{
  "name": "In-app purchases, ratings and widgets of iPhone step counters",
  "description": "A hand-made survey of iPhone step counter apps on the US App Store. In-app purchase prices were read off each app's own store page, because Apple's search interface does not report them. Ratings, widget mentions and last-updated months come from the same listings. No app was ranked or scored; this is what the store showed on the date below.",
  "url": "https://angelstep.app/data",
  "doi": "10.5281/zenodo.22032007",
  "doi_url": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22032007",
  "measured": "2026-08-17",
  "region": "US App Store",
  "method": "Each app's App Store page was opened and read by hand on 2026-08-17. Purchases come from the 'In-App Purchases' block on that page; 'per its description' means the listing's own text says so, not that we verified the feature exists. The lock-screen column was read on 2026-08-19 from Apple's public listing data, matched to each app by name, rating count and last-updated month; in the same pass the widget and Health columns were re-read that way and agreed with the hand reading in every one of the 18 rows.",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "Angel Step",
    "url": "https://angelstep.app",
    "description": "a step counter for iPhone built around one number, with widgets on the home screen and the lock screen"
  },
  "license": {
    "applies_to": "the compilation, its structure and the described method",
    "not_claimed": "the underlying facts, which are Apple's public store listings",
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "Angel Step, https://angelstep.app/data"
  },
  "count": 18,
  "summary": {
    "apps_total": 18,
    "in_app_purchases": {
      "checked": 13,
      "with_none": 4,
      "names_with_none": [
        "Pedometer α",
        "Plod",
        "STEPPI",
        "Steps — Simple Pedometer"
      ],
      "lowest_price_usd": 0.99,
      "highest_price_usd": 49.99
    },
    "widget_mentioned_in_description": {
      "checked": 18,
      "yes": 12
    },
    "lock_screen_mentioned_in_description": {
      "checked": 18,
      "yes": 6
    },
    "ratings_count": {
      "checked": 18,
      "max": 291037,
      "median": 1267,
      "min": 0
    }
  },
  "apps": [
    {
      "name": "StepsApp Pedometer",
      "listed_in": [
        "simple",
        "free"
      ],
      "ratings_count": 291037,
      "rating_average": 4.8,
      "widget_per_description": "yes",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "yes",
      "reads_health_per_description": "yes",
      "last_updated": "Aug 2026",
      "in_app_purchases": "yes",
      "prices_listed": "$0.99 – $19.99"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pedometer++",
      "listed_in": [
        "simple",
        "free"
      ],
      "ratings_count": 180123,
      "rating_average": 4.8,
      "widget_per_description": "yes",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "yes",
      "reads_health_per_description": "yes",
      "last_updated": "May 2026",
      "in_app_purchases": "yes",
      "prices_listed": "$1.99 – $39.99"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pedometer α",
      "listed_in": [
        "simple",
        "free"
      ],
      "ratings_count": 167598,
      "rating_average": 4.9,
      "widget_per_description": "no",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "no",
      "reads_health_per_description": "no",
      "last_updated": "Aug 2026",
      "in_app_purchases": "none"
    },
    {
      "name": "Steps — Activity Tracker",
      "listed_in": [
        "simple",
        "free"
      ],
      "ratings_count": 131721,
      "rating_average": 4.8,
      "widget_per_description": "yes",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "yes",
      "reads_health_per_description": "yes",
      "last_updated": "Aug 2026",
      "in_app_purchases": "yes",
      "prices_listed": "$3.99"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pikmin Bloom",
      "listed_in": [
        "cute"
      ],
      "kind": "walking game",
      "ratings_count": 66956,
      "rating_average": 4.8,
      "widget_per_description": "no",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "no",
      "last_updated": "Aug 2026"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stepz",
      "listed_in": [
        "simple",
        "free"
      ],
      "ratings_count": 32586,
      "rating_average": 4.5,
      "widget_per_description": "yes",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "no",
      "reads_health_per_description": "yes",
      "last_updated": "Mar 2026",
      "in_app_purchases": "yes",
      "prices_listed": "$0.99 – $6.99"
    },
    {
      "name": "Walkr",
      "listed_in": [
        "cute",
        "free"
      ],
      "kind": "walking game",
      "ratings_count": 8008,
      "rating_average": 4.5,
      "widget_per_description": "no",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "no",
      "last_updated": "Aug 2026",
      "in_app_purchases": "yes",
      "prices_listed": "$0.99 – $49.99"
    },
    {
      "name": "Steps — Simple Pedometer",
      "listed_in": [
        "simple",
        "free"
      ],
      "ratings_count": 5309,
      "rating_average": 4.7,
      "widget_per_description": "yes",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "yes",
      "reads_health_per_description": "no",
      "last_updated": "Jan 2026",
      "in_app_purchases": "none"
    },
    {
      "name": "StepDog",
      "listed_in": [
        "cute",
        "free"
      ],
      "kind": "counter + virtual dog",
      "ratings_count": 1267,
      "rating_average": 4.2,
      "widget_per_description": "yes",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "no",
      "last_updated": "Aug 2025",
      "in_app_purchases": "yes",
      "prices_listed": "not listed on the page we read"
    },
    {
      "name": "Fito",
      "listed_in": [
        "cute"
      ],
      "kind": "fitness streaks + pet",
      "ratings_count": 500,
      "rating_average": 4.6,
      "widget_per_description": "yes",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "no",
      "last_updated": "Aug 2026"
    },
    {
      "name": "Habbie",
      "listed_in": [
        "cute"
      ],
      "kind": "habit tracker + pet",
      "ratings_count": 239,
      "rating_average": 4.4,
      "widget_per_description": "yes",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "yes",
      "last_updated": "Sep 2025"
    },
    {
      "name": "STEPPI",
      "listed_in": [
        "cute",
        "free"
      ],
      "kind": "step counter",
      "ratings_count": 131,
      "rating_average": 4.4,
      "widget_per_description": "no",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "no",
      "last_updated": "Jul 2026",
      "in_app_purchases": "none"
    },
    {
      "name": "Hot Girl Steps",
      "listed_in": [
        "cute",
        "free"
      ],
      "kind": "step counter",
      "ratings_count": 117,
      "rating_average": 4.9,
      "widget_per_description": "no",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "no",
      "last_updated": "Jul 2026",
      "in_app_purchases": "yes",
      "prices_listed": "$4.99 – $29.99"
    },
    {
      "name": "CanGoGo",
      "listed_in": [
        "cute",
        "free"
      ],
      "kind": "counter + collectable animals",
      "ratings_count": 70,
      "rating_average": 4.8,
      "widget_per_description": "no",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "no",
      "last_updated": "Aug 2026",
      "in_app_purchases": "yes",
      "prices_listed": "$0.99 – $6.99"
    },
    {
      "name": "Simply Step",
      "listed_in": [
        "simple",
        "free"
      ],
      "ratings_count": 32,
      "rating_average": 4.6,
      "widget_per_description": "yes",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "no",
      "reads_health_per_description": "yes",
      "last_updated": "Jul 2026",
      "in_app_purchases": "yes",
      "prices_listed": "$1.99 – $19.99"
    },
    {
      "name": "Plod",
      "listed_in": [
        "cute",
        "free"
      ],
      "kind": "counter + hamster",
      "ratings_count": 23,
      "rating_average": 5.0,
      "widget_per_description": "yes",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "no",
      "last_updated": "Jul 2026",
      "in_app_purchases": "none"
    },
    {
      "name": "GAIT — Minimal Step Widgets",
      "listed_in": [
        "simple"
      ],
      "ratings_count": 2,
      "rating_average": 5.0,
      "widget_per_description": "yes",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "yes",
      "reads_health_per_description": "yes",
      "last_updated": "Dec 2025"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yep — Minimalist Step Tracker",
      "listed_in": [
        "simple"
      ],
      "ratings_count": 0,
      "rating_average": null,
      "widget_per_description": "yes",
      "lock_screen_per_description": "no",
      "reads_health_per_description": "yes",
      "last_updated": "Aug 2026"
    }
  ]
}