Comparison

Steps vs Runit Track

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

Runit Track

This app offers a straightforward way to track runs and cycling routes without requiring an account. It provides full control and access to your recorded data, storing it in HealthKit for easy fitness monitoring. Continued GPS use may impact battery life.

Highlights
  • Run and cycle tracking
  • No account required
  • Full data control
  • HealthKit integration
  • Background tracking
Features
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Runit is a very easy to use, fast run and cycle tracker. And gives you complete control over the data. No need to create an account. No ads. No cost. And you get full access over the data, nothing is hidden from you like every other app. You can see every point recorded. This app will record your running or cycling, once you start tracking, even if you close the app. For the reason, continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. And now, all your runs and rides are stored in HealthKit, to make it even easier to track your fitness.

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
Runit Track2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Steps at 49% against Runit Track's 0%. Steps also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.6 vs 1.0). Runit Track's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Steps is free to download; Runit Track costs $0.99 up front. Steps sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Runit Track asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Steps holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps has 19K ratings behind it against 1, 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 0% of Runit Track's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps ships an update every 9 days, Runit Track every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Steps versus Runit Track: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsRunit Track
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (19K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews48.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPumpkin Computer Co., LLCJOhn Lyons

Customer experience

Steps

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

Runit Track

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Runit Track

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
None

Runit Track

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Runit Track free?
Runit Track costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steps or Runit Track?
Steps is rated higher. Steps averages 4.6 out of 5 from 19K ratings, while Runit Track averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Steps or Runit Track have ads?
Steps shows ads; Runit Track does not.
Which is updated more often, Steps or Runit Track?
Steps ships an update every 9 days, and Runit Track every 3 months. Most recently, Steps was updated on November 10, 2026 and Runit Track on November 2, 2026.

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