Comparison

10,000 Steps vs Play Trails

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

10,000 Steps

This physical activity program helps you increase daily movement with evidence-based tools and resources. Track your progress, join challenges, and connect with others to achieve your fitness goals. It does not count steps directly but allows manual entry and syncing from other health apps.

Highlights
  • Add steps and activity minutes
  • Sync steps from Apple Health
  • View progress graphs and statistics
  • Access annual Public Leaderboard
  • Create personalized reminders
  • Connect with friends and family
  • Join Monthly Challenges
Features
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10,000 Steps is a physical activity program here to help you move more each day! Delivered by the Physical Activity Research Group at CQUniversity, the Program supports individuals, organisations and communities to incorporate more activity into daily living through evidence-based tools and resources also available at 10000steps.org.au. This mobile app does not count your steps. On this app, you can: · Add steps and minutes of activity · Sync steps from Apple Health · See progress towards your daily goal · View progress graphs and steps statistics · Access the annual Public Leaderboard · Create personalised reminders · Connect with friends and family · View Group progress and compare steps · View team Tournament progress · Join Monthly Challenges from around the world · Read evidence-based physical activity articles Additional tracker connections can be set up through Apple Health to integrate with the 10,000 Steps mobile app, more information is available at 10000steps.org.au/support. The Coordinator Hub, accessible at 10000steps.org.au, makes it easy to create Tournaments and manage team members, access team statistics and utilise Resources. If you need any support while using the 10,000 Steps app, please contact our team directly at 10000steps@cqu.edu.au. 10,000 Steps is proudly funded by the Queensland Government through Health and Wellbeing Queensland and Wellbeing SA, Government of SA.

About

Play Trails

Engage in outdoor adventures with interactive scavenger hunts. Visit trail locations to complete challenges, answer quizzes, and earn points. New trails are added regularly to keep the exploration fresh.

Highlights
  • Location-based scavenger hunts
  • Activity challenges
  • Quiz questions
  • Score points
  • Regularly updated trails
Features
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Play Trails take traditional scavenger hunt games to a whole new level. Using the app, players visit trail locations to unlock activity challenges, solve quiz questions and score points. New trails will be launched regularly so keep checking back for the latest updates! About Nature Play WA Nature Play WA is a collaborative not-for-profit organisation promoting and supporting children's unstructured play outdoors ('nature play') for the benefit of their health and happiness. The organisation's primary role is to spread the nature play message and to work to increase access to nature play resources, events and programs.

Screenshots

10,000 Steps4 screens
Play Trails4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Play Trails at 100% against 10,000 Steps's 29%. Play Trails also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). 10,000 Steps's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Play Trails holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of 10,000 Steps's written reviews are positive against 100% of Play Trails's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

10,000 Steps ships an update every 2 months, Play Trails every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
10,000 Steps versus Play Trails: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter10,000 StepsPlay Trails
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCentral Queensland UniversityNATURE PLAY WA INC.

Customer experience

10,000 Steps

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive29.0%
Neutral6.5%
Negative64.5%

Play Trails

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

10,000 Steps

No in-app purchases

None

Play Trails

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 10,000 Steps free?
10,000 Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Play Trails free?
Play Trails is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 10,000 Steps or Play Trails?
Play Trails is rated higher. 10,000 Steps averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Play Trails averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do 10,000 Steps or Play Trails have ads?
Neither 10,000 Steps nor Play Trails shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 10,000 Steps or Play Trails?
10,000 Steps ships an update every 2 months, and Play Trails every 5 months. Most recently, 10,000 Steps was updated on September 17, 2026 and Play Trails on June 1, 2026.

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