Comparison

Pedometer vs Japanese Walking Timer & GPS

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

Head to head
About

Pedometer

Features
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StepKit is a pedometer that stays out of your way: steps counted on this iPhone, a ring that fills as your day goes, a real Apple Watch app with your heart rate, and Home and Lock Screen widgets that actually work. TODAY, THIS WEEK, THIS MONTH Today opens on one big ring with your steps and the days of the week under it. Switch to Week or Month to see the whole stretch, or step back to yesterday and the weeks before it. SHARE YOUR DAY Every day, week and month can be shared as a card, in many styles: the ring, a big number, hour by hour, the week's bars, the month's calendar. ALWAYS ON YOUR WRIST AND HOME SCREEN Five Home Screen and five Lock Screen layouts show today's steps, this week, a 16-week heatmap or today's distance, or start a walk with one tap. On iOS 18 you can start one from Control Center, too. On Apple Watch, two complications put today's progress on the watch face. None of this sits behind Pro. A WALK OF ITS OWN Tap Start and StepKit tracks one walk at a time: steps, elapsed time, distance, pace, estimated calories, and your cadence over the last minute. On Apple Watch, a walk is a real workout β€” it keeps running with your wrist down, reads your heart rate, and saves itself to Apple Health when you're done. Allow Location and every walk keeps its route: see each one on a map in History. READS HEALTH, YOUR STEPS STAY ON YOUR DEVICES Your iPhone's motion sensor already holds your last seven days of steps. Turning on Apple Health sync β€” optional β€” brings in every day before that, with your iPhone and Apple Watch totals already merged. StepKit shows no ads, asks for no account, and your step history and routes never leave your devices. GOALS, A STREAK, AND SOME SMALL WINS Set a daily goal from 2,000 to 30,000 steps and StepKit tracks your streak against a weekly target of five goal days out of seven. Forty-four awards in six series mark real milestones: a first 10,000-step day, 100 days at your goal, a year-long streak. NOTIFICATIONS THAT FOLLOW YOUR DAY As the day goes on, StepKit tells you when you've passed halfway, when you're nearly there and when the goal is done. On a quiet day it nudges you at 1 p.m., and again in the evening if the goal is still open. At the start of each week it sums up the last one, ready to share. Every notification has its own switch, and none of them come from a server. WHAT STEPKIT PRO ADDS Counting, walks and their maps, the Apple Watch app, widgets, goals, notifications, awards and sharing your day come with the app. StepKit Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time purchase, with no trial. It adds: - Reports from your steps: your strongest weekdays, where the month is heading, how often you hit your goal, what your walks say, and how you compare with a year ago - Monthly report: each finished month on one page, ready to share - Replay every walk in 3D: the camera follows the route - Trend charts across your years, in plain words - All-time records, celebrated the day you beat them - All your years: every year on file, with a β€œMy year” card to share - Adaptive goal: rises by a step you choose once your two-week average clears it - CSV export, and five neon colors for the app and its Home Screen icon PURCHASE DETAILS - StepKit Pro (Monthly) β€” the price is shown in the app before you subscribe - StepKit Pro (Yearly) β€” the price is shown in the app before you subscribe - StepKit Pro (Lifetime) β€” a one-time purchase; the price is shown in the app before you buy - Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gen2apps.com/privacy/

About

Japanese Walking Timer & GPS

Features
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Track my walk, the simple way: press start, put the phone in your pocket, and Walkbook draws your route with GPS. Walks, runs and hikes are kept in a journal you can scroll back through, each one with its map, its numbers and the place you walked. Try Japanese walking, the interval method of 3 minutes brisk and 3 minutes easy. Walkbook calls out every change, so you never need to look at the screen. Your first programme session is free. No account. No ads. Unlimited free recording. And a recording engine built so that a saved walk is never lost. A WALK TRACKER YOU CAN TRUST β€’ Accurate GPS distance, filtered for slow and stop-and-go walking β€’ Keeps recording with the screen locked and the phone in your pocket β€’ Crash-safe: your walk is saved every few seconds. If the app closes mid-walk, resume, save or delete it next time β€’ Auto-pause, and it notices when you get on a bus or into a car β€’ Pause, resume and hold to finish, with a 10-second undo PLAN YOUR ROUTE β€’ Touch and hold the map to drop a flag; Walkbook draws a walking route there β€’ Add more flags for a longer walk, with distance and time shown before you start β€’ Set a time or distance target for any walk EVERYTHING WHILE YOU MOVE β€’ Big, readable numbers: distance, time, pace, steps, cadence, calories and elevation β€’ Splits for every kilometre or mile β€’ Your route live on the map β€’ Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island β€’ A voice coach for distance and pace, with a quiet chime mode for podcasts β€’ Start from Siri, Shortcuts or the Action Button YOUR WALK LOG β€’ Every walk as a page with its route map, an automatic title ("Evening walk Β· Riverside") and its stats β€’ Pace and elevation charts, splits and personal records β€’ A weekly goal in distance or time, and your streak right on the start screen β€’ Share any walk as a card, with the start and end of the route hidden by default β€’ Save to Apple Health, route included β€’ Export one walk as GPX, or every walk at once as a ZIP PRIVATE BY DESIGN β€’ No account, no sign-up β€’ We don't collect your location or health data: no tracking, no ads, no servers β€’ Your walks stay on your iPhone FREE AND PREMIUM Walkbook is free, with no limit on recording or history. Walkbook Premium adds pace insights (pace-coloured routes, cadence and split comparison), year and all-time progress with up to three goals, Japanese walking and walk–run interval programmes, and more share-card themes. Premium is available weekly, yearly or as a one-time lifetime purchase. FREE FOREVER β€’ Unlimited GPS recording, including in the background β€’ The Lock Screen Live Activity β€’ Maps, every live metric and splits β€’ The voice coach β€’ Your whole history, with no time limit β€’ Basic charts and personal records β€’ Saving to Apple Health, GPX and ZIP export β€’ One weekly goal and your streak Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. The lifetime option is a single purchase and does not renew. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://burakkose.me/privacy

Screenshots

Pedometer4 screens
Japanese Walking Timer & GPS4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pedometer and Japanese Walking Timer & GPS are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Pedometer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Japanese Walking Timer & GPS sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pedometer ships an update every 4 days, Japanese Walking Timer & GPS every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pedometer versus Japanese Walking Timer & GPS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPedometerJapanese Walking Timer & GPS
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days β€” betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size19 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAyhan SelekBurak Kose

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pedometer

Subscriptions2
  • StepKit Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • StepKit Pro (Yearly)$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • StepKit Pro (Lifetime)$39.99
3 purchases

Japanese Walking Timer & GPS

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Subscription$4.997 Days
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$29.99

Questions

Is Pedometer free?
Pedometer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Japanese Walking Timer & GPS free?
Japanese Walking Timer & GPS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pedometer or Japanese Walking Timer & GPS have ads?
Neither Pedometer nor Japanese Walking Timer & GPS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pedometer or Japanese Walking Timer & GPS?
Pedometer ships an update every 4 days, and Japanese Walking Timer & GPS every 5 days. Most recently, Pedometer was updated on October 31, 2026 and Japanese Walking Timer & GPS on November 1, 2026.

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