Comparison

ActivityTracker Pedometer vs Steps

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • Daily step counting
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Customizable step goal
  • Visual goal achievement celebration
  • Light and Dark modes
  • Small app size
Features
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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.

Screenshots

ActivityTracker Pedometer4 screens
Steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steps at none against ActivityTracker Pedometer's 2. Steps also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). ActivityTracker Pedometer's advantage is review sentiment (97% vs 80%) and ratings volume (102K vs 5.5K). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. ActivityTracker Pedometer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Steps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for ActivityTracker Pedometer against 4.7 for Steps. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ActivityTracker Pedometer has 102K ratings behind it against 5.5K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of ActivityTracker Pedometer's written reviews are positive against 80% of Steps's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ActivityTracker Pedometer ships an update every 6 weeks, Steps weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ActivityTracker Pedometer versus Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActivityTracker PedometerSteps
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (102K ratings) — better4.7 (5.5K ratings)
Positive reviews97.3% of reviews — better80.5% of reviews
Number of ratings102K — better5.5K
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBits&CoffeeDasmer Singh

Customer experience

ActivityTracker Pedometer

All ratings101,655 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews2,971 reviews
Positive97.3%
Neutral0.8%
Negative1.9%

Steps

All ratings5,527 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews451 reviews
Positive80.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative15.3%

User reviews

ActivityTracker Pedometer

From 102K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Motivational
  • 📊 Detailed tracking
  • 🔋 Accurate step counting
  • 🤖 Seamless integration with Apple Watch

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent step/floor tracking
  • 🔄 Syncing issues between phone and watch
  • 📉 Inaccurate calorie/distance tracking

Steps

From 5.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Accurate step counting
  • 🔒 No data collection or ads
  • 💡 Useful widget for quick access

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent step counting
  • 🔋 Sensitive to phone movement
  • 🚫 Lacks integration with Apple Watch

Bugs and 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

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

2 purchases

ActivityTracker Pedometer

Subscriptions2
  • ActivityTracker PRO$4.991 Month
  • ActivityTracker PRO7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Steps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ActivityTracker Pedometer free?
ActivityTracker Pedometer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ActivityTracker Pedometer or Steps?
ActivityTracker Pedometer is rated higher. ActivityTracker Pedometer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 102K ratings, while Steps averages 4.7 from 5.5K ratings.
Do ActivityTracker Pedometer or Steps have ads?
ActivityTracker Pedometer shows ads; Steps does not.
Which is updated more often, ActivityTracker Pedometer or Steps?
ActivityTracker Pedometer ships an update every 6 weeks, and Steps weekly. Most recently, ActivityTracker Pedometer was updated on October 5, 2026 and Steps on October 4, 2026.

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