Ah, it seems I was mistaken. If you use the PokeDetector app alone and don’t have the Pokemon GO app running, your steps won’t be counted. I’d just leave the GO app running on my phone while I’m out and about to have those steps counted if I were you. Also, it’s recommended to use a Google account on PokeDetector…

Ah, I understand now. Thanks for the clarification but it still seems that it would be better to run both apps simultaneously since you’re having to use a different account to avoid having your primary Google banned. I’m pretty sure Niantic will crack down on these apps or people using them because they want to sell…

If you’ve got the Pokemon Go app running, which it seems you’ll have to in order to link it up with this PokeDetector app, then your steps will, indeed, be counted so you can hatch those eggs.