Is there a good app for track steps?
Prime Gap: 61 apps already serve this, and 212 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
Data refreshed September 7, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to track steps, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| inaccurate step count | reliability | 11 | inaccurate data not counting steps correctly |
| inaccurate step tracking | bug | 5 | my steps have always been around 14,000 per day, now it’s saying my steps are 25,000 to 33,000 |
| undercounts steps | bug | 5 | I walk and walk and it doesn't record my steps |
| step tracking accuracy | bug | 2 | the tracking of steps in horrible |
| step count accuracy | reliability | 2 | recorded 591 steps where my actual step count by inbuilt counter in my mobile showed 5299 |
| inconsistent step counting | reliability | 2 | иногда он не считает шаги, иногда он считает за 1 шаг 3 шага |
| inaccurate flights of stairs tracking | bug | 2 | no longer tracking my flights of stairs accurately |
| inaccurate step counting | bug | 2 | This app doesn’t register all of our steps so many of us look like we didn’t complete our steps |
| cannot manually add steps | missing-feature | 2 | I used to be able to add that... but not anymore |
| misses steps | bug | 2 | misses step big time |
| challenge progress tracking | bug | 2 | ho fatto 150 km di camminata nell'ultima settimana ma i conteggi di tutte le sfide continuano ad essere a zero |
| cannot track steps | bug | 1 | I just couldn't get the app to track my steps |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| StepsApp Pedometer | 4.8 | 295,791 | Free |
| TrailPay:Health & Wealth | 4.3 | 635 | Free |
| Step Counter & Pedometer | 4.6 | 3,681 | Free |
| Pacer: Hourly Step Tracker | 0.0 | 0 | $3.99 |
| StepUp Pedometer Step Counter | 4.8 | 134,133 | Free |
| StridePal - Step Counter | 4.9 | 23 | $1.99 |
| Pedometer α - Step Counter | 4.9 | 169,950 | Free |
| StepUp Pedometer Step Counter | 4.8 | 40,325 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 99 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
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