Comparison

Steps vs Pedometer α

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 automatically tracks your daily steps, distance, calories burned, and stairs climbed in the background. Set personalized daily goals for activity and monitor your progress over time with clear historical data. It's designed for effortless use and battery efficiency.

Highlights
  • Automatic step tracking
  • Distance and calorie monitoring
  • Flights of stairs climbed
  • Daily goal setting
  • Daily, weekly, monthly totals
  • Background operation
  • Apple Health data import
Features
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See your steps, distance, stairs, calories, and progress over time — automatically. Steps is a simple, easy-to-use step tracker that helps you stay active without extra setup. It tracks your daily activity in the background using Apple Health, so you can check your progress anytime without needing to start a workout or keep the app open. Set daily goals for steps, miles walked, flights climbed, and calories burned. Then track your progress throughout the day and build a routine that keeps you moving. Customize Steps with bold themes and app icons to make the app feel like yours. Why people love Steps: • Automatic step tracking — no setup needed • Simple, clean design • Steps, distance, flights climbed, and calories burned • Daily goals for steps, miles, stairs, and calories • Daily, weekly, and monthly totals • Historical activity imported from Apple Health • Theme and app icon customization • Designed to run quietly in the background Over a million downloads and counting. Terms of Use: https://pumpkincomputer.com/steps/terms

About

Pedometer α

This application functions as a free and simple step counter, ideal for tracking walking and supporting diet goals. It automatically records your steps, calories burned, distance, and walking time, displaying this data in easily viewable graphs. Customize the app's appearance with themes and ensure accurate tracking by inputting personal details.

Highlights
  • Step counting
  • Calorie tracking
  • Distance measurement
  • Walking time and speed
  • Historical data graphs
  • Customizable themes
Features
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A free, easy-to-use Pedometer app! Perfect for walking and dieting! "Pedometer" records the number of steps you have walked and displays them again along with the number of calories that you have burned, distance, walking time and speed per hour. It is easy to use. Simply carry around your smartphone as you normally would. Of course, it will continue to automatically record your steps even if you put it in your pocket or bag. You can view a graph with the number of steps you have walked and all other information anytime. Let's enjoy walking with this app! How to use - Touch on the number of steps, burned calories, distance, walking time, or speed to display the graph with that information. - Touch the graph to highlight information data for a specific time or date. - Swipe to the left to see the data recorded until the previous day. - If you want to change the look of the app, change the theme. - In order to display the correct number of burned calories, please enter your age, gender, weight and step length accurately. - In order to display the correct distance and speed, please enter your step length accurately. Pedometer recommended for the following people - If you want to check your step count. - If you want to try using a pedometer. - If you want to go on a diet. - If you go on walks or strolls. - If you go jogging. - If you want to use a popular pedometer. - If you want to post the pedometer screen to social media. - If you walk a lot for your job. - If you want an easy-to-use pedometer. - If you want to walk more. - If you want to form a habit of walking. - If you feel out of shape. - If you want to use a pedometer with a theme that you like. - If you want to use your smartphone instead of carrying around a handheld pedometer.

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
Pedometer α4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pedometer α at 86% against Steps's 49%. Pedometer α also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, update cadence, ads 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 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Pedometer α asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pedometer α holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pedometer α has 170K ratings behind it against 19K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Steps's written reviews are positive against 86% of Pedometer α's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps ships an update every 9 days, Pedometer α weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Steps versus Pedometer α: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsPedometer α
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (19K ratings)4.9 (170K ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.9% of reviews86.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19K170K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPumpkin Computer Co., LLCITO Technologies, Inc.

Customer experience

Steps

All ratings19,322 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral4.2%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews607 reviews
Positive48.9%
Neutral11.7%
Negative39.4%

Pedometer α

All ratings169,919 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews1,672 reviews
Positive86.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative10.0%

User reviews

Steps

From 19K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple to use
  • 🚀 Practical and efficient
  • 👍 Good design
  • 👍 Helps with weight control and health
  • 👍 Accurate step counting

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate step/distance tracking
  • 🔍 Lacks options to customize settings
  • 💸 Too many ads, disruptive to use
  • 🔋 Steps not recorded when phone not carried
  • 🐛 Inconsistent step/distance reporting

Pedometer α

From 170K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Accurate step tracking
  • 👍 Motivates users to walk more
  • 👍 Provides daily/weekly/monthly stats
  • 👍 Simple and straightforward interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent step/distance tracking
  • 🐛 Stops recording prematurely
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🔍 Lacks customization options

Bugs and requests

Steps

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Steps not accurately counted
  • App freezes or lags when opening
  • Steps/distance data resets or disappears

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add option to track calories burned
  • Provide weekly/monthly step history
  • Allow conversion between steps and distance (miles/km)
  • Implement a premium version to remove ads

Pedometer α

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Fails to enable required permissions
  • Displays incorrect step/distance data
  • Loses historical data when reinstalled

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add option to track stairs/floors climbed
  • Provide yearly step/distance history
  • Allow editing of recorded data
  • Integrate with fitness apps/devices

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Steps

Subscriptions8
  • Steps Pro Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Steps Pro Weekly3 Days trial3 variants$1.997 Days
  • Steps Pro Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
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  • Monthly Pro3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Steps Pro Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Steps Pro Yearly3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Steps Pro Yearly3 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Steps Pro Annual$79.991 Year
None

Pedometer α

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pedometer α free?
Pedometer α is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steps or Pedometer α?
Pedometer α is rated higher. Steps averages 4.6 out of 5 from 19K ratings, while Pedometer α averages 4.9 from 170K ratings.
Do Steps or Pedometer α have ads?
Both Steps and Pedometer α show ads.
Which is updated more often, Steps or Pedometer α?
Steps ships an update every 9 days, and Pedometer α weekly. Most recently, Steps was updated on September 23, 2026 and Pedometer α on September 24, 2026.

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