Pedometer for M7/M8/M9 vs Daily Steps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pedometer for M7/M8/M9
Track your daily steps with a simple, background-running pedometer. This app utilizes your iPhone's motion coprocessor to record your activity. It's designed for easy monitoring of your walking steps.
- Simple step tracking
- Background operation
- M7/M8 chip integration
- Weekly background fetch reminder
- Widget support
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This is the most simple pedometer app! You can get walk steps simply. M7/M8 chip have only 7days steps. This app run in background once in a day. If you don't run this app for a long time, background fetch may stop. Please run this app at lease once in a week. This app is made for iPhone5s, 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus. This app use M7 chip on iPhone5s or M8 chip on iPhone6, iPhone6 Plus.
Daily Steps
Effortlessly track your daily steps, distance, and calories burned with a clean, intuitive interface. Set personal goals, view progress with helpful widgets, and receive walking tips to stay motivated. Integrates seamlessly with HealthKit for a comprehensive overview of your activity.
- Step counting
- Activity tracking (distance, flights climbed, energy burnt)
- Daily step targets
- Progress visualization
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Apple Watch complications
- Walking tips
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"This is an excellent idea, turns all the [health data] into a simple, easy to read summary." "Very clean and simple pedometer. Walking tips in app are well picked!" "Nothing is needed. Just download and open. Just awesome. Accurately track the steps. Cheers." Daily Steps brings elegant step counting to your iPhone and Apple Watch. Taking advantage of HealthKit, Daily Steps makes it easy as can be to keep on top of your step count! Features: • Clean and simple interface with no setup required. Just download and go. • Set a daily target and watch your progress fill throughout the day. • Track steps, distance moved, flights climbed, and energy burnt. • Widgets on iOS (Home and Lock Screen). • Complications on Apple Watch. • Targets and tips for meeting your daily step count goal. Is something missing? Got an idea? We're always looking for feedback or new ideas. Feel free to get in touch via the "Contact" button in the app. We'd love to chat! --- Daily Steps contains an optional yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Subscriptions and trials renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours prior to expiry of the current period. To turn off auto-renew, and/or to manage your subscription, visit your iTunes/App Store account settings. Privacy policy: https://harbourcitysoftware.com.au/dailysteps/privacy Terms:https://harbourcitysoftware.com.au/dailysteps/terms --- Daily Steps respects your privacy. Potentially sensitive information such as data read from or written to HealthKit doesn't leave your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Daily Steps at 1.6K against Pedometer for M7/M8/M9's 1. Daily Steps also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). Pedometer for M7/M8/M9's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 17.4). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Pedometer for M7/M8/M9 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Daily Steps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pedometer for M7/M8/M9 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Steps has 1.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Pedometer for M7/M8/M9's written reviews are positive against 72% of Daily Steps's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pedometer for M7/M8/M9 ships an update monthly, Daily Steps every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Pedometer for M7/M8/M9 | Daily Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (1.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.9% of reviews | 71.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PiyoLog Inc. | Harbour City Software Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Pedometer for M7/M8/M9
Daily Steps
Bugs and requests
Pedometer for M7/M8/M9
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Daily Steps
Reported bugs
3 issues- Steps not recorded during use
- Syncing issues between iPhone and Apple Watch
- Inaccurate step count data
Requested features
5 requests- Display distance in miles/kilometers
- Add goal setting and progress tracking
- Provide more detailed analytics and history
- Implement Apple Watch app and complications
- Improve widget functionality
In-app purchases
Pedometer for M7/M8/M9
- Disappear ads.$1.99
Daily Steps
- Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$5.991 Year
Questions
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