steptide sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Pedometer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Steptide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steptide ships an update every 4 days, Pedometer monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 13, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Steptide versus Pedometer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteptidePedometer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSharif KhaleelKayven Chen

Customer experience

Steptide

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pedometer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Steptide

Subscriptions1
  • Steptide Pro$4.991 Month
None

Pedometer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steptide free?
Steptide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pedometer free?
Pedometer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steptide or Pedometer?
Steptide is rated higher. Steptide averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Pedometer averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Steptide or Pedometer have ads?
Pedometer shows ads; Steptide does not.
Which is updated more often, Steptide or Pedometer?
Steptide ships an update every 4 days, and Pedometer monthly. Most recently, Steptide was updated on August 13, 2026 and Pedometer on September 18, 2026.

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