Steps vs StepTracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steps
Easily track your daily steps with this simple counter. Just open the app to see your progress and set personal step goals. Supports quick previews via 3D Touch on compatible devices.
- Easy step counting
- Daily progress view
- Set personal step goals
- 3D Touch quick preview
- Supports iPhone 5S and newer
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The easiest step counter in the App Store! Just open the app and see how many steps you've taken. Using an iPhone 6S or S Plus? Just 3D-Touch the Steps app icon to see how far you've gone! Can you make it to 10,000 steps per day? The American Heart Association says you should. Others say you should do more? 12,000? 15,000? What's your goal? Requires iPhone 5S or newer.
StepTracker
This application helps you increase your daily steps and motivation to reach your fitness goals. It automatically tracks your steps, even when the app is closed, and offers a home screen widget for easy progress monitoring. Set custom goals, earn awards, and view your weekly progress with insightful charts.
- Automatic step counting
- Apple Health integration
- Customizable step goals
- Home screen widget
- Weekly step charts
- Awards for progress
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StepTracker — the walking you already do, worth looking at. StepTracker turns the steps Apple Health already tracks into a daily habit worth checking — records, streaks, and patterns from data you're already generating, on your phone and nowhere else. SEE TODAY AT A GLANCE Your ring animates up the moment you open the app. A daily card tells a different story depending on when you check — yesterday's story in the morning, your pace to goal at midday, how close you are to a personal best by evening. EVERY WALK, TRACKED LIVE Start a live walk and watch your count in real time — on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, and on your Apple Watch. It ends itself if you forget, and nothing is ever written back to Health. WIDGETS AND A WATCH APP Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show your ring and count without opening the app. Complications do the same on your wrist, plus a dedicated watch app for your ring, streak, and goal. RECORDS THAT MEAN SOMETHING Personal bests, streaks, and a weekday fingerprint that shows when you actually move. Chase themed journeys — from New York City to the Idaho wilderness to the Pacific Northwest — each one turning distance into a badge collection. 30+ METRICS, ONE PLACE Steps, distance, stairs, walking speed, cadence, and more — each with its own history and chart. COMPLETELY PRIVATE Every calculation happens on your device. No account, no server, no ads. Your health data is never sent anywhere — not even to us. FREE TO TRY StepTracker is free to download and free to use for 7 days. After that, continue with a subscription — monthly, yearly (with its own free trial), or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices shown in USD and may vary by region. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be managed or cancelled anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: StepTracker at 5.0 against Steps's 4.5. StepTracker also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 12 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 78%). Steps's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18.0). 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.
StepTracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Steps's written reviews are positive against 100% of StepTracker's.
Steps ships an update every 12 months, StepTracker every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steps | StepTracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blendist LLC | Brittany Rima |
Customer experience
Steps
StepTracker
In-app purchases
Steps
No in-app purchases
StepTracker
No in-app purchases
