A Step Ahead Challenge vs Font Masters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
A Step Ahead Challenge
Embark on a virtual walking adventure where your real-world steps power your survival against zombies, robots, and aliens. Complete missions, upgrade your character, and join teams to conquer challenges in a post-apocalyptic world. New adventures are released regularly.
- Sync steps from fitness trackers
- Form teams and get active
- Use steps to complete missions
- Use exercise to battle enemies
- Track progress on maps and leaderboards
- Regular content expansions
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It's finally happened... the apocalypse is here and your only hope for survival is to outrun the zombies, rogue robots and alien invaders who've taken over! A Step Ahead™ is a walking adventure game that's powered by your physical activity. Use your real-world steps and exercise to complete missions in the wasteland, upgrade your character, and go on an epic fitness adventure. Getting started is simple: 1. Download the A Step Ahead™ app 2. Click your organization's personalized invite link or enter the Invite Code for your organization's challenge in the ASA app** 3. Use your real-world steps and exercise to go on an interactive fitness adventure Adventure through all of the ASA™ challenge series: The Outbreak™ Zombies are here… and they're hungry! You and your team will face a variety of challenges, obstacles and distance goals as you run (or walk) through a zombie-infested wasteland, helping other survivors and working to help those in need and rebuild society. Robotica™ What happens when the world's richest man, Albus Mousse, builds a sentient A.I. and charges it with protecting humanity? It determines that the biggest threat to mankind is… mankind. Race to avoid capture while you look for a way to shut down the servers and free the people "helped" by the army of rogue robots. Invasion™ They came from beyond the horizon, but why? And for what? Alien invaders are here and they're setting up shop on planet Earth. Work with your team across this adventure series to figure out why the aliens are here and how to get them to leave the planet. Seasons+™ A special series for challenges themed around the seasons, holidays, and special series crossover missions. Features: - Sync your steps and exercise from Fitbit, Garmin, Apple Watch or Apple Health Kit* - Form a team and get active** - Use your real-world steps to move your team - Use your real-world exercise to battle enemies - Keep track of your progress on the level maps and leaderboards - Tons of content, with regular expansions and updates - Play as humans OR enemies in over 20 different challenges across 4 different themes and settings - New adventures are released every quarter. *Use your favorite fitness tracker or fitness app to sync your activity data to A Step Ahead. Please consult your individual app(s) to ensure that they have permission to write Steps and Workouts to Apple Health. **A Step Ahead requires an invite code in order to participate. If you are part of a private group challenge, please consult your challenge organizer for your invite code. If you're an individual or group in need of an invite code, please visit asachallenge.com to get started. This project was completed with assistance from the Georgia Film Office, a division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development.
Font Masters
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Font Masters is a fun quiz game that trains your eye to identify fonts. Whether you're a designer, engineer, typography enthusiast, or just getting started with fonts — play your way to mastering font identification naturally. ■ Extensive Font Collection Covers a wide range of categories including serif, sans-serif, handwriting, display, and more. ■ 10 Quiz Modes • Multiple choice (4 or 2 options) • Category identification • Weight identification • Flash (briefly shown, then guess) • Spot the difference (3x3 grid) • Memory match (pair matching) • Style/Era classification • Context fit (pick the right font for the scenario) • Micro difference (spot subtle A/B differences) ■ Deep Progression • 2,000 stages with 20,000 questions • Collect font cards and level them up • Unlock identification tips and similar font info as you level up • 55 achievements to unlock • Daily challenge with fresh questions every day • Earn bonus stars for consecutive play ■ Beginner Friendly • Adaptive difficulty adjusts to your skill level • Hint system to help when you're stuck • Gradual progression from beginner to expert ■ English & Japanese Switch UI language anytime. Japanese mode includes Japanese fonts in quizzes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: A Step Ahead Challenge at none against Font Masters's 2. A Step Ahead Challenge also leads on ads (none vs shown). Font Masters's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Font Masters sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. A Step Ahead Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.
A Step Ahead Challenge ships an update every 5 weeks, Font Masters every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | A Step Ahead Challenge | Font Masters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.2K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 55.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7.2K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 238 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FIX Health | Shinnosuke Komiya |
Bugs and requests
A Step Ahead Challenge
Reported bugs
3 issues- Syncing issues with fitness trackers
- App crashes after updates
- Steps not registering properly
Requested features
5 requests- Add countdown timer
- Improve team management features
- Introduce more challenge types
- Provide post-mission recap
- Allow skipping tutorial
Font Masters
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
A Step Ahead Challenge
No in-app purchases
Font Masters
- ライフ+5$0.99
- ライフ+10$1.99
Questions
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