Comparison

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter vs Pacelet

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

Head to head
About

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter

This app makes walking fun and social by letting you track steps, join challenges with friends, and compete on leaderboards. It offers automatic activity tracking, integrates with wearables, and provides motivation through bots and progress reports.

Highlights
  • Automatic step, distance, floor, and calorie tracking
  • Social challenges with friends and groups
  • Wearable and health app integration
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly progress tracking
  • Motivational bots and personal records
  • Widgets for step visibility
  • Group chat and leaderboards
Features
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StepUp makes walking surprisingly fun with friends! Hit your goals, build streaks, join challenges, cheer each other on and walk more together! And StepUp is completely FREE! No subscription needed. No features locked behind paywalls. TRACK YOUR ACTIVITY - Automatically track steps, distance, floors & calories burned - Use just your phone, or sync with wearables - See daily, weekly, monthly & yearly progress - Step up solo or with friends, whatever moves you! BETTER WITH FRIENDS - Get family, friends & colleagues moving together - See daily, weekly & monthly leaderboards - Cheer, taunt, chat and encourage each other - You control who can see your steps FREE STEP CHALLENGES - Great for friends, families, walking & run clubs, offices, teams, schools, gyms & communities - Private groups for a few friends or up to 15,000 people - Group chat to keep the friendly banter going - Set start & end dates, or keep it ongoing - Group admins can export detailed step reports - Hide today’s step counts until tomorrow with Mystery Mode WORKS ACROSS PHONES & WEARABLES - Compete across iPhone, Android & different wearables - See steps on the Apple Watch app & complications - Sync with Apple Health and most wearables like Apple Watch, Fitbit, Garmin, Oura, WHOOP, Withings, Mi Band, Amazfit, Google Fit & Samsung Health STAY MOTIVATED EVERY DAY - Crush your daily goal at your own pace - Build streaks & keep them going with Rest Days - Keep your steps visible with widgets - Set personal records & celebrate achievements - See your country & global ranking - Look back on monthly & yearly StepUp Recaps - Share your walking stats on beautiful photos BOTS KEEP YOU ON YOUR TOES Compete with our walking bots for extra motivation - Try to beat Active Bot or take it easy with Chill Bot - Beat your steps from this time yesterday with Yesterday Bot STOP SCROLLING, START STROLLING! We’re built to move and connect. Join over 10 million people stepping up on StepUp! Invite your friends, get moving and see who gets the most steps today! Contact: team@thestepupapp.com Terms: http://www.thestepupapp.com/terms Privacy: http://www.thestepupapp.com/privacy

About

Pacelet

Features
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Pacelet is a simple Apple Watch walking companion for 3-minute easy and 5-minute fast walking intervals. Start a walking workout, follow the current pace on your wrist, and get a haptic cue when it is time to switch. Optional spoken cues can say "Walk easy" or "Walk fast" when you want audio guidance. Pacelet uses HealthKit to run a walking workout, show live walk metrics, and save completed sessions to Health and Fitness. Features: - 3-minute easy pace and 5-minute fast pace intervals - Haptic pace-change cues on Apple Watch - Optional spoken pace announcements - Walking workout tracking with HealthKit - Live heart rate, distance, and elapsed time - End-of-walk summary with distance, heart rate, active energy, and completed rounds Pacelet does not provide medical advice or diagnose, treat, or prevent any condition.

Screenshots

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pacelet at none against StepUp Pedometer Step Counter's 10. Pacelet also leads on ads (none vs shown). StepUp Pedometer Step Counter's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and chart position (#17 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. StepUp Pedometer Step Counter sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. Pacelet asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter ships an update every 3 days, Pacelet weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter versus Pacelet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepUp Pedometer Step CounterPacelet
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (150K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings150K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#17 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPratik StephenBerkin Sili

Bugs and requests

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Steps not updating correctly
  • Randomly adding extra steps
  • Unable to add friends
  • Frequent app crashes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Apple Watch support
  • Implement a chat feature
  • Allow changing step length settings
  • Provide more detailed leaderboard information
  • Add option to change daily start/end time

Pacelet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter

Subscriptions5
  • Support StepUp$1.001 Month
  • Support StepUp2 variants$2.001 Month
  • Support StepUp$6.001 Year
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  • Support StepUp$10.001 Year
  • Support StepUp$12.001 Year
One-time4
  • Support StepUp$5.00
  • Support StepUp$15.00
  • Support StepUp$20.00
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  • Support StepUp$25.00
None

Pacelet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StepUp Pedometer Step Counter free?
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pacelet free?
Pacelet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do StepUp Pedometer Step Counter or Pacelet have ads?
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter shows ads; Pacelet does not.
Which is updated more often, StepUp Pedometer Step Counter or Pacelet?
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter ships an update every 3 days, and Pacelet weekly. Most recently, StepUp Pedometer Step Counter was updated on November 5, 2026 and Pacelet on October 8, 2026.

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