Tracking your daily activity, including the steps taken, can be easily accomplished today thanks to the built-in motion sensors modern smart phones have. There’s no need to purchase an additional gadget for fitness tracking when you can simply use your phone, which you carry with you everywhere you go.
If you’re an Android user, you probably know that the Play Store is packed with apps designed to count your steps. Of course, not all of them can match your standards in terms of accuracy and ease of use. That’s why we’ve decided to help you and simplify your task, by compiling a list of 10 apps which you can trustingly put to use.
ActivityTracker
If you want to count your daily steps without worrying that you’ll run out of battery, ActivityTracker is your go-to app. This app uses the built-in motion processor (no GPS to drain your battery’s life) to automatically track your steps, distance covered, amount of calories burned, as well as the total active time.
ActivityTracker comes with elegantly-designed report graphs to show you how physically active you’ve been. You can monitor your activity hour-by-hour, as well as on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. To keep you motivated, the app enables you to set a weekly target and shows a daily goal based on that target. According to your fitness needs and preferences, you can set the target for the steps, the distance or calories burned.
ActivityTracker gives you the possibility to share your daily results with friends through social networks, messaging platforms or email. For a quick look at your progress, the app offers an app badge and customizable widgets on your home screen. In case you’d like to track your steps from your wrist, the app is compatible with Wear OS watches.
- Price: Free (Subscription: $9.99/year)
- Requirements: Android 6.0 or later
- Download Link: Google Play
Pacer
Pacer’s goal is to help you improve your health by directing you towards a more active lifestyle. With the aid of the built-in motion sensors, the app automatically records your activity and keeps you updated with the steps taken, calories burned or distance walked during a day. At the same time, it can resort to GPS to monitor your outdoor workouts on a map.
To give you a sense of direction, Pacer provides daily exercise plans created by professionals to match your fitness level, as well as audio and video guides. Another cool feature of this app is the social component it embeds. With Pacer you can join a community of fellow fitness enthusiasts, create walking groups with family and friends and take part in various challenges to burn calories and lose weight.
- Price: Free (Subscription: $9.99 per month)
- Requirements: Android 5.0 or higher
- Download Link: Google Play
Pedometer by Simple Design
Pedometer by Simple Design is an easy-to-use Android step counter. The app takes advantage of the built-in motion sensors to track your day-to-day activity and enables you to pause and reset your step count at any moment. At the same time, you can go into a GPS-based training mode. This will let you start separate walking sessions and receive voice feedback regarding the duration of your workout, distance or pace.
Pedometer allows you to set a personal goal based on your health and fitness needs. You can choose between four activity goals: lose weight, stay fit, reduce stress and sleep better, and benefit from a personalized workout plan for each of them. If you want to have an overview of your progress, the app keeps a history of your daily, weekly or monthly movement.
- Price: Free (In-app purchases: $2.99 – $39.99)
- Requirements: Android 4.4 or later
- Download Link: Google Play
Step Counter by Leap Fitness
As the name clearly indicates it, Step Counter by Leap Fitness Group is designed to count your daily steps. And it does it without affecting your battery, since it uses your phone’s motion sensors instead of GPS. Once you hit the Start button, the app will begin recording your activity. At any moment you can pause it and reset your daily step count. A home screen widget is also available to quickly visualize your progress.
With Step Counter you can set an individual goal and adjust it along the way. Once you’ll reach your weekly goals for steps taken and calories burned, the app will reward you with badges and give you the option to share your achievements via email, WhatsApp or directly on Facebook. You can also take advantage of the modern report graphs to monitor your weekly and monthly progress.
- Price: Free (In-app purchases: $2.99 – $59.99)
- Requirements: Android 4.4 or later
- Download Link: Google Play
Google Fit
Developed in collaboration with two prestigious organizations, World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Heart Association (AHA), Google Fit revolves around two main activities: Heart Points and Steps. The app rewards you with one heart point for moderate-intensity exercises like brisk walking and with double points for high-intensity workouts like running.
Google Fit lets you set your own daily goal for the number of steps and heart points and adjust it as you need. In addition to walking, you can add a wide array of activities and track your workouts. These range from yoga and Zumba to cycling and strength training. If you want to have an overview of your overall health, you can sync Google Fit with other devices and fitness, nutrition or sleeping apps.
- Price: Free
- Requirements: Android 6.0 or later
- Download Link: Google Play
Accupedo
Accupedo is a simple, yet effective alternative to count your steps and more during the day. The app offers two ways to keep track of your activity. You can opt for the power saving mode for a lower impact on your battery or you can choose the GPS mode. This will have a bigger impact on your battery, but it will allow you to visualize your route on a map and receive additional data about your movement.
Accupedo comes with an intelligent algorithm that can detect walking patterns and eliminate non-walking activities. The app provides daily, weekly and yearly logs and smart messages and inspirational quotes each day, to make you become more active. You can sync Accupedo with MyFitnessPal and share your fitness results with friends and followers on social media.
- Price: Free (In-App Purchases: $1.99 – $9.99)
- Requirements: Android 6.0 or later
- Download Link: Google Play
Fitbit
Fitbit doesn’t automatically imply the use of a fitness gadget. In order to keep track of your health and fitness, you can reliably resort to the Fitbit mobile app. With the aid of the built-in phone sensors, the app can record your daily walking exercise and display relevant stats, such as your step count, total calorie burn, active minutes or distance.
Fitbit is designed to help you improve your overall health. With this app you can access video workouts to stay in shape, make smarter choices when it comes to your nutrition, log your water intake, identify sleep patterns and keep stress under control. To make fitness tracking fun, the developers give you the chance to invite family and friends to various challenges and share your achievements.
- Price: Free (In-app purchases: $7.99 – $399.99)
- Requirements: Android 8.0 or later
- Download Link: Google Play
Samsung Health
Samsung Health places at your disposal multiple features to stay active and healthy. No matter if you’re walking, running, riding your bike or playing indoor sports, the app will record and show your daily performances: how many steps you’ve taken, the distance covered, the calories burned or the active time.
Besides motivating you to move more, Samsung Health can help you develop healthier food habits. The app enables you to enter your daily food, snacks, caffeine or water intake and see whether you’re developing a balanced diet. Samsung Health also provides exercise plans for various activities, ranging from running to muscle building, and lets you enter competitions with friends for extra motivation.
- Price: Free (Ad-supported)
- Requirements: Android 8.0 or higher
- Download Link: Google Play
Step Counter
Step Counter by Hitchhike Tech takes advantage of the built-in motion sensors in your Android device to record your movement. All you have to do is tap on Start and it will begin counting your steps. The app gives you the opportunity to pause and resume your session whenever you want (when driving for example), and also to reset and edit the number of steps for the day.
To motivate you, Step Counter by Hitchhike Tech allows you to set a daily step goal and lets you know about your progress towards that goal. The app offers info about your daily, weekly, monthly and yearly progress and provides interesting stats, such as your current step count compared to the last seven days or which is the most active moment of the day for you. Step Counter offers a widget to quickly see your stats and gives you the option to back up and restore your step data through Google.
- Price: Free (In-app purchases: $4.99)
- Requirements: Android 6.0 or later
- Download Link: Google Play
GStep
GStep places at your disposal various methods to track your daily movement. You can count steps using the built-in motion sensors in your phone, you can synchronize steps with Google Fit for more accurate results and also enable GPS. In the GPS mode, you can also track other activities like running and cycling, get additional data such your speed and pace and also see your workout route on a map.
GStep allows you to set a daily step goal. You can enter a custom value or choose one of the preset values for different goals: to stay active, keep healthy, build muscles and so on. The app offers a water tracker feature and provides a history of your weekly, monthly and yearly activity. To make things more interesting, GStep rewards you with medals when you reach certain milestones, such as completing 10 days of running or walking a 42 km marathon.
- Price: Free (In-app purchases: $1.99)
- Requirements: Android 5.0 or later
- Download Link: Google Play
