Daily Steps vs Steps Widgets (Pedometer)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Step counting
- Activity tracking (distance, flights climbed, energy burnt)
- Daily step targets
- Progress visualization
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Apple Watch complications
- Walking tips
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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.
Steps Widgets (Pedometer)
Visualize your daily activity directly on your home screen with customizable widgets. This app uses your iPhone's built-in sensors to display steps, distance, and personal bests. Track your progress across various time periods and personalize your experience with different themes.
- Home screen widgets
- Steps and distance tracking
- Personal best tracking
- Multiple measurement units
- Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly tracking
- Customizable themes
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Did you know your iPhone is already tracking the distance you travel every day using its built-in motion sensors? (Your Apple Watch does too!) All of this data is automatically and privatly stored in the Apple Health app. Steps Widgets takes that information and transforms it into beautiful, customizable widgets — bringing your daily activity, from walking to running, right to your home screen. And the best part? You can even track your personal bests across different time periods! Key Features ◆ Works without location data ◆ Multiple measurement units: steps, meters, kilometers, yards, miles ◆ Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly tracking ◆ Multiple home screen widgets, each with its own configuration ◆ Automatic dark and tinted mode adaptation Unlock More with a One-Time Purchase ◆ Track your top records ◆ Customizable themes ◆ Highlight extreme values with colors ◆ Add average values and trend lines ◆ Slimmer borders, larger content ◆ …and much more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Daily Steps at every 9 days against Steps Widgets (Pedometer)'s every 5 weeks. Daily Steps also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 129). Steps Widgets (Pedometer)'s advantage is review sentiment (84% vs 72%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Daily Steps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Steps Widgets (Pedometer) sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Daily Steps holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daily Steps has 1.6K ratings behind it against 129, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Daily Steps's written reviews are positive against 84% of Steps Widgets (Pedometer)'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Daily Steps ships an update every 9 days, Steps Widgets (Pedometer) every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Steps | Steps Widgets (Pedometer) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better | 4.5 (129 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.6% of reviews | 83.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 129 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harbour City Software Pty Ltd | Khashayar Abryoghani |
Customer experience
Daily Steps
Steps Widgets (Pedometer)
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 Widgets (Pedometer)
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Daily Steps
- Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$5.991 Year
Steps Widgets (Pedometer)
- Full Version$1.99
- Full Version$2.99
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