Comparison

Outwalk vs Play Steps

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Outwalk

This app tracks your steps and distance, motivating you to build healthier habits. Compete with friends on live leaderboards, earn badges, and view detailed statistics. It integrates with Apple Health and offers background tracking, widgets, and Apple Watch support.

Highlights
  • Step and distance tracking
  • Live leaderboards
  • Nearly 100 unlockable badges
  • Detailed statistics and reports
  • Apple Health integration
  • Background activity tracking
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Outwalk — Step Tracker & Leaderboards *** Featured by Apple in "New Apps We Love" and "Great on iPhone X" *** Outwalk turns your everyday movement into motivation. Track your steps and distance, compete with friends on live leaderboards, and unlock nearly 100 badges as you build healthier habits — all without draining your battery. TRACK SMARTER • Count steps and measure distance walked, run, or jogged — daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly • Get detailed graphs, statistics, and personalized weekly reports at a glance • Integrates with Apple Health to pull data from all sources: built-in motion sensor, third-party apps, and dedicated hardware COMPETE AND CONNECT • Challenge friends on custom leaderboards and climb the Global & Regional Rankings • Chat with friends directly in the app or invite new ones to fuel your rivalry • Share achievements and leaderboard positions to social media or via iMessage BUILT FOR YOUR LIFESTYLE • Stays active in the background — no need to keep the app open • Glanceable Widgets on your Home Screen and Lock Screen • Full Apple Watch support with step and distance complications • Localized for all 50 App Store languages Restore your data seamlessly on a new device with Sign in with Apple or Google Follow us for news and updates facebook.com/multipinch x.com/multipinch

About

Play Steps

Compete with friends by tracking your steps from Apple Health. Engage in friendly taunting with tailored messages based on your leaderboard position. Start games easily without sign-up and enjoy a simple, fun fitness challenge.

Highlights
  • Step tracking via Apple Health
  • Friendly competition with friends
  • In-game taunting messages
  • Easy game creation and joining
  • Weekly step leaderboards
  • No sign-up required
Features
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Harmless taunting between friends has been scientifically proven to motivate people to become more active. Ok maybe not, but that's the big idea behind Steps — weaving a fitness thread into a snappy, colourful design Why? Simple Beautiful Fun Privacy for your data What? Compete against friends with step data from the Apple Health app. START A GAME Starting and joining a game is the easiest thing in the world. No sign-up required, just join via a link or send a link to your friends Each game starts from Monday 12AM to Sunday 5PM in your local time. The single app screen displays the tallied steps of participants up to that point of the week GET TAUNTING There are two ways to taunt others: 1. Set your player name to whatever you want, or choose an amusing randomly generated name, or even change it so often that your friends don’t see it coming 2. Share the leaderboard with your friends. Whether you’re at the top, middle, or bottom of the leaderboard, you get a randomly generated message tailored to your position

Screenshots

Outwalk4 screens
Play Steps3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Play Steps at 100% against Outwalk's 46%. Play Steps also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Outwalk's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (2.1K vs 5). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Outwalk sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Play Steps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Outwalk holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outwalk has 2.1K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 46% of Outwalk's written reviews are positive against 100% of Play Steps's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Outwalk ships an update every 3 months, Play Steps every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Outwalk versus Play Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOutwalkPlay Steps
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.1K ratings) — better3.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews45.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.1K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMiroslav OtsedarskiEnabled Solutions Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Outwalk

All ratings2,116 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive45.8%
Neutral15.3%
Negative39.0%

Play Steps

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Outwalk

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Steps disappearing or not syncing correctly
  • Ads that cannot be closed
  • Blank screens and loading issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to link with other fitness apps
  • Custom distance/goal setting options
  • Better leaderboard and sharing features

Play Steps

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Outwalk

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Play Steps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Outwalk free?
Outwalk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Play Steps free?
Play Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Outwalk or Play Steps?
Outwalk is rated higher. Outwalk averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while Play Steps averages 3.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Outwalk or Play Steps have ads?
Outwalk shows ads; Play Steps does not.
Which is updated more often, Outwalk or Play Steps?
Outwalk ships an update every 3 months, and Play Steps every 9 days. Most recently, Outwalk was updated on October 17, 2026 and Play Steps on October 8, 2026.

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