You don’t have to depend on the number of “steps” as the tracker itself displays the order of the Pokemon in ascending order from your radius. According to the snapshot, bellsprout is pretty much in your face and scyther is still pretty far from your position.

The pokeradar used to display distance in meters throughout the entire beta testing. The paw prints came out in the finished version.

The game is out for Android in US. It has been out since yesterday don’t know why everyone says Australia/ NZ only. Nobody has reported anything about this. All the gyms are hilariously empty or full of weak pokemon. I’m enjoying the updates to the beta. Battery doesn’t drain, pokemon caught give more than one candy…