Is there a good app for track steps?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
96
Opportunity /100
97
Demand /100
81
Competition /100
99
Execution gap /100
9
Apps serving it
75
Mined complaints
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 | bug | 4 | My steps have been inaccurate since the day Google took over |
| inaccurate step tracking | bug | 3 | terribly inaccurate and never keeps track of any of the steps you take |
| undercounts steps | bug | 2 | the app undercounts the steps consistently |
| inaccurate flights of stairs tracking | bug | 2 | no longer tracking my flights of stairs accurately |
| cannot manually add steps | missing-feature | 2 | I used to be able to add that... but not anymore |
| steps/activity not tracked properly | reliability | 1 | now that google has replaced that app it is not tracking properly |
| phone-free step tracking | missing-feature | 1 | The only problem is carrying my phone around all day |
| doesn't track steps | bug | 1 | It hasn’t really keep track of my steps |
| does not track all steps | reliability | 1 | not track ALL my steps |
| step tracking not working / unclear | missing-feature | 1 | How can I get the app to track my steps |
| steps not recording | bug | 1 | I’ve been walking and it’s not recording |
| intermittent step tracking | reliability | 1 | Some days it would track and some days it wouldn’t. I have all permissions on. |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| StepsApp Pedometer | 4.8★ | 279,938 | Free |
| Pedometer α - Step Counter | 4.9★ | 160,934 | Free |
| Map My Walk: Walking Tracker | 4.8★ | 471,932 | Free |
| Pedometer++ | 4.8★ | 175,695 | Free |
| Pacer Pedometer Step Counter | 4.9★ | 313,447 | Free |
| Sweatcoin Walking Step Counter | 4.5★ | 384,517 | Free |
| ASICS Runkeeper—Run Tracker | 4.8★ | 374,428 | Free |
| Map My Run GPS Running Tracker | 4.8★ | 741,169 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 96 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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