Pedometer (PFA)
Pedometer (PFA) is a free, open-source fitness and health app for Android. (SECUSO) Counts your steps in the background. It has 295 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
github.com/SecUSo/privacy-friendly-pedometer (opens in a new tab)
About Pedometer (PFA)
Privacy Friendly Pedometer can count your steps in background, provides you an overview about your walked steps and allows you to define custom walking modes and notifications if the achievement of your daily step goal is in danger. The app requires minimal permissions (Run at startup and prevent phone from sleeping). It belongs to the Privacy Friendly Apps group developed by the research group SECUSO at Karlsruhe Intitute of Technology. More information can be found an secuso.org/pfa Privacy Friendly Pedometer can count your daily walked steps while it runs in background. It gives you an overview about your walked steps, distance and about the calories you have burned while walking.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Pedometer (PFA) from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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What is Pedometer (PFA)?
Pedometer (PFA) is a free, open-source fitness and health app for Android. (SECUSO) Counts your steps in the background. It has 295 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
Is Pedometer (PFA) free and open source?
Yes. Pedometer (PFA)'s source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install Pedometer (PFA)?
You can install Pedometer (PFA) from F-Droid (package org.secuso.privacyfriendlyactivitytracker); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v3.1.2).
Is Pedometer (PFA) still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Apr 26, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Aug 7, 2025. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.