Comparison

StepCard vs Fitstrail

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

Head to head
About

StepCard

This app displays your daily step count directly on your Apple Watch face. Track progress towards your goal with visual indicators and review your recent step history.

Highlights
  • Daily step tracking complication
  • Configurable display (steps, percentage, combined)
  • Daily step goal achievement grading
  • Recent daily step history
  • 7-day rolling average
Features
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StepCard is an Apple Watch complication to track the number of steps per day. Hit your goal each day and get a perfect grade of A+! Configure the complication to display total steps, percentage of a daily step goal or a combination of both where the number represents steps and the ring represents percentage to of goal. View a recent daily history of your steps as well as a rolling 7 day average.

About

Fitstrail

Features
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Walk where you are. Travel real roads. Fitstrail is a step counter with a road to walk. Pick a road between two cities. Every step you take, at home, at work or on your usual loop, moves you along it. Come back later and see how far you got. CITY ROADS ACROSS EUROPE - 64 roads between real cities in 12 countries, 8,934 km in all. Vienna to Bratislava, Pécs to Budapest and more, picked on a map of Europe. - Every stop sends you a postcard from the real place. - Cross a border and your passport takes an exit stamp for the country you leave and an entry stamp for the next. - City roads are free. ROADS FROM HISTORY Walk a true story, told as you go. Your steps open its moments one by one. - The Hijrah: Mecca to Medina, 88 moments. - The Conqueror's Road: Edirne to Istanbul, 1453. - The Road of Independence: İnebolu to Ankara, 1920–1922. - Rumi's Road: Balkh to Konya. The first stage of every journey is free. The rest of each journey opens with a visa, an in-app purchase that lasts a set number of days. Journeys are told in English and Turkish. No person on the Hijrah is drawn. Scenes show only the land, the light and distant travellers. Sources are shown in the app. YOUR DAY - Today's steps, your daily goal and your streak. - Each road is a trip, named by its days: a 12-day trip, a 20-day one. Fall behind and the finish date moves. The daily steps never rise. - Home screen widgets show your steps and the next stop. PRIVACY - No ads. No account. No GPS. Fitstrail reads only your step count from Apple Health. - Your steps stay on your phone. Walk where you are. Travel real roads.

Screenshots

StepCard4 screens
Fitstrail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Fitstrail at every 5 days against StepCard's every 3 months. Fitstrail also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. StepCard sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Fitstrail sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StepCard ships an update every 3 months, Fitstrail every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
StepCard versus Fitstrail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepCardFitstrail
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (29 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings29 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB62 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperScott BowlingFurkan Kaynar

In-app purchases

5 purchases

StepCard

One-time5
  • Baby Steps Tip$0.99
  • 5k Tip$1.99
  • Half Marathon Tip$4.99
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  • Marathon Tip$9.99
  • Ultra Marathon Tip$19.99
4 purchases

Fitstrail

One-time4
  • Visa: The Conqueror's Road$4.99
  • Visa: The Hijrah$4.99
  • Visa: The Road of Independence$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Visa: Rumi's Road$4.99

Questions

Is StepCard free?
StepCard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fitstrail free?
Fitstrail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StepCard or Fitstrail have ads?
Neither StepCard nor Fitstrail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StepCard or Fitstrail?
StepCard ships an update every 3 months, and Fitstrail every 5 days. Most recently, StepCard was updated on October 24, 2026 and Fitstrail on October 28, 2026.

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