A Step Ahead Challenge User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience55.6% of reviews
Neutral14.5% of reviews
Negative experience29.8% of reviews

~ Based on 124 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is A Step Ahead Challenge Safe?

A Step Ahead Challenge appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for A Step Ahead Challenge is 95/100.

This assessment is based on 6,898 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

95.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.6% of ratings suggest some concerns
1.4% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 6,590 App Store ratings for A Step Ahead Challenge.

Is A Step Ahead Challenge Legit?

A Step Ahead Challenge appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for A Step Ahead Challenge is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Terrible App

A terrible app that will constantly remind you that you have not allowed it to send you annoying notifications. Only used it because our company uses it.

Awesome

Fun

This game sucks

I was looking for a free walking app that plays like a game but every time I turn around, they’re trying to charge me. I was finally able to get the joint code but now they want to charge me for a game ticket as well. I can only imagine that once I pay for the game ticket they’re gonna find something else to charge me for. This is not a free app like they advertised. It’s an absolute lie.
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App needs work

My company used this app for a team challenge and has used it in the past. This time was very frustrating, there were so many issues with syncing and almost a full day when the app wouldn’t even load.

Load Time still a challenge

I like the overall function of this app and different themes available for team challenges. Every time I need to sync steps I have to wait through an extremely long load screen animation. Cool logo, I’m tired of seeing it change texture. Just let me sync steps and slay goblins/zombies/aliens.

Hit boxes

How am I supposed to heal my team members when the hoard is at the exact spot? I can’t click on my team members when it’s constantly hitting the hoard members..

Awful Customer Support

The app stopped tracking my steps for our challenge and when I messaged support they took 2 full days to respond and responded with a very unhelpful response and no regard to help resolve the issue. I’d think twice about choosing to use this app for your step challenge because if anything goes wrong you will not get any help.
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Not worth the hassle

Their support team is completely unhelpful and rude. Don’t bother using this if you have Pixel or can’t connect a smart watch because your steps will either not be counted at all or only a portion of them, and support will not assist.

Work Challenge App

The app shuts down a lot and continued to log us out during a work challenge. Also the app doesn’t always sync with Health right away so it’s sometimes hard to tell how many steps you’ve truly accrued. It definitely still needs some work, but overall we enjoyed it.

Great motivation

This helped me to want to get my steps in more and motivate myself to push

Not clear on objectives

Didn’t understand this game most of time. Actions and rules were inconsistent. For example if you averaged 15000 steps it only counted 2000

How do you even play this?

Downloaded the app expecting it to be playable. Turns out you need some sort of code to even play. It’s unclear how the code is even obtained. All this should be stated upfront and clearly. My best guess is that companies or organizers go through some sort of process online (outside the app) to create a code (which costs a lot of money) which can then be played by others. Once again, very unclear. Is this game not actually meant to be played by those who find it on the App Store but rather through organizations/companies who are doing team building or clubs creating an exercise regiment ?

There should be a free version that doesn’t require going outside the app to play.
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Fix the glitches

Watch out because some of the games glitch and it screws up the whole competition. I’ve got thousands of steps banked and it won’t let me cash in or play. I’m just stuck at an obstacle which keeps hurting me. Need to fix the glitches.

App needs work

I do a challenge every year with my work team. I enjoy a lot of elements to the challenge. I will say having it surge up to 12k steps needed on the last week when we start at a goal of 5k week one is too extreme. We are working professionals! Also I do feel the zombies should lighten up a little during the workday. Again, working professionals doing this app mostly I imagine. Lastly, why does the app and typing in the group chat have to be sideways? This was my team’s number one complaint. As well, long term, would love to see more action take place for my character than just beating the zombies with a broom. But mostly, I love it! Just think some app features could be better in design and functionality
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Not very well thought out!

Unless you’re putting in 1000 steps by breakfast and another 1000 Steps every couple hours the Horde catches you! Even though you could put in 4000-5000 Steps when you get of work!!

This doesn’t make any Sense for people that have Desk jobs or are tied up in meetings!

Motivational!

I needed something to help me get moving. I was like zombies! I did a searched on the interwebs and found a review about this app. It seemed like it was right up my alley. I have been getting my 5k steps in and then some. And I started jogging. This app is fun and easy to use. And the challenges fit my budget. I look forward to completing my first challenge.
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Power points need to be adjusted

I enjoyed the camaraderie of the team event that I participated in. I have to use my phone to count my steps since I don’t use a Fitbit or any other device. So, getting power points was extremely low just doing the steps per day. I think that should be adjusted so that when you reach your goal each day, that there is a bonus of power points. Outside activities should add points but they should be of less consequence, since the “game” is about getting your daily “steps” in and helping your team get to the safe house.
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Sync issues with Garmin Venu 3

I had tonnes of sync issues, most days it was 10+ hours behind unfortunately so my team didn’t get the benefit of the steps.

App loading time

Takes a long time for this app to load. I would want to check in and add some recent steps and by the time the app loaded I was disinterested.

Loved the game

We did a 4 week challenge and it was difficult getting others to participate, but we came in 7th out of 9 teams. I’m just glad we weren’t last.