Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum! Ahoy there me lads and lasses! It’s me again, your friendly app pirate, ready to go on another booty hunting journey around the seven seas. The crew and I are mostly sailing, but it also requires a lot of walking whenever we look for treasuee, especially in a vast place. We need to be prepared physically for it, so we still walk regularly while on the ship. Thankfully, we have powerful treadmills that allows us to walk even while sailing. If you hearties are also into walking, you might be interested in step counter app like StepUp Pedometer Step Counter by StepUp Inc. Listen up as I tell you more about it in this app review.
It’s straightforward
It does what it’s mainly designed for and that is to count your steps. It uses the pedometer of your phone, so even when offline your steps are still counted and it will automatically update on the app once you’re connected to the internet. After downloading, you can sign up or login with your email and you’re all set. It has a simple user interface that’s easy to navigate and learn even for beginners and non-tech savvy users. It also offers other features that are nice to have like setting your goals for your daily steps, tracking calories burnt and syncing with wearables.
It lets you connect with friends
You can connect with friends and even create groups, which can help motivate each other to stay active. It has a chat feature too, so you can also chat with those in your group. Inviting friends or adding in groups is easy as a link or QR code can be generated and sent to your invites.
It’s competitive
You can see not just your number of steps but that of your contacts too. Aside from motivating each other to keep moving, it also sparks the spirit of competitiveness as it ranks the members of your group or contacts based on the number of steps made. It gives a sense of pride and satisfaction seeing your name on top, and having a medal icon next to your name.
It’s free with an option to remove advertisements
This game is free to download and you can also keep using it for free, although there are advertisements that constantly play at the bottom of the screen. These ads are not too bothersome, but the problem is that when you accidentally tap on them, an advertisement that covers the whole screen opens and it’s hard to close and go back to the app interface, unless you force close the app and reload. This also happens at times even when you are just tapping on something like the setting icon. There are options to pay to remove ads that vary in price. There’s also an option that lets you pay a one time fee to remove ads permanently and the cost is acceptable.
The good
It works as designed and helpful added features. It has a straightforward interface and it also lets you connect, chat and compete with friends. It’s free to download and use too.
The bad
There are advertisements that cover the entire screen that are difficult to close making it frustrating to go back to the app interface.
The verdict
We highly recommend StepUp Pedometer Step Counter if you are into walking and you want to conveniently count the number of steps you made. It’s straightforward and it works as expected. It’s easy to setup and use. You can also add friends and chat with them, as well as create groups. It has additional features like tracking calories burnt and syncing it with wearables.
