Steps vs Walking Buddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Steps
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Steps is a clean, Watch-first step counter for daily goals, weekly goals, and streaks. See today's total on your Apple Watch face, Home Screen, Lock Screen, and in a focused iPhone app โ no account or sign-up required. โข Watch complications for circular, corner, and rectangular faces โข Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for daily and weekly progress โข Daily goals and stretch targets for stronger days โข A weekly goal that shows what today needs to stay on track โข Apple Watch app views for today, this week, and streaks โข Streaks, history, and a month-by-month calendar Set a weekly goal and one low day does not have to throw off the week. Steps spreads the gap across the days you have left, so you can see what today needs and keep building the habit. Steps reads from Apple Health, so your count can include your iPhone, Apple Watch, and compatible rings, fitness bands, apps, and devices that write step data to Health. Steps does not write Health data. Full Access is available with a subscription or one-time lifetime purchase. It unlocks Watch complications, iPhone widgets, stretch targets, weekly goals, helpful reminders, streaks, and history. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Walking Buddy
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Reminders that say how many steps to take and keep you moving through the day instead of one long walk in the morning or evening. Walking Buddy reads your steps from Apple Health, learns your usual pace, and nudges you when the day starts to slip. No account, no ads. STEPS THAT ADD UP See today's count from Apple Health on a ring with your goal, how far you are ahead of or behind pace, and where the steps landed hour by hour. REMINDERS SIZED TO YOUR DAY Instead of "walk more", each nudge tells you how many steps to take right now to stay on pace, and stops once the goal is done. Choose your active hours and days. Snooze a nudge or mark the day done straight from the notification. YOUR USUAL PACE Walking Buddy learns your typical day from the past four weeks and tells you whether today is ahead, on track or behind, with a projection of where the day will land. GOALS FOR EVERY KIND OF DAY Keep more than one goal active, each on its own days: 10,000 steps on weekdays and 6,000 at the weekend. A day without a goal is a rest day: no reminders, and your streak is safe. HISTORY THAT MEANS SOMETHING Week, month and year views, goal-met days, streaks with rest days that do not break them, and a Steps Log calendar back to your first recorded step. A weekly recap arrives every Sunday evening. ON YOUR APPLE WATCH Today's ring, steps to go and your pace on your wrist, with complications for the watch face and the Smart Stack. The watch app works on its own: it reads steps from the watch, keeps your goal, and lets you change the daily target with the Digital Crown. With the iPhone app installed, the goal stays the same on both. WALKING BUDDY PRO - Reminders on your schedule: every hour, twice an hour, fixed intervals, or your own times - Keep the nudges coming after the goal - Custom reminder messages - Vacation mode: plan the days you are away, with no reminders and your streak safe - Streak protection: one missed day a week does not break your streak - Trends and All Time: four-week trend, this week, month and year against the last, the year as a heat map, typical day with weekday and weekend averages, and every year since your first step - Apple Watch: pace and steps to go on the watch face (rectangular and corner complications), your usual pace and the day by hour PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no analytics. Step data is read from Apple Health and stays on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Goals are stored locally. Walking Buddy is a pedometer built on Apple Health: it works with iPhone step counting and with Apple Watch data that syncs to Apple Health. Pro is a subscription, monthly or yearly with a 7-day free trial, charged to your Apple ID and renewed unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage it in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Steps and Walking Buddy are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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Both are free to download. Steps sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Walking Buddy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Steps | Walking Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Devan Koshal | Raphael Koebraam |
In-app purchases
Steps
- Steps Full Access Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Steps Full Access Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Steps Full Access Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
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- Steps Full Access Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Steps Full Access Lifetime$29.99
- Steps Full Access Lifetime$39.99
Walking Buddy
- Pro Monthly: Reminders, Trends$1.991 Month
- Pro Yearly: Reminders, Trends7 Days trial$19.991 Year









