Comparison

Stepwise Pedometer vs Briskwalk

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Briskwalk

This app creates personalized walking routines to help you lose fat and boost energy. It tracks your steps, summarizes weekly activity, and maps past workouts. Integrates with the Health app for accurate data and a clean interface.

Highlights
  • Custom walking routines
  • Step count widget
  • Weekly activity summary
  • Workout mapping
  • Health app integration
  • Clean interface
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Walk briskly, see your progress and stay motivated. Briskwalk counts your steps and brisk minutes, maps every walk and guides you through interval walks that get a little harder as you improve. TODAY AT A GLANCE • Steps, distance and calories for the day, with a step goal you set • Swipe back through earlier days, or see your step history for the last 7 days, 30 days, 6 months or year • A daily streak and your brisk minutes for the week BRISK MINUTES Every minute you walk at 100 or more steps a minute counts as a brisk minute, the pace research uses for moderate-intensity walking. A weekly goal based on the WHO's recommended 150 active minutes keeps you on track. GUIDED BRISK INTERVALS • Three levels: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced, with sessions from 22 to 55 minutes • Each session warms you up, mixes your normal pace with short brisk bursts and cools you down • Finish a level and you move up; after Advanced, every round gets 5% longer • A recorded voice coach announces each change and nudges you if you slow down EVERY WALK, MAPPED • Your route on a map, with distance, time, pace, steps, brisk minutes and calories • A calendar of your walks by week and month • Share a card of your walk and its route CHALLENGES Join a monthly distance challenge, hit 10,000 steps a day for a week or reach 150 brisk minutes. With Plus, set targets of your own for virtual walks and events. WORKS WITH APPLE HEALTH AND APPLE WATCH Briskwalk reads steps, distance and active calories from all your devices, including Apple Watch, and saves your walks to the Health app. Your walks are backed up to iCloud. Also: a step count widget, walk reminders on the days you choose, and no ads. Available in English, Spanish and Malay. BRISKWALK PLUS Step tracking, walk history, sharing and one challenge at a time are free, and you can try a guided session for free. Plus unlocks all guided brisk intervals, as many challenges at a time as you like, your own targets, yearly trends, exports and custom sounds. Briskwalk Plus is an optional auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://briskwalk.miklospavel.workers.dev/privacy

Screenshots

Stepwise Pedometer4 screens
Briskwalk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Briskwalk at none against Stepwise Pedometer's shown. Stepwise Pedometer's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 57%) and ratings volume (3.7K vs 79). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Stepwise Pedometer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.49 per year and Briskwalk sells 2 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Stepwise Pedometer against 4.7 for Briskwalk. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stepwise Pedometer has 3.7K ratings behind it against 79, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Stepwise Pedometer's written reviews are positive against 57% of Briskwalk's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stepwise Pedometer ships an update every 2 months, Briskwalk every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Stepwise Pedometer versus Briskwalk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepwise PedometerBriskwalk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.7K ratings)4.7 (79 ratings)
Positive reviews83.4% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings3.7K — better79
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB37 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperProgress Concepts LimitedMiklos Pavel

Customer experience

Stepwise Pedometer

All ratings3,693 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral3.1%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews320 reviews
Positive83.4%
Neutral5.3%
Negative11.3%

Briskwalk

All ratings79 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

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

Briskwalk

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Stepwise Pedometer

Subscriptions1
  • Premium$5.491 Year
One-time3
  • Nice Tip$0.99
  • Great Tip$1.99
  • Awesome Tip$4.99
2 purchases

Briskwalk

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly access to premium$4.991 Month
  • Yearly access to premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Stepwise Pedometer free?
Stepwise Pedometer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Briskwalk free?
Briskwalk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stepwise Pedometer or Briskwalk?
Stepwise Pedometer and Briskwalk are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3.7K and 79 ratings respectively.
Do Stepwise Pedometer or Briskwalk have ads?
Stepwise Pedometer shows ads; Briskwalk does not.
Which is updated more often, Stepwise Pedometer or Briskwalk?
Stepwise Pedometer ships an update every 2 months, and Briskwalk every 3 months. Most recently, Stepwise Pedometer was updated on October 17, 2026 and Briskwalk on October 15, 2026.

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