Social Steps vs Step Rival
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Social Steps
This app transforms daily walking into a fun, competitive experience. Set personal step goals, challenge friends, and track your progress automatically. It integrates with popular fitness trackers to keep you motivated and active.
- Set daily step goals
- Compete with friends
- Automatic step tracking
- Connect with friends
- Earn top walker status
- Integrates with Apple Health, Apple Watch, Garmin, Fitbit
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Set goals. Compete with friends. Stay active. Social Steps makes walking more fun by turning your daily steps into friendly competition. Track your progress, challenge friends, and push yourself to be more active every day. Key Features: - Set your daily goal: Choose how many steps to walk each day and track your progress automatically. - Add friends: Connect with friends and see who is hitting their goals. - Compete and win: Beat your friends and earn the top walker status. - Automatic tracking: Social Steps imports steps from Apple Health—no setup or tracking start required. - Supported devices: Works with Apple Watch, Garmin, and Fitbit, so you don’t need to carry your phone all the time. Stay motivated. Walk, compete, and succeed with Social Steps.
Step Rival
Turn your daily walks into a fun, social competition. Challenge friends, track your progress on live leaderboards, and watch a virtual pet grow with your activity. Earn rewards and achieve personal bests in this gamified fitness experience.
- Tag friends and colleagues as rivals
- Real-time leaderboards
- Pet companions that grow with activity
- Accurate step tracking
- Achievements and rewards
- Personal best tracking
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Step Rival turns walking into a game of battles, races, pets, rewards, and friendly competition. This is not just a step counter. Step Rival transforms your daily movement into an adventure where every step helps you progress, compete, collect rewards, and grow stronger with your pet companion. Whether you are trying to walk more, beat your friends, climb the leaderboard, or complete daily goals, Step Rival gives you a fun reason to keep moving. Battle With Your Pet Your pet is more than a companion now. Train, grow, and power up your pet as you walk, then take it into battle. - Battle opponents using your pet's strength and progress - Earn rewards through activity and competition - Build up your pet over time - Turn daily steps into real in-game momentum Race Against Rivals Challenge your friends, family, coworkers, and other rivals in step-based races. - Compete to see who can move the most - Track progress as the race unfolds - Stay motivated with friendly pressure - Make walking feel active, social, and exciting Complete Campaigns Step Rival now includes campaign-style progression that gives your walking goals more purpose. - Take on campaign challenges - Progress through fitness-driven objectives - Earn rewards as you move forward - Keep your routine fresh with new reasons to walk Tag Rivals And Climb The Leaderboards The competitive heart of Step Rival is still here. - Tag friends, family, or coworkers as rivals - Compare step progress - Climb live leaderboards - Stay motivated by seeing how you stack up Walk With Your Pet Companion Your pet grows with your activity and gives your fitness journey personality. - Unlock and collect pets - Customize your experience with frames and rewards - Watch your pet reflect your progress - Make every walk feel more rewarding Step Tracking Made Simple Step Rival connects with your device's health data so your movement counts automatically. Just sync your steps, choose your rivals, and start walking. Your privacy matters. Step Rival only uses the health data needed to track activity, support competition, and power your progress in the app. Rewards, Achievements, And Progress Step Rival keeps motivation going with goals, streaks, milestones, and in-game rewards. - Earn rewards for walking and competing - Track achievements and personal progress - Build consistency through daily activity - Turn healthy habits into something you want to come back to Key Features - Step tracking through health integrations - Pet companions and pet progression - Pet battles - Step-based races - Campaign challenges - Rival tagging - Live leaderboards - Teams and social competition - Achievements, streaks, and rewards - Custom pets, frames, and visuals - Secure sign-in with Google or Apple Why Choose Step Rival? Step Rival makes walking feel like a game you actually want to play. Instead of simply counting steps, Step Rival gives every walk a purpose: battle with your pet, race your rivals, complete campaigns, unlock rewards, and build healthier habits through friendly competition. Download Step Rival and start turning your steps into adventure.
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Verdict
Social Steps and Step Rival both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Step Rival's written reviews are positive against 62% of Social Steps's. Social Steps's advantage is ratings volume (5.2K vs 12). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Social Steps sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Step Rival sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Social Steps against 4.8 for Step Rival. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Social Steps has 5.2K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Social Steps's written reviews are positive against 100% of Step Rival's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Social Steps | Step Rival |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (5.2K ratings) | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.2K — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 780 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jose Jeria | Alex Perez |
Customer experience
Social Steps
Step Rival
Bugs and requests
Social Steps
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to add friends
- Steps not syncing correctly
- App crashes or freezes
- Delayed or missing step updates
Requested features
4 requests- Add group/team challenges
- Implement chat/messaging functionality
- Provide more detailed statistics and analytics
- Expand compatibility to Android and other devices
Step Rival
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Social Steps
- Small$1.99
- Medium$4.99
- Large$9.99
Step Rival
- Daily$0.99
- Daily$1.99
- 2x Coins (1 Week)$2.99
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- Weekly$4.99
- Forever Step Sync Pass$4.99
- Token Chest$9.99
- Weekly$9.99
- Monthly$9.99
- 2x Coins (1 Month)$9.99
- Token Vault$19.99
- Monthly$19.99
- Monthly$29.99
- Token Treasury$49.99
- 2x Coins (1 Year)$49.99
Questions
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