One day, three rings
Steps, distance and calories fill three rings as the day goes. Tap any number to see where it came from and how it was calculated.
Free · No account · Reads Apple Health
Step counter for iPhone & Apple Watch — with sleep and energy
Podo turns what your iPhone and Watch already record into one readable day: steps, distance and calories in three rings, last night’s sleep, how much energy you have left, and whether you have recovered. No sign-up, no ads.
iOS 18.0+ · Apple Watch app included · 15 languages
Features
A pedometer that also knows how you slept
Steps are the core. Sleep, energy and recovery sit around them — so the number on the ring finally has context.
Sleep score and stages
A 0–100 sleep score, a hypnogram of Awake, REM, Core and Deep stages, bedtime and naps. No watch? Enter last night by hand.
Energy reserve
How much energy you have left today, estimated from last night’s sleep, your steps and workouts — and the coffee or alcohol you log.
Recovery and stress from HRV
Overnight HRV and resting heart rate against your own 14-day baseline, plus a daytime stress index — so you know when to push and when to rest.
Heart rate from the phone camera
Hold a fingertip on the rear camera for thirty seconds: your pulse and HRV, saved to Apple Health. A calm reading also counts as resting heart rate and builds your own baseline. An estimate, not a medical device.
Every walk, found by itself
No start button. Podo stitches the step data your iPhone already records into walks — the commute, the hill, the loop after dinner — each with its time, distance and pace.
Walks, hikes and rides with GPS
Record a walk, run, hike or bike ride with its route. It is saved to Apple Health as a normal workout, and you can rate how it felt.
Stats, records and weekly goals
Day, week, month and year charts, personal records for every metric, and weekly goals with a streak you can rescue.
A podium for your records
Your three best days, places four to ten, and where today ranks among every day on record — for steps, distance, calories and floors.
4 widgets
Three rings, steps progress, steps remaining and energy — on the Home Screen.
Apple Watch app
Your day on the wrist, synced from the iPhone.
15 languages
English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Norwegian, Hebrew, Hindi, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional).
AI coach (Pro)
A short written review of yesterday, every morning — from an anonymised summary, only if you turn it on.
How it works
Three steps, and your history is already there
- 1
Install Podo
From the App Store, on iPhone with iOS 18 or later.
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Allow Apple Health
Podo reads steps, sleep and heart data your iPhone and Watch already record.
- 3
See your whole history
Every day you already have in Apple Health shows up immediately — nothing to import.
Explainable numbers
Tap any number. See where it came from.
Every metric in Podo — steps, calories, the sleep score, the energy reserve, the recovery percentage — opens into a detail screen with the source device, the period, and a plain-language “how we calculate” section. No black boxes.
- Which device recorded the steps, and which one wins when two disagree
- How the sleep score splits into duration, schedule and continuity
- Your personal HRV baseline and today’s deviation from it
Reviews
What the first users say
Every quote below is an App Store review, word for word.
5.0 out of 5 · 12 ratings on the App Store
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★★★★★
This is exactly what I was looking for!
Great app, cool design! I saw that my daily record is 41,000 steps 😮
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★★★★★
Good!
Very good ! It’s convenient to use, and it has many functions
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★★★★★
Работает!
Это приложение стало моим пинком! Напоминает, мотивирует, показывает прогресс. Теперь вместо лишнего часа в телефоне иду на прогулку. За месяц стала проходить 8-10 тысяч шагов, хотя раньше и 3 не набиралось. Очень довольна👍
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★★★★★
Great!
Nice and helpful app
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★★★★★
Really good app
I finally found an app that's convenient for me, it has a nice design and is easy to use
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★★★★★
great!
love the daily caffeine limit idea! total game changer for caffeine addicts 🤌🏻
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★★★★★
Handy tracker that actually keeps me motivated
I've been using Podo for a while now, and it's great to have everything in one place: steps, distance, calories, sleep. The interface is clean and simple, nothing feels cluttered. The developer is clearly still actively improving the app, updates come out regularly. Recommended for anyone who wants to track their activity without unnecessary complexity.
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★★★★★
good for your health
An excellent app—it's very convenient for tracking steps, and the idea of keeping track of records is great!
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★★★★★
Great app
I am very impressed with this app, very helpful
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★★★★★
Super!
This is an amazing app! Much better than the general health app! Highly recommended!
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★★★★★
design
wanna count for steps with outstanding design 😻😻
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★★★★★
Great app for staying active
A very convenient and easy-to-use app for tracking your steps and activity. I like that everything is clear and easy to understand from the start, and the statistics help you keep better track of your daily activity. It’s especially motivating to see your progress and know how much more you have left to reach your goal. The app works reliably, has a pleasant interface, and doesn’t have anything unnecessary. A great option if you want to be more active and gradually build a healthy habit 🙌
Compare
Podo next to the apps you may be choosing between
Pedometers stop at steps. Recovery apps start at $100 a year and want an account. Podo sits in the middle — and the core is free.
| Feature | Podo | StepsApp | Pedometer++ | Bevel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built around steps | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| GPS workouts with route — free | Yes | No | No | — |
| Sleep score and stages | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Recovery from HRV | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Energy through the day | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| AI coach | Pro | No | No | Pro |
| Apple Watch app | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Home Screen widgets | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
Based on the US App Store listings as of September 6, 2026. Detailed comparisons →
Privacy
What leaves your iPhone: nothing.*
Podo has no accounts and no servers that know you. Health data is read from Apple Health on the device and cached there for the widgets and the Watch. There are no ads and no tracking across apps; anonymous usage statistics show which screens are opened and never include health data.
* The one exception is the AI daily digest (Pro). It sends an anonymised summary of a single day — no name, email or device id — and only if you turn it on. Read the full policy.
On device
- Steps, sleep, heart rate, workouts
- Sleep score, energy, recovery, stress
- GPS routes (written to Apple Health)
Off device, with your consent
- An anonymised one-day summary for the AI digest
FAQ
Questions people ask before installing
Yes. Steps, distance, calories, sleep, energy, recovery, workouts, statistics, widgets and the Apple Watch app are free. Podo Pro, bought inside the app ($3.99 a week with a 3-day free trial, or $19.99 a year), adds four AI features: the daily digest, workout insight, weekly review and unlimited streak freezes.
Yes. Your iPhone counts steps on its own, and Podo reads them from Apple Health. Sleep stages and HRV need a device that records them — an Apple Watch or any tracker that syncs to Apple Health. Without one, you can enter sleep by hand.
From Apple Health. Podo does not count steps itself — it reads what your iPhone, Apple Watch and other trackers already write to Health, so the numbers match and your whole history is there from day one.
Several devices can record steps for the same minute — iPhone, Apple Watch, a band. Apple Health merges them its own way, so two apps can show slightly different totals. In Podo you choose which source to trust; by default a wearable gets priority.
No. Podo reads data Apple Health already has instead of running its own sensors. GPS is used only while you are recording a workout you started yourself.
No. There is no sign-up, no email and no password. Delete the app and everything it cached is gone.
Nothing — with one exception. The AI daily digest (a Pro feature) sends an anonymised summary of a single day to generate the text, and only if you turn it on. No name, no email, no device identifier. Everything else stays on the device.
Yes. Hold a fingertip over the rear camera for thirty seconds — the flash lights the blood in your finger and the camera reads how the brightness changes with every beat. You get a pulse and an HRV reading, both saved to Apple Health, and a measurement taken sitting calmly also counts as resting heart rate. Hold still for a clean signal: it is an estimate, not a medical device.
If the tracker syncs to Apple Health, Podo can read it. Steps, sleep, resting heart rate and HRV all come through Health, and you can set that device as the priority source.
It is Podo’s own 0–100 score: 50% for duration against your sleep goal, 30% for a regular bedtime, 20% for continuity (how little you woke up). It is not the Apple Watch score.
iPhone with iOS 18.0 or later. The Apple Watch app is included. Podo is not a medical device and does not give medical advice.
Your steps are already counted. See them properly.
Free on the App Store. Works with the data your iPhone already has.