Step counter and goal reminder
Steps Widget projects your end-of-day step count on your iPhone and reminds you only when you are heading for a miss — with your Apple Health steps on every screen you already look at.
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Minimal step counts, progress rings, hourly charts, and Lock Screen views keep your progress visible across iPhone, Apple Watch, and Mac.
Why hourly timers fail
An hourly alarm buzzes whether or not you moved, so it interrupts you when there is nothing to act on and you mute it within a week. Steps Widget decides from a forecast instead.
On-device model
A model on your iPhone predicts the step count you are heading for. A reminder arrives only when that projection falls short of your goal, so a day you are already walking stays quiet.
How the projection works
Apple Intelligence
Describe the tone you want in plain language and each reminder is rewritten on device to match. Encouraging, short and direct, or something of your own.
Setting the tone
Home Screen, Lock Screen, Watch
Between reminders your step count sits on the screens you already look at, including your Mac desktop. No fitness app to open.
Every widgetApple Watch
The Watch counts the walks your phone slept through, delivers reminders as a tap wherever the phone is, and is the only source of the stand hours the chart marks.
Goal reminders run on Apple Watch itself, so a tap still reaches you when your iPhone is in another room.
Three complication styles for any watch face. The rectangular one marks the hours you stood alongside the chart.
Pick a look that matches your watch face from the wrist. Styles and purchases stay in sync with your iPhone.
Private by construction
The model that decides when to remind you runs on your iPhone, not on a server. There is no account, no social feed, and nothing to sign in to.
Your activity pattern is learned on your iPhone and retrained there. Nothing about your routine is uploaded, and no server is involved in deciding when to remind you.
Step count, stand hours, and your activity summary — read with your permission. The app never writes to Health and never asks for more.
There is no sign-in, no password, and no social feed. A database that was never assembled cannot leak.
Your goal, reminder preferences, and widget styles follow you through your own private iCloud. Your step history stays in Apple Health.
Steps Widget is a step counter and goal reminder app for iPhone. A model on your device projects the step count you are heading for, and reminds you when you are on track to miss your daily goal. It also shows your Apple Health steps on the Home Screen, Lock Screen, Apple Watch, and Mac.
An hourly reminder fires on a timer no matter what you did. Steps Widget projects your end-of-day total from your own step history and only sends a reminder when that projection falls short of your goal, so hours where you are already walking stay quiet.
Yes. Describe the tone you want in plain language and Apple Intelligence rewrites each reminder on your device to match. A live preview in Settings shows the exact wording your current day would produce. This requires iOS 26 with Apple Intelligence; otherwise you get the standard wording.
No. The model trains and runs on your iPhone, and your step data is not sent to our servers. There is no account to create and no sign-in. Optional iCloud sync keeps your settings consistent across your own devices, using your private iCloud account rather than ours.
Three read-only types: your step count, your stand hours, and your daily activity summary. It never writes to Apple Health, and it does not request location for step counting. Location is used only if you turn on Local Sunset, which shifts evening reminders earlier.
The app is free to download with no ads at any tier, and the entire reminder system is free, including the on-device model and every setting behind it. An optional Customization purchase adds extra widget styles and colours, available as a one-time purchase or a subscription.
Yes. Add a Steps Widget Lock Screen widget to keep your current step count visible without opening a fitness app.
Yes. On macOS Sonoma or later the Mac can show your iPhone widgets over Continuity, so your step count can sit on the desktop you are already working at. There is no separate Mac app to install.
Yes. Steps Widget runs on Apple Watch with its own settings and goal reminders, so you are notified even when your iPhone is not nearby. You can change styles and buy the unlock from the wrist, and purchases sync with your iPhone automatically.
iOS manages widget refreshes to preserve battery life, so updates are not instant. Apple Health also shares step updates roughly once an hour. If it looks stuck, check Apple Health permission and open Steps Widget once. Turning on Motion Sensor reads the pedometer directly for a fresher count.
Free to download, no ads at any tier, and the reminders cost nothing.