Pure Step vs first10steps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pure Step
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Pure Step is a clean and focused pedometer designed for simplicity. Track your daily steps, walking distance, calories, active time, and long-term progress with a smooth and minimal interface. Features: • Live step tracking • Daily, weekly, and monthly history • Distance and calorie tracking • Goal system • Minimal dark UI • Fast and lightweight experience Pure Step helps you stay active without distractions.
first10steps
This app offers comprehensive running and race training features, including GPS tracking, structured training plans, and personalized AI coaching. It prioritizes user privacy by keeping all data on the device and offers features like ghost racing and gear tracking.
- GPS tracking for runs, walks, and rides
- Structured 5K, 10K, and Half-Marathon training plans
- On-device AI coaching
- Ghost racing against past performances
- Daily readiness score
- Shoe mileage tracking
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first10steps is your all-in-one running and race-training companion — and it keeps everything on your iPhone. No account, no servers, no tracking. TRACK EVERY WORKOUT • GPS tracking for runs, walks and rides — live map, pace, distance, elevation, automatic splits • Indoor sessions for strength and HIIT with a live timer • A live pace band shows if you're on target; cadence guidance keeps your form honest • Everything saves to Apple Health RACE YOURSELF • Ghost race: pick a route you've run and race your best time with a live ahead/behind bar • Routes you repeat are discovered automatically, with per-route bests and attempt history • Personal-best progression charts and an "On this day" look-back TRAIN FOR YOUR RACE • Structured 5K, 10K and Half-Marathon plans with professional periodization • Plan adherence that tells you if you're on track — and adjusts when life happens • Race-day countdown with taper guidance and a predicted finish time • Custom interval builder with a guided, voice-coached player APPLE WATCH • Start and track workouts from your wrist — live heart rate, distance, calories • Guided intervals on the watch with haptic cues • Steps at a glance and a watch-face complication RECOVERY & READINESS • A daily readiness score from your sleep, resting heart rate and HRV • VO₂ max cardio fitness with a trend and equivalent race times • Hydration logging and Apple activity rings on your Today screen ON-DEVICE AI COACHING • Powered by Apple Intelligence — a coach that knows your training, run summaries, daily tips • Runs entirely on your device, privately MOVE EVERY DAY • Live step tracking with a daily goal ring, streaks and challenges • Badges with Bronze/Silver/Gold levels and a shareable Year in Review GEAR & DATA • Track your shoes' mileage and know when to replace them • Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets; Siri shortcuts • Export everything: CSV of all sessions, GPX of every route Private by design. Your data never leaves your iPhone. Export or delete anytime.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pure Step at 17.6 against first10steps's 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Pure Step | first10steps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gokhan Bayazit | https://airussolutions.com/ |
In-app purchases
Pure Step
No in-app purchases
first10steps
No in-app purchases









