Steps+ vs MoveX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steps+
This app efficiently tracks your daily steps, calories, and distance using your iPhone's built-in sensors. It integrates with Apple Watch and the Health app to provide a comprehensive view of your activity. Set daily goals, view progress charts, and receive notifications upon reaching them.
- Step and calorie tracking
- Apple Watch integration
- Daily goal setting
- Progress charts
- Health app integration
- Data export
- Customizable themes
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Steps+ uses the step counting functionality of your iPhone without draining your iPhone battery. Steps+ is the best and most efficient and smart pedometer app for iOS! With Steps+, you can track step counts daily and for the past week, as well as many other data points such as calorie, distance, and floors (on supported devices). You also can merge your Apple Watch steps so you get credit for all your steps whether or not you are carrying your phone! Also, Steps+ allows you set a daily goal of either amount of steps or calories. You're then shown how you progressed toward your goal on any given day, or the current week. Steps+ allows you to get notifications for when you reach your goal. In addition, you can view your step data in a nice chart that shows the last week's worth of steps. Steps+ also integrates with the Health application and allows you to bring in your step history, so you don't have to worry about not having access to your total step history. Additional features: - Today widget for quick access to today's stats - Share any day's data by tapping on a day. - View the hourly stats for the past week. In addition, all days you can view the hourly stats on, you always will be able to forever. - You can choose to automatically remove saved days after 30 or 90 days. - Data export. (Export your step, calorie, and distance data to a CSV) - Themes! For more information on the Terms of Use for Steps+: http://thepearapps.com/stepsterms.html
MoveX
This app automatically tracks your daily activities, places visited, and time spent with others. It provides weekly journals with personalized insights to help you understand your past and plan for the future, boosting productivity and habit building.
- Automatic step counting and tracking
- Calorie burn calculation
- Activity and route mapping
- Editable daily timeline
- Integration with Apple Health
- AI-powered activity analysis
- Data export (GPX, CSV)
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MoveX automatically keeps track of your time and presents your life sorted into slices. It shows you your daily activities, places you go, and who you spend time with. MoveX weekly journal provides personalized insights and clarity to your week passed. Start each week with a look back. Remember where you’ve been and vision where you’re going. Life is precious and so is your time. And keeping that in mind, MoveX is here to help you achieve more of your goals, build a sustainable habit, and boost your productivity to a new height. A powerful pedometer! GPS Diary tracks your daily routes. Track your all-day activity without wearing a fitness gadget. Move X is the best Activity Diary and Step Counter because of its features: - Use your iPhone as a Step Counter & Step Tracker. Move X lets you easily keep track of your daily and weekly step counts without affecting your battery life. - Move X calculates calorie burn for your activities. You can also view your daily idle calorie burn. Seeing your everyday exercise helps you think about your life in a new way. Start with small changes that can lead to healthy habits and natural weight loss. - It displays your step count, walking distance, active calories, and heart rate data. It also generates charts for different time periods to help you view the statistics for all dates. - Move X automatically records your walking, cycling, and running, tracks your distance traveled using various modes of transportation, and keeps a record of your sleep time, among other things. - It generates an editable timeline based on all your data for the day to help you better document your life. - It displays all your routes on a map. - All tracking is automatic; there's no need to manually turn it on or off. - It provides in-depth integration with Apple Health to provide you with comprehensive health data. - It collates place statistics, average visit durations, average calories burned, heartrate, and more. - It provides daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly activity summaries showing duration, distance, calories burned, and much more for every activity type. - GPS tracking with 24/7 recording. - It automatically checks in at your location and calculates the duration of your stay. - It displays your real-time location, including a compass to help you get your bearings. - AI analyzes your travel or exercise mode, such as walking, running, cycling, taking public transportation, and more. You can also manually select from 16 different sports, including skiing, swimming, horseback riding, and rowing. - Multiple data display formats, including activity timelines, map routes, and data statistics, help you better analyze your travel activities. - Multiple sharing options, including picture trails, map routes, and 3D video, can bring you more sense of accomplishment. - You can export and generate various standard data files, such as GPX and CSV. - There are no ads, and your data is encrypted and stored securely, so no one except you can access it. If you need to track your work: - Track all the places you have visited and the duration of your stay. It can automatically record your visits whether you're visiting clients or traveling on business. - Record your work hours at the company and generate a commuting report to track your work hours per week/month. - Export .csv files for easy reimbursement. If you love to travel: - Automatically record your travelfootprints and light up the cities you have visited on a world map. - Import your previously visited places from your photo album to display your complete journey. - Share your travel route map with a 3D video to tell your travel story. - Export .gpx files that you can import into other tools like Google Maps. - This is the perfect app to replace Moves, and it can meet all your needs. We're always working hard to make it even better. Privacy Policy: https://www.movex.me/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.movex.me/terms-of-use.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Steps+ at 80% against MoveX's 30%. Steps+ also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 417). MoveX's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Steps+ sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and MoveX sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Steps+ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.3K and 417 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Steps+'s written reviews are positive against 30% of MoveX's.
Steps+ ships an update every 2 weeks, MoveX every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steps+ | MoveX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better | 3.7 (417 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.8% of reviews — better | 29.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 417 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 202 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenneth Ackerson | 少星 高 |
Customer experience
Steps+
MoveX
User reviews
Steps+
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Accurate step tracking
- 💡 Helpful for weight loss journey
- 🚀 Simple and efficient app
- 👍 Motivating and encouraging
- 👍 Easy to use and understand
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inaccurate step counting
- 🐛 Steps count changes over time
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🔒 Privacy concerns (random texts)
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
MoveX
From 417 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Seamless tracking of activities
- 💡 Great replacement for the discontinued Moves app
- 👍 Improved over time based on user feedback
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inaccurate location tracking and activity categorization
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🔒 Requires Facebook login
- 💰 Expensive subscription model
Bugs and requests
Steps+
Reported bugs
4 issues- Steps count increases even when not moving
- App crashes after iOS 16.11 update
- Incorrect floor counting
- Issues with syncing data from Apple Health
Requested features
5 requests- Add Arabic language support
- Allow customization of stride length
- Provide more granular achievement goals
- Integrate with Apple Watch and HealthKit
- Add ability to clear step history
MoveX
Reported bugs
3 issues- Tracking stops working unexpectedly
- Fails to import data from the original Moves app
- Inconsistent performance after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to edit tracked activities and locations
- Support for imperial units (miles, feet)
- Integration with other fitness/health apps
- Backup and restore functionality
In-app purchases
Steps+
- Month of Full Version$3.991 Month
- Year of Full Version$19.991 Year
- Tip$1.99
- Huge tip$4.99
- Gigantic Tip$9.99
MoveX
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- weekly$5.997 Days
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- Quarterly Subscriptions3 Days trial$12.993 Months
- Half-yearly subscription3 Days trial$23.996 Months
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$27.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$42.991 Year








