My StepCounter vs ActivityTracker Pedometer
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
ActivityTracker Pedometer
Effortlessly track your daily steps, active calories, distance, and more using just your iPhone or Apple Watch. Set personal goals, view hourly and daily progress, and stay motivated to increase your activity for a healthier lifestyle. Offers workout tracking with GPS and detailed activity maps.
- Track steps, calories, distance, active time, floors climbed
- Hourly activity breakdown
- Daily, weekly, and yearly trend graphs
- Workout tracking with GPS
- Route mapping and detailed activity stats
- Apple Watch and Health app integration
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Become your Best Self! Track your daily activity effortlessly — no fitness gadget, no battery drain, and complete privacy. "The interface is clean and clear and will help you set achievable goals for fitness" — MacWorld - bit.ly/MacWorldTop ActivityTracker keeps track of your steps, active calories, distance, active time, and flights of stairs climbed, just by carrying your iPhone or Apple Watch — which you already do. Research shows that simply being more active can make you healthier. Not everyone wants a vigorous exercise routine, so just increasing your daily activity can help you get in better shape. ActivityTracker automatically quantifies your daily and weekly activity and motivates you to be more active — completely free! General Features • Track your Steps, Active Calories, Distance, Active Time, and Floors Climbed; • Monitor what's most important to you: Steps, Calories, or Distance (PRO version); • Track your activity hour-by-hour in the Hourly view. Details such as steps, calories, distance, active time, and floors are shown per hour; • Set individual Targets for: Steps, Calories, and Distance (PRO version); • Today overview graph in Trends, with progress for the current day vs last days; • This Week overview graph in Trends, with progress for the current week vs last; • See the big picture with the Years summary in the Trends view; • See details per hour for any day by long tapping on that day in the Details view; • Long tapping on any Week/Month in Details, will get you to the first day of that interval; • Since not all days are the same, you will set a Weekly Target that we will also break down to a Daily Target; • Customize the interface with one of the seven Accent Colors (from which three are free); • Import/export feature to save your data or move it to another device (PRO version); • Week Overview to review your last week's progress at a glance (PRO version); • Fireworks & Confetti animations for reaching your targets (PRO version); • Easily share your daily stats with friends. Activities • New Activities feature to track your workouts with GPS! • Track activities such as Walking, Running, Cycling, and Hiking in great detail; • View a map overview of your routes, plus detailed stats such as Splits, Elevation, Speed, and more; • Monitor metrics such as Heart Rate (requires Apple Watch) and Weather conditions (PRO version); • [New] Edit your activities and explore your entire route in greater detail • Easily share your activity route & stats with friends. Apple Watch & Health • [New] Record activities with GPS route from your Watch! • [New] Sync between Watch and iPhone activities • Sync steps between your iPhone, Apple Watch and Health app (PRO version); • Real-time stats updates; • Import your historical data from Apple Health so you can have a complete overview of your activity from day one; • Awesome Apple Watch app with: today's overview, hour-by-hour stats & last 7 days! • Independent Watch app for watchOS 10+ with settings; • Multiple watchOS 10+ Complications for at a glance stats on your Watch (PRO version). iOS Integration • Live activities with your workout details; • [New] Siri with App Intents integration; • New zoom transition for iOS 18; • Beautiful Lock Screen Widgets, with graphs for Hours & Days; • In-App Events. Get engaged by participating in our monthly challenges; • Awesome Today widgets with customizable statistics and colors; • Progress notifications for target reached and target half-reached (PRO version); • Daily & Weekly notifications, that can easily be disabled in Settings; • App badge that shows the steps taken directly on the app icon; • Dark mode • iMessage app https://activitytracker.app/terms-of-service.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ActivityTracker Pedometer at 97% against My StepCounter's 29%. ActivityTracker Pedometer also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.4) and ratings volume (102K vs 17). My StepCounter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. ActivityTracker Pedometer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. My StepCounter asks for nothing beyond the download.
ActivityTracker Pedometer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ActivityTracker Pedometer has 102K 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 97% of ActivityTracker Pedometer's.
My StepCounter ships an update every 3 weeks, ActivityTracker Pedometer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My StepCounter | ActivityTracker Pedometer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (17 ratings) | 4.8 (102K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 97.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 102K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael James | Bits&Coffee |
Customer experience
My StepCounter
ActivityTracker Pedometer
Bugs and requests
My StepCounter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ActivityTracker Pedometer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Steps not updating in real-time
- App crashes on certain devices
- Complications not working on newer Apple Watch faces
Requested features
3 requests- Monthly/annual step/distance summary
- Manual data entry option
- More customization options
In-app purchases
My StepCounter
No in-app purchases
ActivityTracker Pedometer
- ActivityTracker PRO$4.991 Month
- ActivityTracker PRO7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Questions
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