Outdoor Run++ vs Stepminder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Outdoor Run++
This app uses your iPhone's GPS to track outdoor activities like running, walking, and biking. It records distance, time, speed, pace, and calories burned, while also saving a map of your route with marked locations. It supports multi-section workouts and can integrate with HealthKit for calorie calculations.
- GPS activity tracking
- Distance, time, speed, pace, calorie calculation
- Route mapping with markers
- Multi-section workout support
- Unit switching (miles/kilometers)
- HealthKit integration for calorie data
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Outdoor Run++ tracks your outdoor workout using your iPhone's GPS. You can use it to track the distance, time, speed, pace, and calories burned during a walk, run, or bike ride. You can even use Outdoor Run++ to track your driving path. Outdoor Run++ gives you the capability to see the distance, pace, and speed measurements in both miles and kilometers units. You can easily switch between the two units even in the middle of a workout with a swipe on the distance label. Outdoor Run++ saves a map of the path you have traveled and shows you mile or kilometer markers. You can use the "Mark" button to mark certain locations on your path so that you can check the distance and time it took you to get to that mark. Outdoor Run++ has the capability to track multi-section workouts. You can use "Start", "Pause", and "Resume" sequence to track your multi-section workout. In the workout summary you will see each section of your workout under "Workout Splits". HealthKit Access: You can choose to grant access to Outdoor Run++ to read "Date of Birth", "Sex", "Weight", and "Height" information from your Health app (HealthKit). These data points are solely used for calorie calculations. Therefore if you choose not to grant permission to Outdoor Run++ to access your health data all the functionality of Outdoor Run++ is intact except for calorie calculations. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Please do not hesitate to contact us for any questions, comments, to report any bugs, or to suggest additional features you would like to see in the upcoming updates.
Stepminder
This app calculates your average daily activity based on recent steps and distance, smoothing out daily fluctuations. Customize the averaging period and weighting for personalized insights. Track progress towards goals or simply monitor your movement.
- Weighted step averaging
- Customizable averaging period
- Unweighted average option
- Goal progress visualization
- Health app integration
- Distance tracking
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Stepminder averages your recent steps and distance, smoothing out day-to-day variations. The default 7-day weighted average gives the most weight to steps today (¼ of the total), and the least weight to steps six days ago (1/28 of the total). Change the averaging period, or choose an unweighted average (that is, each day has the same weight). An unweighted average of 7-28 days, for example, is useful if you do most of your walking on weekends. Visually track your progress toward your goal through the day. Or turn off goal orientation and just see how much you walk. Stepminder integrates with the Health app, using it as its source of past step counts and walking & running distances. Questions or problems? Email support@lobitoscreek.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Stepminder at Free against Outdoor Run++'s $0.99. Stepminder also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Outdoor Run++'s advantage is ratings volume (42 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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
Stepminder is free to download; Outdoor Run++ costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Stepminder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outdoor Run++ has 42 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Outdoor Run++ | Stepminder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (42 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dogahe | Lobitos Creek |
Customer experience
Outdoor Run++
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In-app purchases
Outdoor Run++
No in-app purchases
Stepminder
No in-app purchases
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