Simple Step Counter & Widget vs PasDuJour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Step Counter & Widget
This app offers a straightforward way to track your daily steps with a clean, minimalist interface. It focuses on essential features like activity history, daily goals, and optional distance and calorie tracking, all presented with elegant, clutter-free widgets.
- Minimalist step tracking
- Activity history (week, month, all time)
- Daily step goal setting
- Approximate distance and calorie tracking
- Highly configurable widgets
- Lightweight design
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A simple step counter with a minimalist design. Its focus on core functionality follows the design principle "Do one thing, and do it well." To satisfy some of the more demanding users, I added a few OPTIONAL features. For example, distance and calories can be turned on and off depending on your needs. By displaying only the essential information in an elegant design, your Home Screen stays clutter-free. Special focus was given to keeping this pedometer lightweight. - Track your activity over the last week, month, or all time and get a graphical overview. - Set a daily step goal. - The app can approximate your walked distance and burned calories. - If you want, it can count cookies too. - Highly configurable widgets.
PasDuJour
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For walkers who want their step count without opening a dashboard, Pas du Jour puts steps on the face of your Apple Watch. Raise your wrist to check your count or see how many steps are left to reach your goal. Pick a style in the gallery, then follow the setup guide to add it to a compatible watch face. On your watch, without buying Pro: • 6 built-in styles: Today, Number, Progress, Balanced, Remaining and Levels. • A daily goal you can change or turn off from your wrist. • A goal percentage that keeps going past 100%. • The last 7 days, their average, the highest available reading and days when you reached your goal. With Pas du Jour Pro, create up to 8 complication profiles. Choose their data, layout and icon. Show your goal streak or steps remaining for the calendar week. These values use your current goal and available history. Incomplete history can prevent a value from appearing; a + marks a minimum streak. Requires an Apple Watch compatible with watchOS 26. Available formats depend on the watch face. Updates depend on watchOS and access to Health. Steps are read locally from Health with your permission. No account, ads, analytics or server. Pas du Jour is not a medical device and does not provide diagnosis or medical advice. Pas du Jour Pro is an optional one-time purchase with no subscription. The 6 built-in styles, daily goal and history remain available without a purchase. Access earned before version 1.1.0 stays yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PasDuJour at every 4 days against Simple Step Counter & Widget's every 2 months. PasDuJour also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Simple Step Counter & Widget sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and PasDuJour sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Simple Step Counter & Widget ships an update every 2 months, PasDuJour every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Simple Step Counter & Widget | PasDuJour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Konstantin Maurer | Benjamin Dupin |
In-app purchases
Simple Step Counter & Widget
- Buy me a coffee$1.99
- Full Version$2.99
PasDuJour
- Pas du Jour Pro$3.99
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