# Stepwise: Walk for Screen Time — Earn screen time by walking

> Earn screen time by walking (iPhone/iPad app by Vishal Bhardwaj.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stepwise-walk-for-screen-time/id6802099351 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Vishal Bhardwaj](https://appshunter.io/developer/1859719535)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.5 · 31 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-29
- Data updated: 2026-11-02

## What is Stepwise?

Stepwise makes a walk the price of your screen time.

Pick the apps that pull you in. Set a daily step goal. From then on, those apps stay locked until you walk, and every 100 steps buys you a minute.

That's the whole idea. No streak shaming, no weekly report about how much of your life you lost. Just a small, fair exchange that puts a walk between you and the scroll.

HOW IT WORKS

• Choose your apps. Anything that eats your evenings can wait behind your steps.
• Set your goal. Anywhere from 1,000 to 50,000 steps a day.
• Walk. Every 100 steps earns a minute, and the minutes are yours to spend.
• Out of minutes? The app locks again. A short walk opens it back up.
• Hit your goal and every app opens for the rest of the day.

STILL IN CONTROL

Need something right now? Unlock any app for 1 to 15 minutes. You hold a button for five seconds first: just long enough to ask yourself whether you really want to.

SHARE THE WALK

Turn your day, week or month into a card and post it anywhere. Swipe to pick the illustration, and the words are written from your own walk.

YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR PHONE

Steps are read from Apple Health, and apps are locked with Apple's own Screen Time. Stepwise has no server of its own: your steps and the apps you lock never leave your phone. Signing in is optional.

FREE

• Lock up to 3 apps behind your steps
• Your daily goal, earned minutes and today's activity
• Manual unlocks whenever you need them
• Share cards for your walks
• Gentle movement nudges, if you want them

STEPWISE PRO

• Lock every app you like, with no limit
• Your full activity history: every week, every month
• Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
• Alternate app icons

Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The free plan is not a trial: it does not expire and it never locks you out.

Requires iOS 18.5 or later. Stepwise asks to read your step count from Health and for Screen Time permission to lock the apps you choose. It never writes anything to Health.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://vishlbhardwaj.github.io/stepwise-legal/privacy.html

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stepwise Pro Annual | $34.99 | per year |
| Stepwise Pro Monthly | $4.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stepwise Pro Lifetime | $59.99 | one-time |


## Is Stepwise safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Stepwise.

## Is Stepwise legit?

Stepwise: Walk for Screen Time has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Stepwise is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-10-29

No release notes.

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