Steps vs Steps
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
Steps
Track your daily step count and stay motivated to reach your fitness goals. This app offers a simple way to monitor progress with customizable goals and visual celebrations upon achievement. Enjoy a lightweight and user-friendly experience with customizable display options.
- Daily step counting
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Customizable step goal
- Visual goal achievement celebration
- Light and Dark modes
- Small app size
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Achieve your 10,000 steps goal with Steps! Add the widget to your Lock Screen or Home Screen for daily motivation. When you hit 10,000 steps, the app turns green to celebrate your success. Strive for green every day to stay active and healthy. You can edit the goal if you want too. Steps is a simple app, and at less than 2MB, it's smaller than even just 1 photo on your iPhone. Enjoy both Light and Dark modes for the app and widget.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steps at none against Steps's 10. Steps also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (80% vs 49%). Steps's advantage is ratings volume (19K vs 5.5K). On price, rating, update cadence and 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
Both are free to download. Steps sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Steps asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Steps against 4.7 for Steps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19K and 5.5K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 49% of Steps's written reviews are positive against 80% of Steps's.
Steps ships an update every 9 days, Steps weekly. Both last shipped on September 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Steps | Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (19K ratings) | 4.7 (5.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.9% of reviews | 80.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | 5.5K |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pumpkin Computer Co., LLC | Dasmer Singh |
Customer experience
Steps
Steps
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
Steps
From 5.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Accurate step counting
- 🔒 No data collection or ads
- 💡 Useful widget for quick access
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent step counting
- 🔋 Sensitive to phone movement
- 🚫 Lacks integration with Apple Watch
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
Reported bugs
2 issues- Steps not syncing correctly
- App changes step totals retrospectively
Requested features
3 requests- Add distance and pace tracking
- Allow customization of step goal
- Extend historical data view beyond one week
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
Steps
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