Comparison

Steps vs Forever

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

Head to head
About

Steps

This app tracks your daily walking distance and step count with a simple, visually engaging interface. Set personal goals and monitor your progress with changing colors, while also recording workouts and syncing with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Step and distance tracking
  • Goal setting with visual progress
  • Calorie tracking
  • Workout recording with GPS
  • Apple Health integration
  • Widgets for iPhone and Apple Watch
  • Siri and Shortcuts support
Features
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Track how far you walk and how many steps you take. Always on, works on all iPhones. Steps is a pedometer and activity tracker. It shows you just how much you're moving in a simple, elegant way. Set a goal. As you walk, the colors change to show your progress like a sunrise. No noise, no extra gadget to wear and nothing to distract you. Everyone should walk 10,000 steps every day for their health, but many of us don't go that far. With Steps, you can easily track how far you go every day, set a goal, and get moving! WHY STEPS: - Clear, uncluttered design and changing color tells you at a glance how far you've gone today - Easily set and adjust goals - Calorie tracking, customized for your body and activity - Track and share your full activity history - Going for a walk? Record a workout, measure your performance and track your route using GPS - Integrated with Apple Health to combine data from your Apple Watch or other connected devices, share workouts and more - Check in quickly from your Apple Watch or one of our Widgets on your iPhone - Stay up to date from the Lock Screen with our Lock Screen Widgets - Customize to match your style with themes - Siri and Shortcuts support. Try asking "Hey Siri, how many steps today?" ALWAYS ON, WORKS WITH THE PHONE YOU HAVE: - Always on and tracking, no need to press start and stop buttons - Works anywhere on your body - Works with any iPhone running iOS 14 or greater

About

Forever

This app tracks your daily and total step count using HealthKit. Monitor your walking activity and see your progress over time.

Highlights
  • Track daily steps
  • Track total steps
  • Uses HealthKit API
  • Displays step history
  • Simple interface
Features
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Forever Steps allows you to see how many steps you have taken. Walk outside and track your steps today! This app uses the HealthKit API and displays the number of steps you have taken today as well as total number of steps you have taken since you began using it.

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
Forever1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Forever at none against Steps's 1. Forever also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 68%). Steps's advantage is ratings volume (134K vs 5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price 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. Steps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Forever asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Forever holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps has 134K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Steps's written reviews are positive against 100% of Forever's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps ships an update fortnightly, Forever every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Steps versus Forever: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsForever
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (134K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings134K — better5
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYear of Code, LLCForever Today Inc.

Customer experience

Steps

All ratings134,392 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews1,605 reviews
Positive67.6%
Neutral8.7%
Negative23.7%

Forever

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Steps

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Steps not recording properly
  • App crashing or freezing
  • Incorrect step counts
  • Syncing issues with Apple Health

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to manually enter steps
  • Improve step counting accuracy
  • Enhance syncing with Apple Watch
  • Add more customization options
  • Improve history and data visualization

Forever

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Steps

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$3.99
None

Forever

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Forever free?
Forever is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steps or Forever?
Forever is rated higher. Steps averages 4.8 out of 5 from 134K ratings, while Forever averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Steps or Forever have ads?
Steps shows ads; Forever does not.
Which is updated more often, Steps or Forever?
Steps ships an update fortnightly, and Forever every 6 weeks. Most recently, Steps was updated on October 14, 2026 and Forever on September 22, 2026.

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