Comparison

Steps vs Steps, The Pedometer App

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

Steps, The Pedometer App

Track your daily, weekly, and monthly steps with this easy-to-use pedometer. Set custom goals and monitor your progress with efficient battery usage. Includes health news and free customer support.

Highlights
  • Step tracking (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Customizable step goals
  • Automatic step counting
  • Privacy-focused (no PII tracking)
  • Battery efficient
  • Health news integration
  • Free customer support
Features
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Walking, Running and other Aerobic activities are great ways to be active and stay healthy. This app is a great way to track the steps you take every day and over the past week or month. The app works great with the iPhone and iPod Touch and it also works great with the Apple Watch. The developer has tested this app around the world - from Mt Rainier snowshoeing in the US to hiking snowy hills in Antarctica, from quiet Seattle suburban streets to the bustling city streets of Madurai, India, Santiago, Chile and more, Marcher sur les marches de la tour Eiffel, Paris and walking around Stanley Park, Canada Features include 1. Review your steps for today, yesterday, last week and last month on the iPhone (iPhone 5S or later), iPod Touch (6th generation) or Apple Watch 2. Easy to use 3. Privacy: We don’t track your personally identifiable information like name, phone number etc. This app doesn’t ask for location information and we have never provided user information to any third party. 4. Automatic Step Counting: The app works as if it were always on and it continuously tracks your steps (as long as you’re either carrying your iPhone or iPodTouch with you OR you’re wearing your Apple Watch). The app works at all locations, regardless of how you carry the iPhone, iPod Touch or Watch (hands, pockets, purse, wrist etc.) 5. Goal setting: Do you want the standard 10,000 step goal or do you a want goal of 2,100 steps/day or perhaps 25,000 steps a day. Setting the right goal can motivate you to walk more and this app lets you customise your goals. 6. Battery use efficiency: The app doesn’t use battery resources when it isn’t running. It uses the battery efficiently when it is running. It doesn’t use GPS features. 7. Health news (based on new and old medical research) from within the app 8. Free customer support The app uses Apple's HealthKit API and integrates with Apple's Health App to obtain, process and display information on the steps walked or run and distance covered while walking or running

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
Steps, The Pedometer App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Steps, The Pedometer App at 100% against Steps's 49%. Steps, The Pedometer App also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Steps's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.2). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Steps sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Steps, The Pedometer App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Steps holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps has 19K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 49% of Steps's written reviews are positive against 100% of Steps, The Pedometer App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps ships an update every 9 days, Steps, The Pedometer App every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Steps versus Steps, The Pedometer App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsSteps, The Pedometer App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (19K ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews48.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.18.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPumpkin Computer Co., LLCCascade Software Corporation

Customer experience

Steps

All ratings19,322 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral4.2%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews609 reviews
Positive48.9%
Neutral11.7%
Negative39.4%

Steps, The Pedometer App

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Steps, The Pedometer App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
1 purchases

Steps, The Pedometer App

One-time1
  • 1-Year Pro Subscription$1.99

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Steps, The Pedometer App free?
Steps, The Pedometer App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Steps or Steps, The Pedometer App?
Steps is rated higher. Steps averages 4.6 out of 5 from 19K ratings, while Steps, The Pedometer App averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Steps or Steps, The Pedometer App have ads?
Steps shows ads; Steps, The Pedometer App does not.
Which is updated more often, Steps or Steps, The Pedometer App?
Steps ships an update every 9 days, and Steps, The Pedometer App every 3 months. Most recently, Steps was updated on October 15, 2026 and Steps, The Pedometer App on September 29, 2026.

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