My StepCounter vs Steps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My StepCounter
This app offers a simple and beautifully designed way to track your daily steps. It accurately records your activity regardless of where you carry your device and allows you to share your progress on social media.
- Beautiful User Interface
- Accurate Activity Tracking
- Social Media Sharing
- Improved Animations
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** Requires an iPhone 5s or above ** Get Active, lose weight, lower your blood pressure, live longer and feel better. Download My StepCounter for free and enjoy the easiest-to-use, most beautifully designed Pedometer App developed exclusively for iPhone 5s. Key Features: * Beautiful User Interface * Accurate activity tracking in your hand, in your pocket, in your jacket, on an armband or in your purse * Share your step count via social media * Improved animations
Steps
Track your daily step count and stay motivated to reach your fitness goals. This app offers a simple way to monitor progress with customizable goals and visual celebrations upon achievement. Enjoy a lightweight and user-friendly experience with customizable display options.
- Daily step counting
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Customizable step goal
- Visual goal achievement celebration
- Light and Dark modes
- Small app size
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Achieve your 10,000 steps goal with Steps! Add the widget to your Lock Screen or Home Screen for daily motivation. When you hit 10,000 steps, the app turns green to celebrate your success. Strive for green every day to stay active and healthy. You can edit the goal if you want too. Steps is a simple app, and at less than 2MB, it's smaller than even just 1 photo on your iPhone. Enjoy both Light and Dark modes for the app and widget.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Steps at 80% against My StepCounter's 29%. Steps also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.4) and ratings volume (5.5K vs 17). My StepCounter's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Steps holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps has 5.5K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of My StepCounter's written reviews are positive against 80% of Steps's.
My StepCounter ships an update every 3 weeks, Steps weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My StepCounter | Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (17 ratings) | 4.7 (5.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 80.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 5.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael James | Dasmer Singh |
Customer experience
My StepCounter
Steps
Bugs and requests
My StepCounter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Steps
Reported bugs
2 issues- Steps not syncing correctly
- App changes step totals retrospectively
Requested features
3 requests- Add distance and pace tracking
- Allow customization of step goal
- Extend historical data view beyond one week
In-app purchases
My StepCounter
No in-app purchases
Steps
No in-app purchases
