Pedometer iOS: How to Track Your Steps on iPhone Easily

If you carry an iPhone most of the day, your steps are already being counted. No setup required. The Apple Health app uses the phone's motion sensors to log your movement automatically, from the moment you get up to the moment you sit back down.

How to check your steps in Apple Health

Open the Health app, tap Summary, and search for Steps. You'll see daily, weekly, and monthly step counts going back as far as you've had the phone. If you've never looked, the numbers might surprise you.

For straightforward tracking, that's all you need. If you want more motivation or a streak system, third-party pedometer apps make it more engaging.

Steps & Beasts: tracked steps with a twist

Steps & Beasts is a free iOS step tracker with a game layer on top. Each day you get a mysterious egg. Hit your step goal and the egg hatches into a collectible creature called a Beast.

Over 170 unique Beasts to collect, weekly and monthly streaks, home screen widgets for a quick check-in, no login and no ads.

The mechanic is simple but it changes behavior. Knowing something will hatch if you hit your goal today is a different motivation than watching a number tick up.

Why a dedicated step app is useful

Apple Health captures data but doesn't create a compelling reason to hit a goal. A good pedometer app does: it gives you something to aim for each day, shows you the streak you're building, and makes the feedback loop feel rewarding rather than neutral.

Start with your current step count from Apple Health. Pick a realistic daily goal, maybe 500 more than you're already averaging. Download Steps & Beasts and see if having a hatching egg changes what you do in the last hour of the day.