Comparison

Steps+ vs Pedometer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Step and calorie tracking
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Daily goal setting
  • Progress charts
  • Health app integration
  • Data export
  • Customizable themes
Features
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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

About

Pedometer

Track your daily steps, analyze your physical activity, and monitor calorie consumption. Set and adjust your step goals to support weight loss and view your progress over time with integrated health data.

Highlights
  • Daily step counting
  • Activity analysis (climbing, running)
  • Calorie consumption calculation
  • Adjustable step goals
  • Progress tracking graphs
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Keep fit yourself with daily step counts and activities. The number of steps you take every day will be counted and displayed on the home screen of the app. Also, you can use the app to analyze your movements, climbing stairs, running and doing physical exercises. Use a pedometer to see how much you've walked to reach your daily steps goal or understand how many steps you need to lose weight. The steps goal can be adjusted in the settings. The pedometer converts your activity into consumed calories and you can more accurately calculate the balance of consumption and expenditure of calories, change your diet and physical activity. Using the application constantly, you get a graph on which you can observe your progress over time. This app integrates with Apple Health to display your activity data and make information graphs and display tabs with this data. Privacy Policy https://steptracker.xyz/assets/privacy.html Terms of Use https://steptracker.xyz/assets/terms.html

Screenshots

Steps+4 screens
Pedometer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Steps+ at 4.8 against Pedometer's 4.5. Steps+ also leads on ratings volume (1.3K vs 44) and review sentiment (80% vs 64%). Pedometer's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Steps+ sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Pedometer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Steps+ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps+ has 1.3K ratings behind it against 44, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Steps+'s written reviews are positive against 64% of Pedometer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps+ ships an update every 2 weeks, Pedometer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Steps+ versus Pedometer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteps+Pedometer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better4.5 (44 ratings)
Positive reviews79.8% of reviews — better63.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K — better44
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKenneth AckersonRAMAN KHVASHCHEUSKI

Customer experience

Steps+

All ratings1,336 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews277 reviews
Positive79.8%
Neutral5.8%
Negative14.4%

Pedometer

All ratings44 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

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

Pedometer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Steps+

Subscriptions2
  • Month of Full Version$3.991 Month
  • Year of Full Version$19.991 Year
One-time3
  • Tip$1.99
  • Huge tip$4.99
  • Gigantic Tip$9.99
6 purchases

Pedometer

Subscriptions6
  • Monthly Premium Membership3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Membership$4.991 Month
  • Annual Membership -75% OFF$4.991 Year
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  • Annual Membership -50% OFF3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Annual Membership -50% OFF$9.991 Year
  • Annual Premium Membership$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Steps+ free?
Steps+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pedometer free?
Pedometer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Steps+ or Pedometer?
Steps+ is rated higher. Steps+ averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Pedometer averages 4.5 from 44 ratings.
Do Steps+ or Pedometer have ads?
Both Steps+ and Pedometer show ads.
Which is updated more often, Steps+ or Pedometer?
Steps+ ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pedometer fortnightly. Most recently, Steps+ was updated on October 7, 2026 and Pedometer on September 26, 2026.

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