Stepwise Pedometer vs StepsWatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stepwise Pedometer
This app is a modern pedometer that tracks your daily activity, including steps, calories, distance, and active time. It helps you set and achieve fitness goals with progress visualization and optional motivational messages. Integrates with Apple Watch and HealthKit for enhanced accuracy.
- Set fitness goals
- Track steps, calories, distance, active time
- Visualize progress
- Start and track trips
- Share activity with friends
- Apple Watch and HealthKit integration
- Today Widget
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A powerful yet simple pedometer that tracks your activity and motivates you to achieve your fitness goals. Stepwise is a modern, fully featured pedometer with many useful features in a simple, intuitive interface: - Set your goal. - Track your steps, calories, distance, active time, speed and more. - See your progress. - Start a trip. - Share with friends. - Optional motivational messages. - Apple Watch app merges data for better accuracy. - Today Widget. - HealthKit integration. Stepwise is ad-supported. If you choose to purchase Stepwise Premium annual subscription to remove ads and export your data, payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews at the same cost unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period and account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Stepwise requires motion and location access to accurately track your activity. Stepwise privacy policy and terms of use: https://www.stepwiseapp.com/privacy https://www.stepwiseapp.com/termsofuse
StepsWatch
This app displays your daily step count directly on your smartwatch. It syncs with your phone's health data to provide real-time activity tracking. View your progress at a glance without needing to open your phone.
- Displays today's step count on watch
- Syncs with Health App data
- Real-time activity tracking
- Glanceable progress view
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StepsWatch can display today step count to your watch. Display steps data from Health App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stepwise Pedometer at 83% against StepsWatch's 33%. Stepwise Pedometer also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.8) and ratings volume (3.7K vs 16). StepsWatch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (8.2 vs 14.0). On price, 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. Stepwise Pedometer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.49 per year. StepsWatch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stepwise Pedometer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stepwise Pedometer has 3.7K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Stepwise Pedometer's written reviews are positive against 33% of StepsWatch's.
Stepwise Pedometer ships an update every 2 months, StepsWatch every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stepwise Pedometer | StepsWatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.7K ratings) — better | 2.8 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.4% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.7K — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 8.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Progress Concepts Limited | Airwire products. |
Customer experience
Stepwise Pedometer
StepsWatch
Bugs and requests
Stepwise Pedometer
Reported bugs
2 issues- Steps not recording properly on some days
- App crashes or freezes for some users
Requested features
3 requests- Add GPS functionality to track routes and elevation
- Improve graphs and data visualization
- Allow manual entry of steps for days when phone is not carried
StepsWatch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Stepwise Pedometer
- Premium$5.491 Year
- Nice Tip$0.99
- Great Tip$1.99
- Awesome Tip$4.99
StepsWatch
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Stepwise Pedometer free?
Is StepsWatch free?
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