Comparison

Steps vs Pedometer

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

Head to head
About

Steps

Easily track your daily and weekly step counts with this pedometer app. Set a daily goal and monitor your progress. Share your achievements on social media.

Highlights
  • Step tracking
  • Daily goal setting
  • Weekly step count
  • Social sharing
  • iPhone 5s compatibility
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Steps: Pocket Pedometer Lite is a focused iPhone step tracker powered by Apple Health. See today’s steps at a glance, follow a daily goal, review 30-day history, share progress, and choose the look that fits you. The Lite edition includes a non-personalized banner ad. A one-time Remove Ads purchase removes advertising, and purchases can be restored. Your Health data stays under Apple Health permissions. Steps reads step-count data only after you grant access. Privacy Policy: https://pixelfoxstudio.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://pixelfoxstudio.com/terms Standard Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pedometer

Track daily steps, distance, and calories burned. Monitor BMI, set personalized goals, and receive water intake reminders. View detailed activity reports and stay motivated with achievement tracking.

Highlights
  • Step counting
  • Distance tracking
  • Calorie calculation
  • BMI monitoring
  • Water intake reminders
  • Activity reports
  • Goal setting
Features
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Pedometer, measure distance and calculate calories consumed, monitor BMI health and remind to drink water. Do you want to know how many steps you have walked each day, how much distance you run and how much energy you consume? Step counter watch- smart health application that helps you activity monitor like count steps they walk each day, running tracker, calorie tracker, so it very ideal for those who are building a strategy to lose weight or exercise by walking. The pedometer not only run tracker, count your steps and distance, but the step counter watch also displays the calories you consume during exercise and you can easily track your accomplishments or view detail activity reports every day. In particular, the water reminder feature is very useful, because along with running, replenishing enough water for the body is extremely necessary. Operation is simple and accurate • Apple Health integration • Base on gender, weight and height, pedometer will calculate the number of target steps a day you need to achieve. • Customize target step counter Useful water reminder feature • Based on your basic background information, the pedometer tells you how much water to drink each day • Remind to drink water regularly • The graph reports the amount of water consumed Detailed activity tracker by day, week, month and year • Pedometer reports number of steps, running watch, run tracker • The total distance • Total training time • Consumed calorie tracker. Perfect achievement board Activity monitor and review the results you have achieved after training and motivate yourself through the perfect leader-board with number of steps, the total distance and amount of water consumed. Set goals, achieve achievements and level up now. Health monitoring over weeks and years • Step counter help you manage body weight with BMI index (The indicator shows the health and appearance status) • Set your desired weight and follow the process And a lot of other great features • Does not consume battery • Multi-language support Pedometer step counter watch is exactly a top choice that you should try immediately if you want to exercise by walking and running watch. Simple, easy to use, accurate and suitable for all ages, pedometer deserves to be your best companion, health coach. Download pedometer to experience and share with relatives if you find it helpful. Above all, your ideas are the motivation for us to perfect the application in the next version

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
Pedometer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pedometer at 4.5 against Steps's 4.0. Pedometer also leads on ratings volume (1.4K vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Steps's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Steps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pedometer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pedometer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pedometer has 1.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Steps's written reviews are positive against 81% of Pedometer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps ships an update every 2 weeks, Pedometer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Steps versus Pedometer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsPedometer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.5 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better80.5% of reviews
Number of ratings11.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPixel Fox Studio LLCTMEDILAB SOFTWARE JOINT STOCK COMPANY

Customer experience

Steps

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pedometer

All ratings1,447 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews318 reviews
Positive80.5%
Neutral7.5%
Negative11.9%

Bugs and requests

Steps

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Pedometer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Steps not registering correctly
  • Data loss after app updates
  • Syncing issues with other devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to manually adjust or add steps
  • Integration with other fitness trackers
  • More customization options
  • Improved accuracy for step counting

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Steps

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
1 purchases

Pedometer

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pedometer free?
Pedometer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Steps or Pedometer?
Pedometer is rated higher. Steps averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Pedometer averages 4.5 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Steps or Pedometer have ads?
Both Steps and Pedometer show ads.
Which is updated more often, Steps or Pedometer?
Steps ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pedometer every 4 months. Most recently, Steps was updated on September 10, 2026 and Pedometer on September 29, 2026.

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