Comparison

Pedometer vs Watch Your Steps

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

Head to head
About

Pedometer

Track your daily steps, distance, and active energy using your iPhone and Apple Watch. Visualize your progress with charts and set daily goals. Customize your experience with widgets and color options, with privacy-focused data processing on your device.

Highlights
  • Step tracking
  • Distance tracking
  • Active energy monitoring
  • Flights climbed
  • Daily goals
  • Charts and graphs
  • Home Screen and Apple Watch widgets
Features
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Follow steps, distance, flights climbed and active energy on iPhone and Apple Watch with Apple Health. Charts, daily goals and widgets are free; choose which details your widgets show. Pedometer Plus removes iPhone banner ads and unlocks preset and custom colors for the app, supported Home Screen widgets and Apple Watch. System and watch-face tints take priority. Health data is processed on your devices and is never sent to advertisers. No account is required. The free version may include Google ads and regional privacy choices. Privacy Policy: https://kayvenchen.github.io/pedometer/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://kayvenchen.github.io/pedometer/support/

About

Watch Your Steps

This app displays your daily step count and goal progress on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Track your activity with customizable widgets and view historical data with hourly charts. It integrates with Apple Health for seamless step tracking.

Highlights
  • Step count and goal progress on watch face
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Customizable daily step goals
  • 30 days of historical step data
  • Live Activity progress
  • Shortcuts and Siri integration
Features
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Watch Your Steps keeps your daily steps and goal progress visible across your iPhone and Apple Watch—from your watch face and Home Screen to the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Set a daily step goal that works for you, choose from personalized suggestions based on your recent activity, and follow your progress throughout the day. Browse up to 30 days of step history, including hourly activity charts that show when you moved most. Features: • Apple Watch app with today’s steps, goal progress, steps remaining, and Health status • Apple Watch complications for step count and visual goal progress • Home Screen widgets for steps, goal progress, steps remaining, percentage complete, and seven-day trends • Lock Screen widgets in inline, circular, and rectangular layouts • Themed progress widgets with eight styles, including Retro Sunset, Neon Grid, Vaporwave, Arcade, and Ocean • Custom daily goals with personalized suggestions based on recent activity • Thirty days of historical step data with hourly activity charts • Automatic Goal Sprint Live Activities when you reach 75% of your goal • Live Activity progress on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Shortcuts and Siri actions for checking steps, setting your goal, and refreshing widgets • Simple setup and goal syncing between iPhone and Apple Watch Watch Your Steps reads step data from Apple Health only to calculate and display your totals and goal progress. There are no accounts, no social feeds, and no clutter; just a clear, motivating view of your steps wherever you’re most likely to see it.

Screenshots

Pedometer3 screens
Watch Your Steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Watch Your Steps at 5.0 against Pedometer's 4.3. Watch Your Steps also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). Pedometer's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Watch Your Steps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pedometer ships an update monthly, Watch Your Steps every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
Pedometer versus Watch Your Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPedometerWatch Your Steps
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKayven ChenCody Kerns

Customer experience

Pedometer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Watch Your Steps

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pedometer

No in-app purchases

None

Watch Your Steps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pedometer free?
Pedometer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Watch Your Steps free?
Watch Your Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pedometer or Watch Your Steps?
Watch Your Steps is rated higher. Pedometer averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Watch Your Steps averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pedometer or Watch Your Steps have ads?
Pedometer shows ads; Watch Your Steps does not.
Which is updated more often, Pedometer or Watch Your Steps?
Pedometer ships an update monthly, and Watch Your Steps every 3 days. Most recently, Pedometer was updated on September 18, 2026 and Watch Your Steps on August 29, 2026.

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