Top 5 Step Counting Apps for iPhone

Top 5 Step Counting Apps for iPhone

Monitoring our daily activity has become today an option accessible to basically anyone who owns a smartphone. Once compulsory for tracking your activity, fitness gadgets can now be easily substituted by apps. And if you stop and think about it, there’s hardly any reason to wear a pricey additional device when you’ve got a multitude of iPhone apps developed to provide you with the same health data.

The benefits of step tracker apps are numerous and this is why more and more users world-wide are inclined to give them a try. There are plenty of effective apps capable of providing you with that extra boost to not give up, to stay on track and maintain an active lifestyle.

In case you don’t feel like scrolling through the App Store, we’ve compiled a list of recommended apps for you to try.

ActivityTracker

ActivityTracker is a free step counting app for iPhone designed to measure your daily movement without draining your battery (no GPS). With ActivityTracker you can track all the fitness metrics that matter: your step count, the distance covered, the active time, the amount of calories burned or flights of stairs climbed. You can check your activity on an hourly basis, and also see the progress made each day, week and month.

To motivate you to walk more, the app offers the possibility to set a weekly target and displays a daily goal based on that target. You can set a personal target for the number of steps, the calories burned or the distance walked. In case you want to let others know about your activity, ActivityTracker allows you to share your daily fitness progress with friends and followers on social media. The app is compatible with Apple Watch and comes with a customizable Today widget and a badge, so you can see the steps taken directly on the app icon.

  • Price: Free (Subscription: $6.99/year)
  • Requirements: iOS 11.0 or later
  • Download Link: App Store

Steps

Top 5 Step Counting Apps for iPhone

Steps is a simple iPhone app developed to monitor your daily exercise. The app allows you to record your walking workouts and track your route on a map by enabling GPS. You can measure the steps you’ve taken, the distance you’ve walked, the duration of your workout or the floors climbed. The app does allow you to track the calories burned as well, but not in the standard version.

Steps lets you set and adjust your own step goals, and changes colors according to the progress you’ve made. The app places at your disposal various summaries and a history of your walking sessions, in case you want to analyze your progress in time. To quickly see your fitness stats for the day, you can install one of the four widgets available.

  • Price: Free ($1.99 Pro Version)
  • Requirements: iOS 13.0 or later
  • Download Link: App Store

Pedometer++

Top 5 Step Counting Apps for iPhone

Pedometer++ is the oldest app in the App Store to use the motion processor, so the impact on your battery shouldn’t be a concern. The app is ad-supported and comes with a simple, easy-to-understand interface with the main view displaying a weekly evolution of your steps.

You have the option to set a daily step goal and remain updated with the progress made from the app, from the Today View widget or from the Apple Watch app. A particular feature of Pedometer++ are the achievements. The app is designed to reward you for reaching various milestones: streaks, lifetime miles walked, lifetime floors climbed and so on.

  • Price: Free (Tip the Developer via IAP $0.99, $1.99 or $4.99)
  • Requirements: iOS 12.2 or later
  • Download Link: App Store

Pedometer & Step Counter

Pedometer & Step Counter is another app that takes advantage of the built-in motion processor to monitor your walks. The app allows you to set a daily step goal and displays directly on the main view the progress towards that goal. Additionally you can visualize the distance, the calories burned or the time spent active.

Pedometer & Step Counter is designed with intuitive report graphs and a timeline feature, so you can analyze the fitness improvements made since you started walking. A nice touch is the achievements tab, where you can earn badges for walking a certain number of steps or burning a certain amount of calories. The app offers a widget for a quick look at your results and also a simple Apple Watch app.

  • Price: Free (Subscription: $1.99/week)
  • Requirements: iOS 10.0 or later
  • Download Link:App Store

Pedometer α

If you want a truly simple solution to count steps on iPhone, this might be the one. Pedometer α by ITO Technologies does not offer the variety of features other similar apps do, but it definitely gets the job done when it comes to step tracking. Just hit the Start button and the app will being recording your movement.

You can keep track of all the important metrics, from your steps to the calories burned and average speed per hour. Pedometer α uses report graphs to provide an overview of your activity for each day, week and month. It’s worth mentioning that the app offers all the features in the free standard version, but is supported by ads.

  • Price: Free (Contains Ads)
  • Requirements: iOS 10.0 or later
  • Download Link:App Store

What is your favorite step counter app for iPhone? Let us know in the comments below.