Comparison

Steps vs Stepminder

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
Read full description

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

Stepminder

This app calculates your average daily activity based on recent steps and distance, smoothing out daily fluctuations. Customize the averaging period and weighting for personalized insights. Track progress towards goals or simply monitor your movement.

Highlights
  • Weighted step averaging
  • Customizable averaging period
  • Unweighted average option
  • Goal progress visualization
  • Health app integration
  • Distance tracking
Read full description

Stepminder averages your recent steps and distance, smoothing out day-to-day variations. The default 7-day weighted average gives the most weight to steps today (¼ of the total), and the least weight to steps six days ago (1/28 of the total). Change the averaging period, or choose an unweighted average (that is, each day has the same weight). An unweighted average of 7-28 days, for example, is useful if you do most of your walking on weekends. Visually track your progress toward your goal through the day. Or turn off goal orientation and just see how much you walk. Stepminder integrates with the Health app, using it as its source of past step counts and walking & running distances. Questions or problems? Email support@lobitoscreek.com

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
Stepminder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stepminder at 100% against Steps's 49%. Stepminder also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Steps's advantage is ratings volume (19K vs 2) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, device support 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. Stepminder asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stepminder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps has 19K ratings behind it against 2, 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 100% of Stepminder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps ships an update every 9 days, Stepminder every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Steps versus Stepminder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsStepminder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (19K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPumpkin Computer Co., LLCLobitos Creek

Customer experience

Steps

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

Stepminder

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 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

Stepminder

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

Stepminder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stepminder free?
Stepminder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steps or Stepminder?
Stepminder is rated higher. Steps averages 4.6 out of 5 from 19K ratings, while Stepminder averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Steps or Stepminder have ads?
Steps shows ads; Stepminder does not.
Which is updated more often, Steps or Stepminder?
Steps ships an update every 9 days, and Stepminder every 5 weeks. Most recently, Steps was updated on October 14, 2026 and Stepminder on September 25, 2026.

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