Comparison

Steps+ vs Binaural Waves

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

Binaural Waves

Features
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Binaural — binaural beats and soundscapes for sleep, focus, relaxation and meditation. Put your headphones on and let the frequencies tune your brain. HOW IT WORKS Each ear hears a slightly different tone, and your brain perceives the difference as a beat — that is binaural brainwave entrainment: • Delta (0.5–4 Hz) — deep sleep • Theta (4–8 Hz) — meditation and creativity • Alpha (8–13 Hz) — calm wakefulness • Beta (13–30 Hz) — focus and productivity • Gamma (30–60 Hz) — peak concentration WHAT'S INSIDE • 200+ soundscapes with precise beat frequencies: ambient, nature, pink and green noise, pure tones and Solfeggio frequencies • “5 Days to Better” programs — sleep, relax, focus and tinnitus relief, with day-by-day progress • Scenarios for every goal: deep work, ADHD support, flow state, creativity, baby sleep • Adjustable binaural beat intensity • Sleep timer with gentle fade-out and soft alarm • Background playback with lock-screen controls • Favorites and recent sessions • Hypnotic visuals pulsing in sync with the beat PREMIUM A starter set of soundscapes is free. Premium unlocks the full catalog, weekly new content, unlimited devices and background mode. Cancel anytime in your store subscription settings. Use headphones for the best experience. Privacy Policy: https://revstre.am/binaural/privacy Terms of Use: https://revstre.am/binaural/terms EULA https://revstre.am/binaural/eula Support : https://revstre.am/binaural/support

Screenshots

Steps+4 screens
Binaural Waves4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Binaural Waves at none against Steps+'s shown. Binaural Waves also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Steps+ sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Binaural Waves sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Steps+ versus Binaural Waves: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteps+Binaural Waves
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKenneth AckersonBessyRay

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

Binaural Waves

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
3 purchases

Binaural Waves

Subscriptions2
  • Премиум на месяц$5.991 Month
  • Премиум на год$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Премиум навсегда$99.99

Questions

Is Steps+ free?
Steps+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Binaural Waves free?
Binaural Waves is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Steps+ or Binaural Waves have ads?
Steps+ shows ads; Binaural Waves does not.

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