StepsApp vs Pedometer++
StepsApp and Pedometer++ are the two most-rated step counters on the US App Store, and on paper they look alike. Both are free to download, rated 4.8, sell optional upgrades, and put your steps in widgets on the home screen and the lock screen. They part ways in three places: what else they do, how they treat Apple Watch, and what their privacy labels declare. Everything below was read off the App Store on .
- Ratings: StepsApp 302,110, Pedometer++ 184,286. Both average 4.8.
- Price: both free to download. StepsApp lists purchases from $0.99 to $32.99, Pedometer++ from $1.99 to $39.99.
- Privacy: StepsApp lists Data Used to Track You; Pedometer++ does not. Both name third-party advertising among the purposes of what they collect.
- Low reviews: StepsApp's most often say the count is off (34%); Pedometer++'s most often mention Apple Watch (42%).
Side by side
| StepsApp Pedometer | Pedometer++ | |
|---|---|---|
| ratings | 302,110 · 4.8 | 184,286 · 4.8 |
| to download | free | free |
| in-app purchases | 10 items, $0.99 – $32.99 (PRO and Premium plans, a streak freeze) | 8 items, $1.99 – $39.99 (Pedometer++ Premium) |
| ads | "fully ad-free" is listed as a PRO feature | not mentioned in the listing |
| home and lock screen widgets | yes | yes |
| Apple Watch | supported; also syncs with Garmin, Oura, Fitbit, Whoop, Polar and others | its own watch app, with complications |
| beyond steps | streaks, leaderboards, group challenges, workouts with heart rate zones, GPS workouts (PRO) | goal, graphs, badges, distance, flights of stairs, active calories, heart rate |
| Data Used to Track You | Identifiers, Usage Data | — |
| Data Linked to You | — | — |
| Data Not Linked to You | Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | Location, Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics |
| languages | 31 | 12 |
| size · needs | 433 MB · iOS 15 or later | 130 MB · iOS 15 or later |
| last update | 22 October 2026 (8.15.5) | 23 October 2026 (8.2.1) |
What their 1–2 star reviews are about
From our open set of App Store reviews: the reviews the store shows first, not a random sample, so read the shares as a direction rather than a measurement. Pedometer++ has far more of them in the set (247 against 53), which makes its numbers the steadier of the two.
| theme | StepsApp53 reviews | Pedometer++247 reviews |
|---|---|---|
| the count is off | 34.0% | 14.2% |
| Apple Watch | 22.6% | 42.1% |
| ads | 17.0% | 4.9% |
| syncing with Apple Health | 15.1% | 10.9% |
| daily goal | 7.5% | 9.7% |
| streaks | 7.5% | 9.3% |
| subscription and price | 3.8% | 8.9% |
A review can mention more than one theme, so a column doesn't add up to 100%. Why two counters can disagree at all is on why step counts differ.
Which one, for what
If you wear an Apple Watch, Pedometer++ is the one built around it: a watch app with complications for the face. That is also where its unhappy reviews gather, so read the newest ones for your watch model first.
If you want to walk against friends, StepsApp has the leaderboards, groups and challenges. Pedometer++'s listing doesn't describe any.
If tracking is the deciding question, Pedometer++'s label has no tracking section and StepsApp's does. Both still list third-party advertising as a purpose. The privacy labels of nineteen step counters put the two next to the rest.
If you only want to know your steps, you may not need either. The iPhone counts them on its own, and the Health app shows the total: Browse on iOS 27, or Search on iOS 26, then Activity, then Steps. What these apps add is the widget, the goal and the streak. Where your steps already are shows the path.
A third option, ours
Angel Step is a different kind of step counter, and we make it. It shows one number, the total Apple Health already holds, on a sky that changes as you walk. It sits in free widgets on the home screen and the lock screen. There are no ads, no account and no leaderboards, and its privacy label has no tracking section. It is iPhone only, needs iOS 26 or later, and is new: one rating so far. If you want everything StepsApp or Pedometer++ does, pick one of them. If you want less, that is what we built.
Sources
- Ratings, version, size, languages and descriptions: the App Store listing of StepsApp Pedometer and of Pedometer++, and Apple's public lookup for both, read on 25 October 2026.
- Privacy labels: the same listings, the same day. How Apple defines each heading: App privacy details on the App Store, Apple.
- Review themes: our open review dataset (CC BY 4.0).
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