Dr. Walker vs mySteps
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
mySteps
This app tracks your daily steps and movement using your iPhone's motion processor. Visualize your progress with detailed graphs for current and past days, showing relative movement types.
- Daily step tracking
- Movement analysis
- Motion processor integration
- Daily and past data graphs
- Relative movement type values
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myStepss uses the iPhone 5s new M7 Processor to keep track of your daily movements. Various Graphs show your Steps for the current day as for past once, with the relative values for movement type.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dr. Walker at 100% against mySteps's 0%. mySteps's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18.1). 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. Dr. Walker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and mySteps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dr. Walker ships an update every 10 months, mySteps every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dr. Walker | mySteps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shuo Yang | xis int. ag |
Customer experience
Dr. Walker
mySteps
In-app purchases
Dr. Walker
- Standard Version$0.99
mySteps
- mySteps Standard$0.99
