Comparison

StepAtlas vs Just Steps.

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

Head to head
About

StepAtlas

Features
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Your steps tell a story. StepAtlas helps you see it. StepAtlas turns the step data already stored in Apple Health into daily progress, personal records, and walking Journeys. YOUR ACTIVITY β€’ Today’s steps and progress toward your personal goal β€’ Week-to-date and rolling seven-day averages β€’ Activity history, personal records, and trends APPLE WATCH Keep your steps close at hand with the StepAtlas Apple Watch app and complications. PERSONAL JOURNEYS Choose a starting point and destination, then see how far your weekly, monthly, or yearly walking takes you along the route. FRIENDS AND CHALLENGES Connect with friends, compare progress on leaderboards, and take part in Challenges and Journey Races. Social features are optional and require Sign in with Apple. PERMANENT PURCHASES Journeys unlocks Personal Journeys. Challenges unlocks unlimited Challenge participation and Journey Races. All Access includes both and future premium features. Each is an optional one-time purchase. There are no subscriptions. Core step tracking, statistics, widgets, Apple Watch features, and complications remain free. Friends, leaderboards, Challenge creation, and your first Challenge participation are also free. BUILT AROUND APPLE HEALTH StepAtlas reads your steps and walking/running distance from Apple Health. It does not add, modify, or write Health data. No account is required for core activity tracking. Optional Social Sharing uses limited daily activity totals.

About

Just Steps.

Features
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Finally an app that intuitively shows steps on your Apple Watch, for Free. Easily set a daily goal, view your step count and see how many steps you have left directly on your watch face, smart stack or in the app. The app runs entirely on your watch. WHEN YOU OPEN IT Front Page: You will see a big ring with step count in the middle and daily goal below it. Under the ring you can see how many steps you have left for the day. Daily Goal: Scroll once from front page to access daily goal. here you can quickly select a preset or click on the big number to dial in your exact step goal. Make sure to click "Set Goal" after selecting your desired amount. Analytics: Easily glance at the analytics of your step history. you can switch between "Day", "Week" and "Month" options. For each, you get the average daily step amount (days you did not wear your watch are left out of your averages, so a weekend off does not drag your numbers down.), and below it you have best day record. Click on the bar chart on any option, and a detailed list view is opened for you to find exact step data. Notifications: Last page, here you can turn on/off Goal Reached and Evening Nudge notifications. ON YOUR WATCH FACE Complications for every accessory slot watchOS offers, so the app should work with the face you already use: - Circular, with your step count inside a progress ring - Rectangular, with your count and how many are left, in two styles: text only, or text with a progress ring - Corner, with your count and remaining curving around the edge, also in two styles - Inline, for faces with a single line of text Every one of them turns green the moment you close your goal. IN THE SMART STACK Swipe up from your watch face and your steps are there, no complication required. Tap it to open the app. YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR WATCH Just Steps. reads one thing from Apple Health: your step count. - No account, no sign up, no email address - No servers. The app contains no networking code at all and makes no internet connections - No ad analytics, no tracking, no advertising, no third party code of any kind - Nothing is ever sold, shared or sent anywhere, nothing ever leaves your watch RATINGS Ratings are how a one person app gets found. If Just Steps. helps you every day, please leave a review. It means the world to me, thank you! FREE No subscription. No adverts. No in app purchases. No paywalls. Requires an Apple Watch running watchOS 10 or later.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Just Steps. at none against StepAtlas's 3. Just Steps. also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. StepAtlas sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Just Steps. asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
StepAtlas versus Just Steps.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepAtlasJust Steps.
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.018.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian BellDavud Osmanovic

In-app purchases

3 purchases

StepAtlas

One-time3
  • Journeys$1.99
  • StepAtlas Challenges$9.99
  • StepAtlas All Access$10.99
None

Just Steps.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StepAtlas free?
StepAtlas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Just Steps. free?
Just Steps. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do StepAtlas or Just Steps. have ads?
Neither StepAtlas nor Just Steps. shows ads.

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