Pacely Step vs Five Foot Way
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
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. โ What Pacely Step does - Steps, distance, calories and stairs โ 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. "1.5ร 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. โ 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 โ 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.
Five Foot Way
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Every step you take goes into a building site on your own little island. Walk more and it rises, from a bare plot to a lit-up landmark. Five Foot Way turns your everyday walking into a city. Pick what to build, then go about your day. When you come back, the crew has been busy: scaffolding, walls, a roof, and finally the lights come on. YOUR WALK, IN BRICKS Steps from your iPhone and Apple Health are measured against your own usual pace, not someone else's. A good day for you is a good day for the city, whether that's 3,000 steps or 15,000. ONE BUILDING AT A TIME Every walk goes into the site you chose, so you always finish what you start. Watch it go up stage by stage, and get a gentle note when a new stage goes in. FROM HAMLET TO METROPOLIS Homes bring residents, residents bring new eras, and each era unlocks more to build. Grow from a quiet hamlet through village, town and city to a full metropolis, and watch the island itself grow to make room. 55 BUILDINGS WITH CHARACTER Kopitiams, shophouses, kampung houses, a mosque, a temple, an Art Deco cinema, a town hall, a stadium, a Ferris wheel and towers that scrape the sky. Each one is modelled for itself. SEE YOUR WALKING A chart of your steps for the last 7 days, 30 days or year, measured against your own usual day. Tap any bar to read that day or that month. PLAN EVERY STREET Drag a building into place, turn it to face the street, and move or turn it again any time. Lay roads, and watch residents and traffic bring them to life. DAY AND NIGHT The island follows your clock. After dark, windows, lamps and signs light up across the city. ITS OWN SOUNDTRACK Relaxed music for mornings, sunny afternoons, evening lamps and starlit nights, with drums that join in while you walk. A WIDGET THAT KEEPS UP See today's steps and the building they're going into on your Home Screen, without opening the app. KEEP THE MEMORIES Save a postcard of a finished building, a monthly recap, or a video of your island growing. SAFE IN ICLOUD Your city is backed up to your own iCloud, so a new iPhone or a reinstall picks up where you left off. Only the city is saved, never your steps. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking. Five Foot Way only reads your step count, and your steps never leave your iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Five Foot Way at none against Pacely Step's 1. Five Foot Way also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Pacely Step sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Five Foot Way asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pacely Step ships an update every 2 months, Five Foot Way fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pacely Step | Five Foot Way |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | torankirite | YEONG JIE KHOO |
In-app purchases
Pacely Step
- Premium$3.99
Five Foot Way
No in-app purchases









