Steptember vs KX Pilates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steptember
This app helps you track your daily steps and convert over 40 activities into step counts. It allows you to sync with health platforms, compete with teams on leaderboards, and monitor fundraising goals, all while supporting a good cause.
- Track steps and convert activities to steps
- Sync with Apple Health/Google Health Connect
- Live team leaderboards
- Fundraising QR code and target monitoring
- Collect badges
- Support babies with cerebral palsy
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The Official Steptember 2026 App Your month-long mood boost is waiting for you! Get creative with your fitness and put wellbeing front and centre this Steptember. 10,000 steps a day – your way. Step, move, play, ride, stretch. How you Steptember is completely up to you! Whether it’s a dance break, Pilates class or bike ride, every move counts – and you can track it all right here. With the Steptember app, you can: • Track your steps and convert over 40 activities into steps like swimming, cycling or even cleaning the house • Sync with Apple Health or Google Health Connect for automatic tracking • Follow your workplace, team and colleagues on live leaderboards • Get your personal QR code to fundraise on the go • Monitor your fundraising target • Collect as many badges as you can Feel good, inside and out knowing you’re supporting babies with cerebral palsy thrive. Sign up now and get the app – all totally free! It’s time to make this your Steptember to remember. www.steptember.us
KX Pilates
Experience a high-intensity, 50-minute reformer Pilates workout designed to tone your body. Improve flexibility, balance, and coordination to maximize your time and enjoy life more.
- 50-minute reformer Pilates workouts
- High intensity training
- Body toning
- Increased flexibility
- Improved balance
- Enhanced coordination
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You don't need to spend more time working out, just more intensity while doing so! KX Pilates delivers a high intensity, body-toning, reformer pilates workout in just 50 minutes. It will help to increase your flexibility, balance and coordination, so you can spend more time doing what you love.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: KX Pilates at 78% against Steptember's 20%. KX Pilates also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.7). Steptember's advantage is ratings volume (416 vs 10) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
KX Pilates holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steptember has 416 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Steptember's written reviews are positive against 78% of KX Pilates's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steptember | KX Pilates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (416 ratings) | 4.9 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.4% of reviews | 77.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 416 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Cerebral Palsy Alliance | KX Pilates Franchising Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Steptember
KX Pilates
User reviews
Steptember
From 416 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth syncing with Apple Health/Google Fit
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🚀 Improved app performance
- 💡 Great platform for fundraising and community building
- 👍 Easy to log steps and activities
Room to improve
- 🐛 Login issues and errors
- 🐛 Unreliable step tracking and syncing
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy app
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 👎 Limited functionality compared to website
KX Pilates
From 10 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 👍 Great workout experience
- 👍 Convenient booking
- 👍 Good for tracking progress
Room to improve
- 🐛 Slow loading times
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Calendar sync issues
- 🐛 Payment issues
- 🐛 Repeated calendar entries
Bugs and requests
Steptember
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to log in or access account
- Steps not accurately recorded or synced
- Frequent app crashes and freezes
- Inconsistent performance across devices
Requested features
4 requests- Automatic step syncing without manual intervention
- Detailed daily step history and tracking
- Integration with more fitness trackers
- Improved team management and leaderboard features
KX Pilates
Reported bugs
12 issues- App is very slow to load
- App crashes during registration (country selection)
- Purchased plans do not show expiry dates
- App crashes when selecting phone number during registration
- Multiple calendar bookings created for a single class
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- iCalendar not updating correctly
- App crashes with JSON parsing error
- App won't load past the initial loading page
- Calendar entries disappear after class completion
- Incorrect class day displayed (e.g., 'tomorrow' for current day)
- Waitlist number not updating without manual refresh
- Last-minute instructor changes not notified
Requested features
13 requests- More payment methods (e.g., Afterpay, PayID)
- Improve app speed and reduce loading times
- Fix bugs related to calendar synchronization
- Add option to mark studios as favorite
- Improve waitlist functionality to show number of people
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- Add notifications for instructor changes
- Allow users to request friends' schedules
- Option to save or favorite home workouts
- Connect with other KX users to see booked classes
- Show number of participants in a booked class
- Allow scrolling through dates (swipe left/right)
- Select multiple studios to view schedules concurrently
- Improve font size and icon visibility
In-app purchases
Steptember
No in-app purchases
KX Pilates
No in-app purchases
