Comparison

Daily Steps vs Steps, The Pedometer App

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Daily Steps

Effortlessly track your daily steps, distance, and calories burned with a clean, intuitive interface. Set personal goals, view progress with helpful widgets, and receive walking tips to stay motivated. Integrates seamlessly with HealthKit for a comprehensive overview of your activity.

Highlights
  • Step counting
  • Activity tracking (distance, flights climbed, energy burnt)
  • Daily step targets
  • Progress visualization
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch complications
  • Walking tips
Features
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"This is an excellent idea, turns all the [health data] into a simple, easy to read summary." "Very clean and simple pedometer. Walking tips in app are well picked!" "Nothing is needed. Just download and open. Just awesome. Accurately track the steps. Cheers." Daily Steps brings elegant step counting to your iPhone and Apple Watch. Taking advantage of HealthKit, Daily Steps makes it easy as can be to keep on top of your step count! Features: • Clean and simple interface with no setup required. Just download and go. • Set a daily target and watch your progress fill throughout the day. • Track steps, distance moved, flights climbed, and energy burnt. • Widgets on iOS (Home and Lock Screen). • Complications on Apple Watch. • Targets and tips for meeting your daily step count goal. Is something missing? Got an idea? We're always looking for feedback or new ideas. Feel free to get in touch via the "Contact" button in the app. We'd love to chat! --- Daily Steps contains an optional yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Subscriptions and trials renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours prior to expiry of the current period. To turn off auto-renew, and/or to manage your subscription, visit your iTunes/App Store account settings. Privacy policy: https://harbourcitysoftware.com.au/dailysteps/privacy Terms:https://harbourcitysoftware.com.au/dailysteps/terms --- Daily Steps respects your privacy. Potentially sensitive information such as data read from or written to HealthKit doesn't leave your device.

About

Steps, The Pedometer App

Track your daily, weekly, and monthly steps with this easy-to-use pedometer. Set custom goals and monitor your progress with efficient battery usage. Includes health news and free customer support.

Highlights
  • Step tracking (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Customizable step goals
  • Automatic step counting
  • Privacy-focused (no PII tracking)
  • Battery efficient
  • Health news integration
  • Free customer support
Features
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Walking, Running and other Aerobic activities are great ways to be active and stay healthy. This app is a great way to track the steps you take every day and over the past week or month. The app works great with the iPhone and iPod Touch and it also works great with the Apple Watch. The developer has tested this app around the world - from Mt Rainier snowshoeing in the US to hiking snowy hills in Antarctica, from quiet Seattle suburban streets to the bustling city streets of Madurai, India, Santiago, Chile and more, Marcher sur les marches de la tour Eiffel, Paris and walking around Stanley Park, Canada Features include 1. Review your steps for today, yesterday, last week and last month on the iPhone (iPhone 5S or later), iPod Touch (6th generation) or Apple Watch 2. Easy to use 3. Privacy: We don’t track your personally identifiable information like name, phone number etc. This app doesn’t ask for location information and we have never provided user information to any third party. 4. Automatic Step Counting: The app works as if it were always on and it continuously tracks your steps (as long as you’re either carrying your iPhone or iPodTouch with you OR you’re wearing your Apple Watch). The app works at all locations, regardless of how you carry the iPhone, iPod Touch or Watch (hands, pockets, purse, wrist etc.) 5. Goal setting: Do you want the standard 10,000 step goal or do you a want goal of 2,100 steps/day or perhaps 25,000 steps a day. Setting the right goal can motivate you to walk more and this app lets you customise your goals. 6. Battery use efficiency: The app doesn’t use battery resources when it isn’t running. It uses the battery efficiently when it is running. It doesn’t use GPS features. 7. Health news (based on new and old medical research) from within the app 8. Free customer support The app uses Apple's HealthKit API and integrates with Apple's Health App to obtain, process and display information on the steps walked or run and distance covered while walking or running

Screenshots

Daily Steps4 screens
Steps, The Pedometer App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Daily Steps at 4.7 against Steps, The Pedometer App's 4.2. Daily Steps also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 5). Steps, The Pedometer App's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 72%) and monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Daily Steps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Steps, The Pedometer App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Daily Steps holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Steps has 1.6K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Daily Steps's written reviews are positive against 100% of Steps, The Pedometer App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daily Steps ships an update every 10 days, Steps, The Pedometer App every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Daily Steps versus Steps, The Pedometer App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily StepsSteps, The Pedometer App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews71.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.48.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHarbour City Software Pty LtdCascade Software Corporation

Customer experience

Daily Steps

All ratings1,645 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral3.9%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive71.6%
Neutral3.0%
Negative25.4%

Steps, The Pedometer App

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Daily Steps

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Steps not recorded during use
  • Syncing issues between iPhone and Apple Watch
  • Inaccurate step count data

Requested features

5 requests
  • Display distance in miles/kilometers
  • Add goal setting and progress tracking
  • Provide more detailed analytics and history
  • Implement Apple Watch app and complications
  • Improve widget functionality

Steps, The Pedometer App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Daily Steps

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$5.991 Year
1 purchases

Steps, The Pedometer App

One-time1
  • 1-Year Pro Subscription$1.99

Questions

Is Daily Steps free?
Daily Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Steps, The Pedometer App free?
Steps, The Pedometer App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Daily Steps or Steps, The Pedometer App?
Daily Steps is rated higher. Daily Steps averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Steps, The Pedometer App averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Daily Steps or Steps, The Pedometer App have ads?
Neither Daily Steps nor Steps, The Pedometer App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daily Steps or Steps, The Pedometer App?
Daily Steps ships an update every 10 days, and Steps, The Pedometer App every 3 months. Most recently, Daily Steps was updated on October 24, 2026 and Steps, The Pedometer App on October 15, 2026.

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