Steptember vs GU Health
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
GU Health
Easily manage your health insurance claims and benefits on the go. Access rewards, track your cover, and view your claims history all within one convenient application.
- Photo claims
- Track cover details
- Check benefits
- View claims history
- Access rewards
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The GU Health app makes claiming easy and gives you access to GU Health Rewards. You can: • Photo claim on the go • Securely keep track of your cover • Check your remaining extras benefits • View your claims history • Contact us GU Health specialises in providing innovative, tailored health insurance products and services to businesses and communities, offering high-quality health cover that enables our members to live well. Please note: This app is for use by GU Health’s Australian resident members, and non-resident members living in Australia.
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Verdict
Steptember and GU Health both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 34% of GU Health's written reviews are positive against 20% of Steptember's. GU Health also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). Steptember's advantage is ratings volume (416 vs 54) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Steptember against 4.8 for GU Health. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steptember has 416 ratings behind it against 54, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 20% of Steptember's written reviews are positive against 34% of GU Health's.
Steptember ships an update every 5 weeks, GU Health fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steptember | GU Health |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (416 ratings) | 4.8 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 34.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 416 — better | 54 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cerebral Palsy Alliance | nib health funds limited |
Customer experience
Steptember
GU Health
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
GU Health
From 54 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User friendly app
- 🚀 Easy to submit claims
- 👍 Simple to navigate
- 👍 Great benefits
- 👍 Value for money
Room to improve
- 🐛 Can’t login
- 🐛 Spouse can’t login
- 🐛 Digital member card issues
- 🐛 Hard to get a hold of customer service
- 🐛 No chat function in mobile app
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
GU Health
Reported bugs
33 issues- Spouse cannot login
- Digital member card only shows policy holder name
- Cannot see claims in progress
- Randomized number receipts for claims
- Cannot see dependents and their limits
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- App constantly has to update
- Reward function doesn't work
- App reset needed for claims
- App crashes when checking extras
- App crashes on 'my extra usage'
- Broken after last update
- Unable to login after last update
- Invalid link error on login
- Login issues with Safari
- Provider list never loads
- App does not work
- Email verification error
- Can't display information
- Many items cannot be claimed through the app
- Keeps logging me out
- Defaults to card holder name
- Slow loading tabs
- App screen is small on iPad
- App broken, switches to policyholder profile
- App won't connect to internet
- Can't login since last update
- App borked after update
- Switching accounts does not work
- Changing details blocked
- Claims only show paid ones, not under review
- Lodging claims near impossible
- System errors when trying to upload docs
- Cannot click on rewards links using iPhone
Requested features
9 requests- Chat function in mobile app
- Enable multiple users with own login
- Show claims in progress with PDF receipts
- Option for FaceID login
- Allow viewing previously scanned documents
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- Allow editing claims in progress
- Improve iPhone app experience
- Add card to wallet functionality for all policy holders
- Lower premiums instead of constant updates
In-app purchases
Steptember
No in-app purchases
GU Health
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Steptember free?
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