Comparison

Steps Tracker vs Challenge Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Steps Tracker

This app helps you track your daily steps, analyze your progress through calories, distance, and time, and monitor your weight loss journey. It also offers weather predictions and GPS services for outdoor walks, with optional friend tracking for safety.

Highlights
  • Step tracking
  • Calorie analysis
  • Distance and time tracking
  • BMI calculation
  • Weight loss goals
  • Weather prediction
  • GPS tracking
  • Friend tracking notifications
Features
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Introducing the best walking app specially designed for weight loss! Set your own goals, track your exercise and check your progress everyday. Count your daily steps and analyse them through calories, distance and time. ¯ Check your BMI in the app and set your goal to lose weight faster. You can get the weather prediction and GPS services if you want to go out for the walk and you can also send notification to your friends and they can track you! So, tie up your shoes and start walking to get back in shape with best walking app ever! Subscription Details: • Auto-renewal (Yearly $39.99 and Monthly $9.99 and Weekly $4.99 with 3 day free trial) • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can turn of the auto-renew subscription from iPhone setting • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Walking app adds the great features above and are available through an auto-renewing subscription. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of your current subscription, and you can cancel a subscription during the active period. You can manage your subscription at any time, either by viewing your account in iTunes from your Mac or PC, or Account Settings on your device after purchase. • Privacy Policy: http://walkingappfree.com/privacy-policy.html • Terms of use: http://walkingappfree.com/terms-of-use.html

About

Challenge Tracker

Track your progress towards monthly health and fitness goals, including steps, distance, and exercise minutes. Integrates with Apple Health to visualize your progress with rings and charts. Supports various activities and is fully accessible.

Highlights
  • Set monthly goals
  • Track various activities (walking, running, exercise, steps, cycling, swimming)
  • Integrates with Apple Health
  • Progress rings and bar charts
  • VoiceOver and Apple Audio Graph accessibility
  • Supports iPhone and iPod
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Set a monthly goal or use suggested goal and keep track on the progress throughout the month or number days in a month that you want to achieve the daily goal. Set different types of activities - Walking + Running Distance - Exercise ** - Steps Count - Cycling Distance (App or device may be needed) - Swimming Distance (App or device may be needed) - Move (Apple Watch required or iPhone on iOS16 or later) - Wheelchair Distance Activities integrates with Apple Health app to be able to show a progress ring so each day you can see if you are on target for the month and a bar chart showing each day amount compared to the goal each day. Fully accessible with Voice Over and Apple Audio Graph. ** Movement equal to or exceeding the intensity of a brisk walk counts towards your Exercise minutes. Apple Watch not required for some of activities but recommended. Apple and Apple Watch are a trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

Screenshots

Steps Tracker3 screens
Challenge Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Challenge Tracker at 5.0 against Steps Tracker's 4.4. Challenge Tracker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5). Steps Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (2.3K vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Steps Tracker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Challenge Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Challenge Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps Tracker has 2.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps Tracker ships an update weekly, Challenge Tracker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Steps Tracker versus Challenge Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteps TrackerChallenge Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.3K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.3K — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTop Fun Apps LLCNigel Gee

Customer experience

Steps Tracker

All ratings2,307 ratings
Positive84.7%
Neutral6.3%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews202 reviews
Positive69.3%
Neutral6.4%
Negative24.3%

Challenge Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Steps Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App not opening or loading
  • Incorrect distance and calorie tracking
  • Profile settings not saving properly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to track daily/weekly progress
  • Option to switch between metric and imperial units
  • More customization options for goals and tracking

Challenge Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Steps Tracker

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Walking tracker monthly pack3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Walking tracker weekly pack3 Days trial$9.997 Days
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  • Walking tracker yearly pack3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Walking tracker Pro$4.99
None

Challenge Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steps Tracker free?
Steps Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Challenge Tracker free?
Challenge Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steps Tracker or Challenge Tracker?
Challenge Tracker is rated higher. Steps Tracker averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.3K ratings, while Challenge Tracker averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Steps Tracker or Challenge Tracker have ads?
Neither Steps Tracker nor Challenge Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steps Tracker or Challenge Tracker?
Steps Tracker ships an update weekly, and Challenge Tracker every 3 weeks. Most recently, Steps Tracker was updated on September 28, 2026 and Challenge Tracker on August 26, 2026.

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