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
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Steps shows your progress toward your personal daily goal at a glance—clear, fast, and distraction-free. • A vivid progress ring for your steps and daily goal • A freely adjustable daily step goal • Your current streak and weekly overview • Widgets for steps, remaining steps, percent, and ring • An Apple Watch app with goal selection via the Digital Crown • Complications for a range of Apple Watch faces With your permission, Steps reads your step count from Apple Health. There is no account, advertising, tracking, or subscription. Your health data is processed only on your devices and is never sent to us or third parties.
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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). Steps's advantage is iOS requirement (16.1 vs 18.0). On price 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.
| Parameter | Steps | Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (19K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 48.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pumpkin Computer Co., LLC | Matthias Kessner |
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
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
No in-app purchases







