Pedometer vs Steppies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pedometer
This app precisely tracks your daily steps, calories burned, and distance walked using your iPhone's motion sensor. It helps you build healthy habits with streaks, progress visualization, and smart insights, all while keeping your data private on your device.
- Real-time step tracking
- Background step counting
- Streak building with grace days
- Calorie and distance calculation
- 7-day and 30-day history charts
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- iPad layout support
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Pedometer turns your iPhone into a precise step tracker — no subscription, no ads, no clutter. TRACK EVERY STEP Counts steps in real time using your iPhone's built-in motion sensor. Works whether the app is open or closed — your steps keep counting in the background. BUILD A STREAK Hit your daily goal and watch your streak grow. Miss a day? A grace day keeps your streak alive — but use it wisely. Streaks reset when you stop moving; they stay when you keep going. KNOW YOUR PROGRESS A clean ring shows exactly where you stand today. See calories burned, active minutes, and distance walked — calculated from your height and weight for accurate results. HISTORY AT A GLANCE 7-day and 30-day bar charts show your step history. Tap any bar to see that day in detail. Weekly summary cards recap your best week, average pace, and goals met. SMART INSIGHTS The app notices when you're ahead of yesterday, on track for your goal, or close to a milestone. Get a gentle push at 7 PM if you haven't hit 60% of your goal yet. WIDGET SUPPORT Add the step counter widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen. See your progress without opening the app. IPAD READY Full iPad layout with a sidebar for quick navigation. Works beautifully on any iPad. NO ADS. NO SUBSCRIPTION. Pedometer is free and stays free. The goal is to help you build a walking habit — not to sell you one. PRIVACY FIRST Your step data stays on your device. No account required. No data sent to external servers.
Steppies
This app offers a straightforward way to track your daily steps, distance, calories burned, and floors climbed. It features a progress ring that fills as you approach your goal and provides historical data for weekly, monthly, and yearly views. Widgets are available for your home screen, lock screen, and Apple Watch.
- Live daily step count
- Customizable daily step goal
- Distance, active calories, floors climbed
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Apple Watch app and complications
- Weekly, monthly, yearly history
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Steppies is a beautifully simple step counter that keeps your health data where it belongs—with you. Set it up once, and you may never need to open the app again. Add Steppies premium widgets to your Lock Screen, Home Screen, or Apple Watch face to keep your live step count a glance away. See today’s steps, or pinch and zoom through years of history to see how far you’ve come. FEATURES • Set up in seconds—no account, ads, or hassle • Track steps, distance, floors climbed, and active calories • Choose your own daily step goal and watch the ring fill • Explore Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly, and All Time history • Share your step count your way with custom visual cards and animations • Add beautiful widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen • Use the Apple Watch app and complications that fit right in TRY BEFORE YOU BUY Premium widgets and complications are included for 30 days. If you like them, Steppies Forever unlocks every current and future widget we release for a small, one-time purchase. PRIVACY FIRST Steppies reads your health data directly from your device and never sends it anywhere. Your personal information never leaves your iPhone or Apple Watch. No subscriptions. No ads. No notifications. Just steps. Built in San Francisco.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Steppies at 6 against Pedometer's 1. Pedometer's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pedometer against 5.0 for Steppies. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steppies has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Pedometer | Steppies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bees Studio | Isaac Consultants LLC |
In-app purchases
Pedometer
No in-app purchases
Steppies
No in-app purchases








