StepCard vs StepMelon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Daily step tracking complication
- Configurable display (steps, percentage, combined)
- Daily step goal achievement grading
- Recent daily step history
- 7-day rolling average
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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.
StepMelon
Track your daily steps and fitness goals with a fun watermelon theme. Features customizable watch face complications, iPhone home screen widgets, and detailed analytics. Integrates with Apple Health for seamless data syncing.
- Watch face complications
- iPhone home screen widgets
- Three-goal tracking
- Weekly trend charts
- CSV/JSON data export
- Streak tracking
- Seasonal badges
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Walk with friends, celebrate wins, and make every step count. StepMelon turns your Apple Watch into a joyful step companion with three-goal tracking, streaks, badges, and a refreshing watermelon theme. NEW: Social walking features! Add friends, discover walkers, join groups, share activity, and celebrate progress together. Celebrate wins with milestone badges and shareable cards for daily progress, weekly trends, streaks, and achievements. Track minimum, daily, and stretch goals so your plan can fit rest days and active days alike. See progress on your iPhone and Apple Watch with clear charts, widgets, and complications. StepMelon integrates with Apple Health and keeps analytics on-device. Your step history stays private and under your control. Privacy Policy: https://stepmelon.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: StepMelon at every 6 days against StepCard's every 3 months. StepMelon also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). StepCard's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 4). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. StepCard sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and StepMelon sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for StepCard against 4.0 for StepMelon. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StepCard has 29 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
StepCard ships an update every 3 months, StepMelon every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | StepCard | StepMelon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (29 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scott Bowling | Matthew Harris |
Customer experience
StepCard
StepMelon
In-app purchases
StepCard
- 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
StepMelon
- StepMelon Premium7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- StepMelon Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- StepMelon Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- StepMelon Premium7 Days trial$34.991 Year
