Steps vs Activity action tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Automatic step tracking
- Distance and calorie monitoring
- Flights of stairs climbed
- Daily goal setting
- Daily, weekly, monthly totals
- Background operation
- Apple Health data import
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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
Activity action tracker
Easily monitor your health and fitness progress. Accurately records daily steps, calories burned, and distance traveled. Share your achievements and view progress with friends.
- Track steps taken
- Record calories burned
- Monitor distance traveled
- Share results with friends
- View progress
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The Vivitar Activity Action Tracker provides the easiest way to track your health and fitness goals. It accurately records your daily activity, including steps taken, calories burned and distance traveled. By entering your information daily into the Activity Action Tracker app, you can share your results and view progress with friends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Steps at 4.6 against Activity action tracker's 2.5. Steps also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (19K vs 91). Activity action tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Steps sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Activity action tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Steps holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps has 19K ratings behind it against 91, 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 25% of Activity action tracker's.
Steps ships an update every 9 days, Activity action tracker every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steps | Activity action tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (19K ratings) — better | 2.5 (91 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.9% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | 91 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pumpkin Computer Co., LLC | Sakar International, Inc. |
Customer experience
Steps
Activity action tracker
User reviews
Steps
From 19K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Activity action tracker
From 91 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💰 Great value for the price
- ⏱️ Tells time accurately
- 👍 Simple to use watch
- ✨ Pretty color options
Room to improve
- ❌ Does not sync with app
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- ⌚ Watch does not turn on
- 📉 Inaccurate step tracking
- 🔄 Manual data entry required
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
Activity action tracker
Reported bugs
5 issues- App closes when entering info
- Watch won't turn on
- Watch restarts frequently
- App crashes when entering personal data
- App crashes when entering weight
Requested features
5 requests- Watch connects to app
- App syncs data to watch
- Fix app crashing
- Allow weight over 250 lbs
- Fix UI display issues
In-app purchases
Steps
- 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
Activity action tracker
No in-app purchases
Questions
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