Dr. Walker vs My Steps Today
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dr. Walker
This app transforms your iPhone into an intelligent step tracker, utilizing its motion coprocessor for power-efficient tracking. It displays hourly and daily steps, offers goal recommendations, and provides context for walking distance with relatable equivalents. Enjoy detailed step data without significant battery drain.
- Hourly and daily step tracking
- Daily goal recommendations
- Step equivalent comparisons
- Power-efficient motion coprocessor use
- Clear and beautiful data presentation
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So you just bought your shiny iPhone and want to take full advantage of the forward thinking hardware. Well, look no further and give Dr. Walker a try! Dr. Walker turns your iPhone into an intelligent step tracker. By utilizing the unique motion coprocessor, it presents your hourly and daily steps in a beautiful and clear way. Moreover, it motivates you to walk more and become more healthy with DailyGoal and StepEquivalents. Unlike GPS-based step counting apps, Dr. Walker is super power-efficient and has very little effect on battery life. So you no longer have to decide whether to track your steps, or still be able to write iMessages in the evening - you get both! - Shows your hourly and daily steps - DailyGoal: remind you of your daily goal with professional recommendations - StepEquivalent: helps making sense of your walking distance by showing famous objects of similar lengths - Based on motion co-processor, not GPS, to preserve crucial battery life - Easy to use, pleasure to look at
My Steps Today
Track your daily step count with this Apple Watch app. Visualize your progress towards a customizable daily goal using a progress bar. It can also be used as a convenient watch complication.
- Daily step tracking
- Progress bar visualization
- Configurable daily goal
- Watch complication support
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Are you simply looking to see how many steps you've walked today? My Steps Today for the Apple Watch does exactly that, showing how many steps you've taken today. It also expresses that in progress-bar form as you work towards a daily user-configurable goal. It's also available to use as a watch complication. That's it, enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My Steps Today at none against Dr. Walker's 1. My Steps Today also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.1). Dr. Walker's advantage is update cadence (every 10 months vs every 27 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Dr. Walker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. My Steps Today asks for nothing beyond the download.
My Steps Today holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.
Dr. Walker ships an update every 10 months, My Steps Today every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dr. Walker | My Steps Today |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months — better | Every 27 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 16.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shuo Yang | Brian Tinberg |
Customer experience
Dr. Walker
My Steps Today
In-app purchases
Dr. Walker
- Standard Version$0.99
My Steps Today
No in-app purchases
