Comparison

Steps vs Step Counter free

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

Step Counter free

Track your daily steps and distance traveled with this pedometer. It displays your progress over the last seven days and is designed to be energy-saving by utilizing the device's built-in M7 chip.

Highlights
  • Tracks daily steps
  • Displays last seven days' steps
  • Shows distance traveled
  • Energy-saving design
  • Utilizes M7 chip data
Features
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** only for the iphone 5s ** *** does not work on older devices *** With this pedometer you can see exactly how many steps you have walked a day. The pedometer also shows them the steps of the last seven days and the distance traveled. For their health, they should each day to cover 10.000 steps. For a better overview, show them bar the progress of the last seven days. Energy-saving: Since the app reads the data of the in its built-M7 chip, they do not need to run in the background the app. This conserves its battery.

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
Step Counter free1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Steps at 4.6 against Step Counter free's 2.3. Steps also leads on ratings volume (19K vs 3). Step Counter free's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Steps sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Step Counter free asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Steps holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. 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 complicate that: 49% of Steps's written reviews are positive against 67% of Step Counter free's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Steps versus Step Counter free: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsStep Counter free
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (19K ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews48.9% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.17.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPumpkin Computer Co., LLCMoritz Berger

Customer experience

Steps

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

Step Counter free

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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

Step Counter free

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

Step Counter free

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Step Counter free free?
Step Counter free is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steps or Step Counter free?
Steps is rated higher. Steps averages 4.6 out of 5 from 19K ratings, while Step Counter free averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Steps or Step Counter free have ads?
Steps shows ads; Step Counter free does not.

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