Pedometer vs StepNow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Step tracking
- Distance tracking
- Active energy monitoring
- Flights climbed
- Daily goals
- Charts and graphs
- Home Screen and Apple Watch widgets
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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/
StepNow
This app provides a reliable step counter for iPhone and Apple Watch, offering clear status updates on your step count. It allows you to track focused walks, view historical data, and set personalized goals with customizable reminders. Designed with privacy in mind, it keeps your data on your device.
- Live step count status
- Focused walking sessions
- Daily and historical progress tracking
- Home/Lock Screen widgets
- Live Activities and Dynamic Island support
- Customizable goal reminders
- Private by design
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StepNow is a free, private step counter for iPhone and Apple Watch, designed to make every number easier to trust. VISIBLE FRESHNESS StepNow tells you whether your count is Live, Catching up, Current, Paused, Unavailable, or needs attention. The latest trusted measurement remains visible while the app explains its source and update age. FOCUSED WALKS Start a walking session from iPhone or Apple Watch. Follow session steps, active time, distance, pace, cadence, and Watch heart rate. Pause, resume, or end the same walk across both devices. TODAY AND HISTORY See daily goal progress, steps remaining, distance, energy, hourly movement, weekly momentum, streaks, records, and completed walks. WIDGETS AND LIVE ACTIVITIES Keep the latest trusted count close on supported Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Follow an active walk through Live Activities and Dynamic Island on supported devices. YOUR GOAL, YOUR REMINDERS Choose a daily target and optionally enable milestone, afternoon, or evening reminders. PRIVATE BY DESIGN StepNow has no account, advertising, subscription, or external analytics SDK. Movement and walk history remain on your devices and in Apple-provided health and workout storage. StepNow requires iOS 17 or later. Apple Watch features require a compatible Watch running watchOS 10 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: StepNow at 5.0 against Pedometer's 4.3. StepNow also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
StepNow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
Pedometer ships an update monthly, StepNow every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pedometer | StepNow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kayven Chen | Moxitek Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Pedometer
StepNow
In-app purchases
Pedometer
No in-app purchases
StepNow
No in-app purchases
