Comparison

Steps vs Trax

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

Trax

This app tracks your daily steps and activity, encouraging movement with an "Active Hour" metric. It features a clean design, goal setting, and progress tracking along famous routes. It seamlessly integrates with Apple Health for comprehensive data.

Highlights
  • Step tracking
  • Active Hour measurement
  • Goal setting
  • Progress tracking on famous routes
  • Activity history sharing
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Trax is a simple, clean and modern step tracker. It is built to not only help people hit 10,000+ steps a day but also to help you understand when those steps are occurring. Our unique "Active Hour" measure (an hour with > 100 steps) encourages you to get up and move throughout the day. WHY TRAX: - Clear, uncluttered design makes it easy to see what you care about most - Easily set and adjust goals - Track your progress by completing the distance of famous routes such as the Appalachian Trail or the Silk Road - Track and share your full activity history - Integrated with Apple Health to combine data from your Apple Watch or other connected devices, share workouts and more ALWAYS ON, WORKS WITH THE PHONE YOU HAVE: - Always on and tracking, no need to press start and stop buttons - Works anywhere on your body - Works with any iPhone running iOS 16 or greater

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
Trax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Trax at 100% against Steps's 49%. Trax also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Steps's advantage is ratings volume (19K vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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. Trax asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Trax 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 3, 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 Trax's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps ships an update every 9 days, Trax every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Steps versus Trax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsTrax
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (19K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPumpkin Computer Co., LLCPocket AI, Inc.

Customer experience

Steps

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

Trax

All ratings3 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

Trax

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

Trax

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trax free?
Trax is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steps or Trax?
Trax is rated higher. Steps averages 4.6 out of 5 from 19K ratings, while Trax averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Steps or Trax have ads?
Steps shows ads; Trax does not.
Which is updated more often, Steps or Trax?
Steps ships an update every 9 days, and Trax every 2 weeks. Most recently, Steps was updated on October 13, 2026 and Trax on September 27, 2026.

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