Comparison

Stepwise Pedometer vs sleepQ

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

sleepQ

Features
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Most sleep apps tell you what happened last night. SleepQ tells you what to do about it. SleepQ is your personal AI Sleep Coach. Built to analyze your data, design targeted experiments, and deliver actionable insights tailored to your body's patterns. No generic tips. No cookie-cutter advice. Just a smarter path to better rest. WHAT MAKES SLEEPQ DIFFERENT Most apps are passive trackers. SleepQ is an active coach. We don't just show you data, we interpret it, design experiments around it, and guide you through real, measurable changes. One experiment at a time. One better night at a time. STOP TRACKING. START IMPROVING. Other apps give you charts and leave you guessing. SleepQ reads your nightly data then delivers clear assessments, personalized recommendations, and a daily summary. YOUR SLEEP, YOUR EXPERIMENTS Instead of overwhelming you with a hundred tips, your coach assigns one focused experiment at a time. An Evening Stress Dump, a cooler bedroom, a shifted caffeine cutoff, and measures the before-and-after impact on your sleep score over multiple nights. You see exactly what works for YOUR body. A COACH THAT ACTUALLY COACHES Ask questions about your patterns, get advices on tonight's routine, or adjust your current experiment. A sleep expert in your pocket 24/7, powered by AI, grounded in your real data. INSIGHTS THAT FIT YOUR TIMEFRAME Zoom in on the last 7 nights, or pull back to 14 or 30, your call. SleepQ shows you a score chart for the window you pick, plus three personalized cards every time: What's Helping You, What's Tripping You Up, and Worth Noting. Add to that a Drift-Off chart that maps how fast you fall asleep depending on bedtime, and you'll see patterns no chart-only app will surface. KEY FEATURES • AI Smart Sleep Coach with personalized daily insights • Guided experiments with real before-and-after results • Sleep score with Total Sleep, REM, Deep Sleep, and HRV • Rolling 7 / 14 / 30-night insights with helping / tripping / worth-noting cards • Drift-off analysis - see how bedtime affects how fast you fall asleep • Sleep Elements framework covering the science of great sleep • Experiment history - see what worked • Conversational coach — ask questions, get answers • Apple Health integration • Evening check-ins for better sleep habits Premium features available with a free trial. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use linked in the app and below. Privacy Policy: https://sleepq.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://sleepq.app/terms.html

Screenshots

Stepwise Pedometer4 screens
sleepQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: sleepQ at none against Stepwise Pedometer's shown. sleepQ also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Stepwise Pedometer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price 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 sleepQ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stepwise Pedometer ships an update every 2 months, sleepQ every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stepwise Pedometer versus sleepQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepwise PedometersleepQ
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB38 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperProgress Concepts LimitedPING BRICKER

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

sleepQ

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

sleepQ

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium Annual Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Stepwise Pedometer free?
Stepwise Pedometer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is sleepQ free?
sleepQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stepwise Pedometer or sleepQ have ads?
Stepwise Pedometer shows ads; sleepQ does not.
Which is updated more often, Stepwise Pedometer or sleepQ?
Stepwise Pedometer ships an update every 2 months, and sleepQ every 2 weeks. Most recently, Stepwise Pedometer was updated on October 29, 2026 and sleepQ on October 25, 2026.

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