Comparison

Watch Your Steps vs Walking Tracker

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

Head to head
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.

About

Walking Tracker

Track your daily steps with a live count and visualize your progress through beautiful charts and goal tracking. This app works offline and prioritizes your privacy, with no account required. Upgrade for advanced features like distance and calorie goals.

Highlights
  • Live step count
  • Offline functionality
  • Progress charts and trends
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly goals
  • Apple Health sync
  • Customizable themes and icons
Features
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Amblr turns your daily steps into something worth looking at. A live step count, beautiful charts, streaks, and goals — all in a fast, easy to use app that works completely offline. No account. No signup. Open the app and your steps are already there. COUNT EVERY STEP • Live step count straight from your iPhone's motion chip — no wearable needed • Distance and calories estimated from your own height, weight, and stride • Sync your full walking history from Apple Health in one tap SEE YOUR PROGRESS • A scrollable day-by-day bar chart of your recent activity • Trends, heatmaps, top days, and streaks that make patterns obvious • A daily recap that tells you how today compares to your usual HIT YOUR GOALS • Daily, weekly, and monthly step goals with progress rings • Goal alerts the moment you cross the line • Pro adds distance and calorie goals for deeper training targets MAKE IT YOURS • Gorgeous dark and light themes, plus alternate app icons • New iPhone? Sync Apple Health and your history follows you PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your steps live on your device first. There is no account, no email, and nothing to sign up for. Health data is never used for advertising. AMBLR PRO Upgrade to unlock weekly and monthly insights, distance and calorie goals, and an ad-free experience. Free trial available. Every walk counts. Let Amblr prove it. Learn More: Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://amblr.expo.app/privacy Support: https://amblr.expo.app/support

Screenshots

Watch Your Steps4 screens
Walking Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Watch Your Steps at none against Walking Tracker's 2. Watch Your Steps also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Walking Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating 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. Walking Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Watch Your Steps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Watch Your Steps against 5.0 for Walking Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Watch Your Steps has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Watch Your Steps ships an update every 3 days, Walking Tracker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Watch Your Steps versus Walking Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWatch Your StepsWalking Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCody KernsRameen Khan

Customer experience

Watch Your Steps

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

Walking Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Watch Your Steps

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Walking Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Amblr Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Amblr Pro Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Watch Your Steps free?
Watch Your Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Walking Tracker free?
Walking Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Watch Your Steps or Walking Tracker?
Watch Your Steps and Walking Tracker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Watch Your Steps or Walking Tracker have ads?
Walking Tracker shows ads; Watch Your Steps does not.
Which is updated more often, Watch Your Steps or Walking Tracker?
Watch Your Steps ships an update every 3 days, and Walking Tracker fortnightly. Most recently, Watch Your Steps was updated on October 24, 2026 and Walking Tracker on October 25, 2026.

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