Comparison

Steps vs step widget minimalist

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

step widget minimalist

A minimalist step tracker designed for digital wellness. It displays only your steps and progress on home screen widgets, eliminating distracting features like feeds or streaks. Your data remains private and stored directly on your device.

Highlights
  • Minimalist step tracking
  • Home screen widgets
  • Displays only steps and progress
  • No feeds or streaks
  • On-device data storage
Features
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As I've been reducing digital noise in my life, I couldn't find a step tracker that aligned with my values. So I built one for myself. It's the digital minimalist's step counter: Shows literally just steps and progress Home screen widgets that display only a number No feeds, streaks, or other attention hooks Data stays on your device I've been using it for months, and recently added widgets so I don't even have to open the app anymore.

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
step widget minimalist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Steps at 4.8 against step widget minimalist's 3.0. Steps also leads on ratings volume (134K vs 2) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). step widget minimalist's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. step widget minimalist asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Steps holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps has 134K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Steps's written reviews are positive against 50% of step widget minimalist's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Steps versus step widget minimalist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsstep widget minimalist
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (134K ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews67.5% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings134K — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYear of Code, LLCHugo Peyron

Customer experience

Steps

All ratings133,679 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews1,572 reviews
Positive67.5%
Neutral8.7%
Negative23.9%

step widget minimalist

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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

step widget minimalist

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Steps

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$3.99
None

step widget minimalist

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is step widget minimalist free?
step widget minimalist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steps or step widget minimalist?
Steps is rated higher. Steps averages 4.8 out of 5 from 134K ratings, while step widget minimalist averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Steps or step widget minimalist have ads?
Steps shows ads; step widget minimalist does not.

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