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Okay, so I did some research cause this was interesting to me (sorry to fill your thread with so many replies from one person lol ๐ )
https://www.reddit.com/r/tamagotchi/comments/8h3x1j/pedometer_virtual_pets_recommend_any_good_ones/ this thread was very helpful
It seems like your options are generally old stuff you can still get on ebay:
Poket pikachu
The Nintendo pocket hello kitty pedometer (seems like the same thing as the pocket pikachu, but with hello kitty. Seems slightly more affordable than the pocket pikachu but both can be found for okay prices it looks like)
Monster quest slime pedometer - it's shaped like a little monster quest slime and by default the screen shows the eyes/expression of the slime. Some of these are a bit expensive but they can be found on ebay for decent prices it looks like, depending on condition and color of course.
The teku Teku pocket angel (looks very cute, all in japanese though. Seems fairly simple, with just walking and a slots game. Affordable price, pretty color options. Ignoring the pokewalker, this would probably be my pick, just in terms of what appeals to me)
A variety of digimon digivice toys (someone in a reddit thread listed a couple of different options from the digimon IP. They recomened a "D3" digivice. There's actually a new D3 coming out that you can preoder that looks to have a color screen, and I believe that has a pedometer like previous D3 digivices but I'm not sure. Its like $90. The old ones seem to often be expensive, but have lots of game functionality beyond step counting, and look really cool)
The digimon fitness tracker watches (these are modern devices, two versions of which show up on amazon, these seem to support an app, but I get the impression the app is extra an not needed for core functionality)
The pokewalker that pairs with heart gold or soul silver. If you don't have any of the stuff you'd need this would be super expensive and a more complicated option, but I remember loving my pokewalker as a kid
A winnie the pooh tamogachi pedometer
And then there's this little japanese game pedometer (ino tadataka pedometer game) that's about walking all the regions of Japan. It has this little guy as the "pet" as opposed to some kind of little creature. I saw it come up a couple times looking around on ebay. This one looks like a similar thing, but different? https://ebay.us/m/UZnghN. I would assume these will be in all Japanese. Some others listed may also be in Japanese, I don't know- be sure to try and check if you don't think you'll be able to navigate it without it being in English.
Some may have English setup guides online like the teku teku angel one someone did a guide for on YouTube. There are probably some other options but this is what turned in my searching, hope this helps!