Comparison

ZivoLog vs Pacewall

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

Head to head
About

ZivoLog

This app tracks your daily steps, distance, and calories, and logs vital health metrics like blood pressure and nutrition. It offers on-device AI insights and private group challenges, prioritizing your data privacy.

Highlights
  • Daily step and activity dashboard
  • Health metric logging (blood pressure, weight, nutrition)
  • On-device AI weekly summaries
  • Private step challenges with friends
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app and complications
Features
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ZivoLog is a privacy-first step tracker and health log. Your health data stays on your device by default - no ZivoLog servers, no profiles for sale, no tradeoffs. EVERY STEP, AT A GLANCE • A beautiful daily dashboard with steps, distance, active calories, active time, and flights climbed • Live step count while the app is open • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, plus a full Apple Watch app and complications LOG WHAT MATTERS • Blood pressure, weight, water, nutrition, sleep, and workouts • Scan a food barcode or search a worldwide food database for fast nutrition logging • Copy yesterday's meals, quick-add water, and save favorites to log in a tap SEE YOUR TRENDS • Rich charts for steps, weight, blood pressure, nutrition, sleep, and workouts • Goal tracking for steps, water, calories eaten, and active calories burned • Benchmarks that compare your activity to population norms - entirely on device YOUR PRIVATE COACH • An on-device AI weekly summary that turns your week into plain-language insights • Health correlations (how sleep, steps, water, and activity move together) • Adaptive step-goal suggestions tuned to your recent trend The Coach runs entirely on your device using Apple's on-device models. Your health data is never sent to us - ZivoLog runs no health-data servers. STEP CHALLENGES WITH FRIENDS • Private, invite-only Groups with daily, weekly, and monthly step leaderboards • Only your daily step count, name, and emoji are shared - and only with your group PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Health data is read from Apple Health and stays on your device unless you turn on iCloud sync or join a Group • Optional iCloud sync uses only your own private iCloud database • App lock, guest mode, data export (CSV + PDF), and deletion controls • Available in 27 languages Completely free - every feature, including your private on-device Coach, is unlocked for everyone. No ads, no subscriptions, no tracking.

About

Pacewall

Features
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Pacewall shows you your steps — clear, motivating, and without the clutter. Pick your goal: set a fixed daily target, or let Pacewall calculate it for you. With an active monthly or yearly goal, the app automatically adjusts your daily target based on your progress so far — recalculated fresh every day. STEPS AT A GLANCE • A big, easy-to-read progress ring • Distance and calories in one view • Current streak: how many days in a row have you hit your goal? A HISTORY THAT MOTIVATES • Week, month, and year views • Calendar heatmap for the month • Trend compared to the previous period • Best days, with the date FLEXIBLE GOALS • Set your own daily goal • Or set a monthly or yearly goal — Pacewall works out a dynamic daily suggestion for you • You decide, consciously, whether to adopt the suggestion WIDGETS • Home Screen: small and medium • Lock Screen: circular, rectangular, and inline text REMINDERS THAT MAKE SENSE • An evening nudge if today's goal isn't reached yet • With a dynamic goal: a morning heads-up with today's suggested step target • An instant congratulations the moment you hit your goal YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Pacewall reads your data from Health and processes everything directly on your device. Nothing is ever sent to a server or a third party. No account required, no tracking, no ads. Pacewall is built for anyone who wants to keep an eye on their daily movement — without distraction, without complexity. Just you and your steps.

Screenshots

ZivoLog4 screens
Pacewall3 screens

Verdict

The call

ZivoLog and Pacewall are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ZivoLog versus Pacewall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZivoLogPacewall
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSairam BalaMax Brunsch

In-app purchases

None

ZivoLog

No in-app purchases

None

Pacewall

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZivoLog free?
ZivoLog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pacewall free?
Pacewall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ZivoLog or Pacewall have ads?
Neither ZivoLog nor Pacewall shows ads.

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