# Step Village — Build a village by walking

> Build a village by walking (iPhone/iPad app by DongHa Ko.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/step-village/id6822724239 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [DongHa Ko](https://appshunter.io/developer/6817655523)
- Category: Games, Health & Fitness, Casual, Simulation
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 71 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2026-10-29
- Data updated: 2026-11-10

## What is Step Village?

Every step you take today becomes a footprint. Spend your footprints to build houses on a little island in the sea, grow vegetable gardens and flower beds, and decorate your own village with the villagers who move in.

■ How it works
① Walk like you always do — iPhone alone is enough, and Apple Watch works too
② Each step becomes one footprint. Stop by your village to collect them
③ Buy houses, trees, flowers and paths in the Shop and place them wherever you like

■ A village that grows as you walk
· Step Village turns your step count from the Apple Health app into footprints. Your step count goes back to zero every day, but the footprints you collect and your village stay.
· As your village levels up, new items arrive in the Shop and you can expand your land.
· Leveling up also opens Beach Island and City Island. Each sells its own items and has its own landmark — on City Island you lay roads and sidewalks and put up tall buildings.

■ What you can do on your island
· Gardens and flower beds — plant carrot and strawberry patches, grow tulips and lavender, and add a flower clock.
· Playgrounds and parks — slides, swings and seesaws, a carousel and picnic tables.
· Fences that connect — place them side by side and they join up on their own. Add a garden gate and villagers walk right through.
· Villagers move in — build a house and a cute villager moves in, drops by the bakery and rides the swings.
· Seasonal items — tulip beds in spring, sunflowers in summer, pumpkin patches in autumn and snowmen in winter.
· A sky that keeps time — sunsets glow in the evening, and windows light up at night.
· A Home Screen widget, village photos and gentle background music.

■ No pressure
· No streaks, no penalties. Take a day off — your village stays.
· Step alerts only if you want them — turn on the evening reminder and the step goal alert in Settings.

■ Fair for everyone
· Footprints come only from walking. Footprints, items and land can't be bought with money or ads.
· No ads and no in-app purchases.

■ Privacy
· Step Village reads only your step count from the Health app. It never reads your location or your workouts.
· Your steps and your village are processed only on this iPhone. No server, no sign-up. App usage data (names of screens and features) is sent only if you agree.
· Your village is saved only on this iPhone and is excluded from device backups. When you move to a new iPhone, create a file under "Move your village" in Settings and bring your village with you.

* Steps you enter by hand in the Health app don't become footprints. Up to 50,000 footprints a day.
* Step Village is not a medical app.

## Is Step Village safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Step Village.

## Is Step Village legit?

Step Village appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Step Village is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.3 — 2026-11-08

· City Island is open (level 6) — lay roads, sidewalks and crosswalks on the concrete and build a city from 59 items, from apartments, a school and a cinema to an observation tower and a palace. Cars and buses drive by, and villagers stick to the sidewalks — they even ride the bus.
· Villagers are livelier — they slide, seesaw and ride the carousel, snack as they stroll, fish, toss coins into fountains, water flower beds and take photos. They stop to chat when they meet and leave little tracks where they walk.
· Churches, cathedrals and Buddhist temples can now be bought on every island.
· Former Snow Island items are now winter specials, and Blossom Island items are sold on every island.
· The app now opens on the island you visited last.

### 1.1.2 — 2026-11-05

· 24 new items — lights such as path lights, paper lanterns and a fairy light arch; rope, bamboo, brick, iron and string light fences; gravel, stepping stone, wooden deck and tile paths; plus a café table, rocking chair, bunny statue, ice cream shop, hot spring, waterfall and an airport.
· At night, street lamps and campfires now light up the ground around them.
· Maple leaves drift down, and dawn redwoods let you plant a tree-lined avenue. Lavender and mushrooms got cuter, too.
· Autumn brings jack-o’-lanterns and a ginkgo tree with drifting golden leaves, and winter brings a reindeer, Santa’s sleigh and a Christmas market stall. Cherry trees now arrive in spring.
· You can now expand your land up to 64×64 — four times the room to decorate.
· Fixed villagers sometimes disappearing when tapped.
· Your village now opens much faster.
· Snow Island and Blossom Island have closed. If you bought them, every footprint you spent on them and their land comes back to you, and their items wait in Storage. A City Island with tall buildings is on the way.

### 1.1.1 — 2026-11-05

· Usage data consent is now a single, simpler prompt.
· Rate Step Village on the App Store right from the top of Settings.
· The age range prompt now appears only where it is required, such as for U.S. accounts.

### 1.1.0 — 2026-11-04

· Move your village to a new iPhone. Create a file in Settings > Move your village and send it with AirDrop or the Files app. The app never sends it anywhere.
· Choose "Save up" on an item you want, and your village screen and widgets show the steps left. You can also get a notification when you can afford it (turn it on in Settings).
· New Lock Screen widgets.
· Villagers have more than twice as many things to say, and greet you warmly the first time you talk each day.
· "Today’s picks" at the top of the Shop, changing every day.
· Three new winter items, arriving in the Shop in December.

### 1.0.3 — 2026-11-03

· History now shows when your steps were last read from the Health app.
· Apple Watch steps can arrive a little late. Steps from the last 7 days are counted again every time you open the app.
· On wide screens like an unfolded iPhone Duo, your whole island now fits on screen from the start.

## More apps by DongHa Ko

- [Calorie Forest](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/calorie-forest/id6817655520)
- [Wontimer: Visual Timer](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wontimer-visual-timer/id6832289897)

All apps by DongHa Ko: https://appshunter.io/developer/6817655523

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