8 Best Pedometer Applications for iPhone

Posted on: June 9, 2009
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It shouldn’t be a big surprise to you that your iPhone 3G is capable of acting as a personal pedometer for you. If you are planning to get fit by walking around every day, you can use your iPhone to track your number of steps and find out whether you are burning enough energy to lose weight. All you have to do is the right pedometer iPhone application to get you started.

Here are 8 best pedometer applications for iPhone:

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1. iTreadmill: the best pedometer available on iTunes. You can also use it to have your virtual treadmill. A must own. You can use it practically in any situation. Very innovative.

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2. My Weight Loss Coach: a comprehensive solution for anyone hoping to lose weight. Not only acts as a pedometer, it helps you get on the right track and stay on it too.

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3. Jogalot: your personal pedometer on iPhone. Tells you how long you have been walking, the number of steps you have taken, and estimated burned calorie.

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4. iSteps: iSteps is a wonderful iPhone application that makes losing weight more fun. Whether you are just trying to hit 10,000 steps or go beyond 15,000, iSteps is a handy app to have with you.

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5. Distance Meter Pro: whether you want to go biking or running, this app will track your activity and help you stay on the right track.

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6. RunningKeeper: another decent pedometer application for iPhone and iPod Touch. Very simple and straight forward. Pretty accurate and gets the job done.

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7. iWalk: another simple application to count your steps. It supports metric system as well.

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8. Go Walk Pedometer: another simple step counter that tells you how many calories you are burning during your workout sessions.

With these pedometer apps, you will never have to walk without knowing how much energy you are burning or whether you are hitting your exercise targets.

Your take: which pedometer app are you using on your phone?


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21 Responses to “8 Best Pedometer Applications for iPhone”

  1. iTreadMill | iPhone Apps Finder Says:
    June 15th, 2009 at 2:51 am

    [...] all done automatically. All in all, iTreadmill has the most impressive set of features among pedometer applications for iPhone. It lets you run in front of a TV or outside your house and pretend you are on a treadmill. It [...]

  2. William Frank Says:
    September 10th, 2009 at 7:06 am

    A perfect example of why 48 hour trials should be required for iPhone software. How else to evaluate?? Two or three sentence reviews don’t cut it.

  3. Cyrus Says:
    September 11th, 2009 at 7:17 pm

    You are right :) We probably should do a better job putting apps together but you could imagine that these pieces could get long as sometimes we have 20, 30 or more apps in our lists. I know we have some in our upcoming lists. But I have tried all of the apps, and I use the first one myself.

  4. prashant bagul Says:
    September 23rd, 2009 at 3:41 am

    i would like to know more & more application of pedometer in our daily life.

  5. Reuven M Says:
    November 18th, 2009 at 5:03 am

    In this accelerating rate of application submission on the App Store, the list should be updated more often.

    Check this for example Playing Pedometer

    http://phobos.apple.com/us/app/playing-pedometer/id329168823?mt=8

  6. Pippy Says:
    December 1st, 2009 at 7:44 pm

    How about some useful information like how do they work differently? Do they all use the same stride length estimate for walking and running?

  7. Cyrus Says:
    December 1st, 2009 at 11:27 pm

    You are right. It’s in the works.

  8. Ken Says:
    January 5th, 2010 at 11:30 am

    If you want to track your steps during the day-as opposed to during a dedicated workout-can any of these apps handle it? Also, if these apps can track all your steps during the day, will they absolute kill battery life?

  9. Internet Banking Says:
    February 4th, 2010 at 2:43 am

    @chels I know what you mean, its hard to find good help these days. People now days just don’t have the work ethic they used to have. I mean consider whoever wrote this post, they must have been working hard to write that good and it took a good bit of their time I am sure. I work with people who couldn’t write like this if they tried, and getting them to try is hard enough as it is.

  10. Darrin Says:
    March 16th, 2010 at 11:49 am

    Thanks for taking time to look at these. I’ve been trying to find a good pedometer that also shows calories burned. Sadly, almost all of these are butt-ugly! Can’t believe there’s not a better looking interface.

    Best regards,
    DK

  11. JOhna Says:
    March 29th, 2010 at 3:22 pm

    is there a daily step pedometer that automatically records daily walks like my phons before the i-phone…the sony erickson? that is what I am looking for. I don’t want to have to stop everyday and set it up. I want to know what my steps are and calories burned from the time I get up that morning until I go to bed at night.

  12. Ray Mac Says:
    April 5th, 2010 at 12:27 pm

    Was there a comparison of pedometers concerning accuracy? Or which one counted properly for both walking and running?

  13. Keke E Says:
    May 12th, 2010 at 5:31 pm

    Nothing positive here… don’t like it… go buy the old fashioned pedometer that fastens to your belt!

  14. Cyrus Says:
    May 16th, 2010 at 8:59 am

    Have to update the post. There are some very good new ones in iTunes

  15. Viki Says:
    May 25th, 2010 at 1:08 pm

    Cyrus, I used your list to find the one pedometer for me. I’ve chosen iWalk but also use the other one called All-In Fitness Pedometer. It really covers everything I can imagine.

  16. Cyrus Says:
    June 1st, 2010 at 10:29 pm

    Great. Thanks for the tip. That piece needs an update :)

  17. Michael B Says:
    June 28th, 2010 at 1:15 pm

    Surprised you didn’t check to see if any of these use the GPS function of the iPhone; I could care less how many steps I take, I want to know how far I walked. Being able to map it would be a bonus.

  18. Cyrus Says:
    June 28th, 2010 at 9:26 pm

    Michael. The piece is a bit old. We are in the process of updating it. Sorry.

  19. Lowell Says:
    July 12th, 2010 at 5:02 pm

    Do any of these apps run in the background on the iPhone 3G? All I need is distance and possibly steps, but they need to keep running while I am active, whether it be listening to music or on the phone.

  20. Jim R Says:
    July 15th, 2010 at 12:41 am

    Re: GPS functionality, I’d like to know my vertical as well as horizontal distance. It’s hilly where I live.

  21. LaNeta Says:
    August 17th, 2010 at 8:01 am

    My ? is the same as Lowell’s in a sense and Jim R’s. I want to know how far when I am finished running with my iphone, I need to listen to music at the same time. Does this happen? If so what app is best for this? Thank you for your time.

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