If you want to keep an eye on your activity, you don’t need any extra accessories than your iPhone. These are the best pedometer apps in the App Store.
Best Pedometer Apps
If you want to keep an eye on how much you move in a day, there are several options. The most obvious are dedicated fitness trackers, such as those from Fitbit, Garmin or TomTom, or of course the more expensive Apple Watch. However, do you not want to spend money on accessories, but do you constantly carry your iPhone with you? Then you just use an app.
There are various apps in the App Store that use the advanced sensors in your iPhone to keep track of your steps. The downside is that your steps are only counted if you have your iPhone with you, and you don’t get any extra information – such as your heart rate.
In any case, the following apps make it possible to keep track of your steps, so that you know whether you have already achieved your daily goal. For example, consider taking 10,000 steps a day.
1. StepsApp
StepsApp is a pretty complete app to count your steps. Your steps are placed in clear graphs, which you can also view on an Apple Watch. You can organize these graphs by week, month or year to make trends visible.
If you have achieved your set goal, you will receive a notification. The app lets you set different goals. This not only keeps track of your steps, but also the number of calories you have burned, the amount of kilometers you have covered, how much time you move and how many floors you have climbed. Instead of steps, the app can also track wheelchair movements.
In addition, it is easy to export or share your achievements on social media. There is also an iMessage app to share with your friends what you have accomplished. You must purchase the pro version of the app to use all the features. The app regularly lets you know that.
Not only will the ads go away, but you won’t be able to track your calories, sync with the Apple Watch and import your activity data from Apple Health until you pay $3.49. Even trends of your past activities are hidden behind the pro version. Fortunately, unlike other apps, it is only a one-time amount.
2. Pedometer
This app does not shine in options, but it is well-organized. When starting up, you get the choice whether you want to use the energy-saving mode, which hardly uses your battery. The high-precision mode also uses a lot of your battery, but gives more precision in your step count.
You then view your steps taken per day, week or per month. This app is recommended if you don’t want too much hassle, but just want to count your steps.
3. Stepz
Stepz was an excellent free pedometer for iOS. The makers now think they can earn more money, so the app is full of advertisements. You have to pay a monthly fee to remove it. That could be worth it.
It is handy that with this app you can set your steps as a badge icon, for example, so that you can see at a glance on your iPhone how far you have come. Your daily steps are then presented in clear graphs. Connect with your friends using the same app to compete. The app also has achievements to motivate you. Do you have an iPhone 6 or newer? Then the app also keeps track of how many stairs you have climbed.
4. Wokamon
In addition to counting your steps, are you also looking for some more motivation to actually start walking? And don’t you feel like catching Pokémon? Then you can try the virtual animals of Wokamon. The steps you take are transformed into energy in the game, with which you feed and grow your Wokamons.
The more you walk, the more worlds you discover. The game always knows how to reward you for your steps, for example with a hat for your animal or a completely new animal. So who knows, Wokamon can motivate you in this way too.
Find a route
Do you want to take some more steps, but don’t know where to go? Then you can go to one of these walking apps. You can also make hiking more fun for yourself through these geocaching apps.
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