Comparison

Pacely Step vs Don Quixote Steps

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

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About

Pacely Step

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Every step becomes a journey. Your daily walking distance carries you around Tokyo's Yamanote Loop, one stop at a time, and every flight of stairs adds up to a real landmark. A calm, beautifully simple pedometer and step counter. ā–  What Pacely Step does - Steps, distance, calories and stairs — tracked automatically Reads your iPhone's Motion & Fitness data to log daily steps, walking distance, pace, and floors climbed. - Journey: walk your way along real routes Your walking distance moves you around the Yamanote Loop (about 34.5 km). "1.3 km to the next stop" and "4 stops reached today" give every walk somewhere to go. - Climb to world landmarks Your height climbed is measured in Eiffel Towers, Mt. Fuji, the Empire State Building and more. "1.5Ɨ Eiffel Tower this month" turns the stairs into a small adventure. - Calorie estimates that reflect how you walk Estimates use your walking speed and stair activity with MET-based calculations. - A calendar that keeps your progress Goal days are marked in vermillion. See your streak, best steps day, best height day and monthly progress at a glance. ā–  Who it's for - Anyone who found step counts alone weren't enough to keep walking - Daily walkers and commuters who want a reason to go one stop further - People who prefer a quiet, minimal design over busy fitness apps - Anyone tired of subscriptions and looking for a one-time purchase - Anyone who wants a reason to take the stairs ā–  Privacy - No account required - Your step records stay on your iPhone and are never sent anywhere - No access to HealthKit or your location - No advertising identifier (IDFA), no third-party ads or tracking - To show our other apps, the app may fetch public App Store information (app names and icons) Distances, calories and heights are estimates based on your iPhone's measurements.

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Don Quixote Steps

Features
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Don Quixote Steps is a pedometer that turns your daily walking into the two great sallies of Don Quixote. Every step you take moves the story forward: leave the study where a gentleman read himself into knighthood, ride out at dawn, get dubbed in a castle that is really an inn, charge the giants that are really windmills, and end the First Part the way the book ends it - in a cage, on an ox-cart, homeward. The cage is not the end. In the Second Part, the strangest adventure of all begins: the First Part has been published, and everyone you meet has read you. Unlock The Third Sally and walk the printed world - the Cave of Montesinos, Sancho's island that has no sea, the Knight of the White Moon on the beach at Barcelona, and the long road home to your own name. 44,000 steps, cover to cover. FEATURES • Steps counted on your iPhone - no account, no ads, no data collection • 13 chapters illustrated with Gustave Dore's engravings (1863), public domain • Spanish lines quoted letter-for-letter from Cervantes's text (Project Gutenberg edition) • Two worlds, one road: the sun-baked plain of Part One, the paper-and-ink world of Part Two • 10 collectible keepsakes, from a bookmark to last year's nest • Apple Watch app: the knight's road on your wrist • One one-time purchase opens the Second Part. No subscriptions. The plain is ochre. The book is white. Walk until you are printed.

Screenshots

Pacely Step4 screens
Don Quixote Steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pacely Step and Don Quixote Steps are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Pacely Step sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Don Quixote Steps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pacely Step versus Don Quixote Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPacely StepDon Quixote Steps
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB16 MB
Age rating4+9+
DevelopertorankiriteRIEKO NAITO

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pacely Step

One-time1
  • Premium$3.99
1 purchases

Don Quixote Steps

One-time1
  • The Third Sally$2.99

Questions

Is Pacely Step free?
Pacely Step is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Don Quixote Steps free?
Don Quixote Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pacely Step or Don Quixote Steps have ads?
Neither Pacely Step nor Don Quixote Steps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pacely Step or Don Quixote Steps?
Pacely Step ships an update every 2 months, and Don Quixote Steps every 2 months. Most recently, Pacely Step was updated on November 5, 2026 and Don Quixote Steps on October 31, 2026.

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