StepStella: Walking Diary

Turn yesterday's walk into a journey around the Earth. StepStella reads yesterday's steps and distance from Apple Health. Once a day, choose a direction, and your virtual position moves that far across a 3D globe. Leave a short message, and the day becomes a star in your constellation. Free, with no ads or in-app purchases. No names or profile photos, just an anonymous ID. Even a walk around the block brings you closer to circling the Earth (40,075 km). Key Features One Record a Day Yesterday's steps and walking distance (midnight to midnight) come in from Apple Health automatically. Choose a direction, and your virtual position moves that far. Add a message of up to 140 characters and choose whether to share it on the public feed. - Your first record stays in your starting city - 0 km days count too: you stay in place, and your streak continues - Days over 100 km are recorded as 100 km - Only today's record can be deleted, since each day continues from the last Direction Range On your first record, you choose a Base Direction from the eight compass points. It can't be changed later. Each day, you choose a direction within the Direction Range centered on it. The longer your streak, the wider the range: - Start: 45 degrees (22.5 degrees each side) - 30 days: 90 degrees, 90: 135 degrees, 180: 180 degrees, 225: 225 degrees - 270: 270 degrees, 315: 315 degrees, 365: 360 degrees, any direction If your streak breaks, the range returns to its starting width. Journey Neighbors See anonymous public records from travelers near your virtual position. Records stay in the feed for 7 days, and distances appear only as rough ranges like "Within 1 km." Like a record, or follow a traveler: for up to 30 days, while their card is in your feed, you can view their last 30 days of constellation on the Journey tab. Discovery Radius Where StepStella looks for Journey Neighbors. The Base Radius is 5 km, and it grows up to 50 km: - Streak Bonus: up to +35 km at a 365-day streak - Distance Bonus: +1 km per km in your latest record (up to +10 km) Miss a day, and your Streak Bonus starts over. Earth Journey Your records connect like a constellation on a 3D globe. Milestones run from a first marathon to a full trip around the Earth (40,075 km), each with the distance left and an estimated arrival month. Streak See your current and longest streak and this month's calendar. Once a month, Streak Freeze protects a streak that ran through yesterday for one day. Stats Weekly and monthly step trends, total steps, days recorded, daily average, and your progress around the Earth. Also: a Daily Reminder and 14 map marker shapes. Privacy - Your exact location is never saved on our server. Location is used only to set your starting city, not when you record, and it's never shown to others - Your journey starts at an approximate location, not your home - No background location tracking - No raw Health data leaves your device. Only yesterday's total steps and distance are saved, and no other health data is read - Sign in with Apple only. We don't ask for your Apple Account email or name - In the feed, you appear only as a random anonymous ID, never by your name or Apple Account - Deleting your account permanently deletes your records, follows, and likes A Safer Feed - Messages with profanity or hate speech can't be saved - Report records or block users from any feed card. They leave your feed right away - Records reported multiple times are hidden automatically Requirements - iOS 17.0 or later - Internet connection. You can't record offline, and the feed shows what it last loaded - Apple Health access. Without it, steps are recorded as 0 - Location access while using the app. Without it, your starting city is based on your time zone