Looking for a suitable, best FREE step counter or walk tracking app available for iPhone? Continue reading …

Get healthy? Do more exercise. That’s as simple as it could be. But regardless of how effective is an exercise regime, if you cannot keep up, it is futile exercise! So one of the best way to keep healthy, is to use the simplest solution available to you, and that is, to walk! Walk in your home, in your office, the mall, in the park, wherever. Just keep moving!

And how do you how much you have to walk? General guidelines vary but most are in the range of 7,000 to 13,000 steps. And many agree that 10,000 steps, usually equivalent to an hour’s walk, is a good amount for healthy adults.

Now all you need is a step-counting app (no other hardware required), a.k.a. step counter, or pedometer, to track your steps, and here we will share with you some of what we think is good for the job.

Pacer Pedometer & Step Tracker

Pacer Pedometer and Step Tracker

Review date: 4th Sept 2023

One of the best-selling pedometer apps to view your daily steps, as well as daily active time, estimated distance, calories, etc.

This is an extremely feature packed walking and health coaching app, and Pacer stated it is a “walking buddy and health coach”. It also able to track your walk on a map using GPS.

And if you want to find group walking, Pacer does offer lots of walking groups to join and challenges to participate in too.

Paid subscription to access most features.
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https://www.mypacer.com/

Please note in the Apple App Store there is another app named “Pacer Walking Tracker & Health” by the app developer “Pedometer” which most likely has nothing to do with this Pacer app.

THIS IS FOR YOU IF YOU

  1. Need comprehensive full features.
  2. Enjoy walking groups and challenges to join.
  3. Want to subscribe to fitness plans with guided audio and workouts.

THIS IS NOT FOR YOU IF YOU

  1. Hate advertisement (paid plan remove ads).
  2. Don’t like to take time to learn the many features it provides.
  3. Don’t like that most features are locked and subscription popup when you “accidentally” click on it (unless you are on a subscription).

StepsApp Pedometer

StepsApp Step Counter and Tracker

Review date: 4th Sept 2023

Another popular, and simple-to-use pedometer. Basically, if you need only step counting and step history, it will do the job well!

On the free plan, you only get steps but with a subscription, you will get calories, distances, insights, and trends, plus a few color themes (otherwise, you are struck with the cool blue theme).

You will get some occasion subscription popups now and then.

Paid subscription to access most features.
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https://steps.app/

THIS IS FOR YOU IF YOU

  1. Love clean and simple-to-use interface.
  2. Only want to view your steps, calories, distance, and active time, and no more.
  3. Prefer dark interface.

THIS IS NOT FOR YOU IF YOU

  1. Want a full-feature super fitness app
  2. Don’t want to dismiss its daily subscription popup.
  3. Dislike advertisements (paid plan remove ads), especially occasional full page pop up ads.

Apple Health

Apple Health App with steps counting and step history tracking functionalities

Review date: 4th Sept 2023

If you have an iPhone you already have Apple Health. And you get lots of walking data, plus activity, mobility, sleep, and a lot of other information, whether you need it or not!

If you have spinal or walking concerns, I want to highlight that Apple Health app will show your double support time (how long both feet are on the ground), walking speed, walking step length, and walking asymmetry.

No advertisement, no popup.
https://www.apple.com/my/ios/health/

THIS IS FOR YOU IF YOU

  1. Don’t want to install anything just to track your steps.
  2. Need highly specialized step data like double support time, especially if you have spinal or relevant health issues.
  3. Love tons of history and insights.

THIS IS NOT FOR YOU IF YOU

  1. Are looking for a simple and less complicated step counter.
  2. Need fitness plan (but you can try Apple Fitness+).
  3. Want some social elements to share and do challenges with friends and strangers (you can “securely” share data with close friends, family, and doctors).

Google Fit: Activity Tracker

Google Fit with Step tracking and Heart Points counting features

Review date: 4th Sept 2023

A fully free fitness app that does more than track steps, but steps, and Heart Points, are the main and center theme of the app.

You can easily see your steps and activity history, and with its clean and clear interface, it is very simple to find it, even it can track much more than steps, such as sports activities, body vital signs, nutrition, sleeps, and menstrual cycle.

An interesting concept from the Fit App is the Heart Points. It is earned based on the intensity of the exercise or activity the user does.

No advertisement, no popup.
https://www.google.com/fit/

THIS IS FOR YOU IF YOU

  1. Like clean and simple interface.
  2. Need more than steps tracking, such as activity tracking etc..
  3. Prefer fully free app.

THIS IS NOT FOR YOU IF YOU

  1. Need fitness and workouts plan.
  2. Like to personalize your interface.
  3. Want the social and community aspect.

Joy Steps: Pedometer & Tracker

Joy Steps is a step tracking app with fully personalized interface for sharing your steps shots

Review date: 4th Sept 2023

From the user interface, you can see it is a totally different type of step counter. In addition to step counting, Joy Steps let you personalize your background image, colors, and fonts, so that when you share your steps to your friends or social network, it could look really cool and unique (or whatever you want it to look like).

It is a simple, basic, functional step counter that displays only steps and steps history.

In addition, it has a quote at the top (can be turned off) for inspiration.

No advertisement, no popup.
https://pentecode.com/joysteps

Note: The author is also the app developer of Joy Steps

THIS IS FOR YOU IF YOU

  1. Need a simple step counter with a personalizable interface and your own photo.
  2. Like to share uniquely yours and fun “steps-shot” photos with your friends and social network.
  3. Hate advertisements and popups.

THIS IS NOT FOR YOU IF YOU

  1. Need more than steps and steps history.
  2. Want a fitness or workout plan.
  3. Like to join walking group or challenges.

So, which one will you choose? But most importantly, walk, jump, run, stay active, keep moving!

All apps are reviewed in person by cu from pentecode_

Featured post image (hand-in-hand walking) courtesy from photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

Why Christ-centric?

Christ is the way.


The Bible, which is incredibly accurate with undisputable evidence, states that Christ is the way. We believe that faithfully following His way of doing everything, including conducting business and daily work, will lead us to make the right decisions, no matter how hard it is.

Today, most businesses, including tech startups, are driven by ambition or profit. Although both are good and necessary to sustain a company in the long run, making them the centre of a business is just like asking fire to be the bad master instead of being a good servant. Many companies become blinded by their idolisation of profit or ambition, leading to their subsequent collapse.

Being Christ-centric is not only because we, the founding team, are Christians, but also because it makes perfect business sense to run a business for long-term sustainability, as a great employer, a responsible social citizen, and a strong, respectable industry player.

Here is the essence of being Christ-centric in pentecode:

Christ-centred leadership and discipleship.

Love God, love other people. The Bible is the source of truth and Jesus is the model of how we should behave in this world.

 

Humility learns, listens, serves, builds up others, and includes all people.

We acknowledge we are not perfect, and we shouldn’t be prideful, nor put our self-centred interests over others. Humility also means we should not be complacent and should always be learning and open to new ideas. We should not think we are greater than someone because of certain personality traits or beliefs, and we must continue to serve and build up others with the best intentions, not with prideful or spiteful thoughts.

 

Rejoice always!

We will rejoice and praise God at all times, even when things don’t go our way.

 

Innovate and be open to new revelations from God.

We believe that God made us creative with a purpose and that, with His blessing, we receive revelations for scientific and technological advancement. We strive to learn, experiment and innovate as much as we can, glorifying and praising Him along the way.

 

Stewardship of our gifts.

Practise good stewardship for all gifts from God, be it talent, time, or money. Remember that one day we will all be held accountable in front of God. Here in this world, we should not only use self-control to practise good stewardship, but we must also measure what we do so we can be more responsible, accountable, and transparent.

 

Transparent and truthful in all our ways.

Most of what we do, say, earn, and spend should be available for public inspection if requested. We believe that honesty and openness is the best policy to build trust and that the best way to serve and create value is by innovating, not hiding.

 

We understand that the aforementioned points can be difficult to fully achieve. We are not quite there yet and most likely we will never be fully there, but we still strive to do the best we can!

 cu

Why pentecode?

Why did you
start
pentecode_

cu: I start pentecode because I wanted a different kind of innovative, constantly learning (i.e., experimenting) startup that is Christ-focused and able to exemplify how Christian businesses can electrify the lives and communities around them! 

What sets pentecode apart from other tech startups?

cu: In addition to what I mentioned above, we started pentecode because we believe God wanted us to do a particular project, which we have not yet seen in the market. Once released, this will provide us with a very clear differentiation from all other tech firms.

Additionally, there are many startups, but is there one that’s Christ-centric, people-obsessed, learning and data-driven, fully remote, and fully committed to truth and transparency? Methinks not ;-] ! Anyway, that was a whole lot of big words; what exactly does each of them mean? 

Christ-centric. No matter what we do, we strive to glorify God and follow the example of Christ.

People-obsessed. We are genuinely interested in the people surrounding us. We go the extra mile to make our customers happy, we empower and encourage our staff to do their best, and we treat our business partners as, well, true partners!

Learning and data-driven. We are constantly learning, experimenting with new ideas, and making all decisions with the support of data, facts, and biblical truth!

Fully remote. We all work from somewhere remote, be it a beach, Starbucks, or even a caravan. We can hire genius from any timezone without physical limitation (legal limitation still applies, unfortunately). We are the covid-19 generation (get it?)–is this sanitised? Just consider my last job: My boss was in the USA, my office was in China, and I myself stuck in Malaysia. (get it?)

Fully committed to truth. No lying to anyone, even if it is hard. If you don’t like my design, you can say so (but politely and maybe with a little consideration of my feelings.) Just don’t say anything unless you actually mean it. Also, we believe the Bible is the true Word of God and the source of all truth.

Fully committed to transparency.  Salaries, costs, P&L, most company reports, etc., will be available for public scrutiny. We aim to smoke even the public companies in this aspect 😉

 

What’s in the name pentecode?

cu: pentecode is a play on the words Pentecost and code (Pentecost + code = pentecode). Pentecost is the biblical term for the season of great revival, heavenly gifts, and bountiful harvest! It is a time of changes and great excitement. Code is what we are mainly doing. Our trade secret is in our digital signal processing algorithm and user experience, which are all established in software code. Finally, in the logo, I purposely added a ” _ ” (underscore) to give it a more techie yet retro touch.