ACFE Step It Up vs MotivoSteps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ACFE Step It Up
This app supports a walking challenge for event attendees, encouraging healthy activities and friendly competition. It integrates with popular devices and health platforms to track steps.
- Step tracking integration
- Fitness device support
- Health app integration
- Walking challenge participation
- Friendly competition
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App supporting the Step It Up Walking Challenge at the 30th Annual ACFE Global Conference in Austin, TX June 23 - 28, 2019. The Challenge encourages event attendees to engage in healthy activities and some friendly competition. The app supports step data from Fitbit, Garmin, and, via our integration with the Apple Health App, step data from Apple Watch and the step tracker integrated into your iPhone.
MotivoSteps
This app tracks your daily steps using your iPhone and Apple Watch. It motivates you with progress rings, inspiring quotes, and a variety of badges for reaching milestones. Visualize your progress with historical data and virtually explore iconic trails.
- Live step count and progress ring
- 7-day history and daily average
- 32 achievements and badges
- Streak and lifetime step milestones
- Virtual trail and landmark exploration
- Goal sync with Apple Watch
- Home and lock screen widgets
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MotivoSteps is your daily step tracking companion for iPhone and Apple Watch. Stay motivated, build healthy habits, and earn badges for every milestone along the way. TODAY VIEW See your live step count, a progress ring toward your daily goal, and an inspiring fitness quote to keep you moving. Your goal is always front and center. 7-DAY HISTORY Track your walking trends with a bar chart of the last 7 days. See your weekly total and daily average at a glance so you know exactly how consistent you have been. 32 ACHIEVEMENTS AND BADGES MotivoSteps turns your steps into a collection of badges you earn over time. Every badge has a name, a tier, and a story behind it. Streak and Goal Badges Earn these by building consistency. First Victory unlocks the first time you hit your goal. On a Roll rewards a 3-day streak. Week Warrior takes 7 days in a row. Monthly Champion requires 30 consecutive days. Overachiever fires when you hit 200 percent of your goal in one day. Early Bird unlocks when you reach your goal before noon. Lifetime Step Milestones Century at 100,000 steps. Half Million at 500,000. Million Steps at one million. These mark how far you have walked across your entire life with the app. Year Legend This badge evolves as you grow. Hit your goal for 365 cumulative days and earn the Bronze Year One badge. Reach 1,095 days and it upgrades to Silver Three Year Legend. At 1,825 days it becomes the Gold Five Year Legend. One badge, three chapters. Trail and Landmark Badges These badges let you virtually walk the most iconic trails and landmarks in the world using your lifetime step total. Walk the equivalent of real places, one step at a time. City Walks earn Bronze badges: The High Line in New York, the Freedom Trail in Boston, El Malecon in Havana, the Atlanta BeltLine, and the Embarcadero in San Francisco. National Park Hikes earn Silver badges: Bright Angel Trail at the Grand Canyon, Half Dome in Yosemite, Angels Landing in Zion, Emerald Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park, Old Rag Mountain in Shenandoah, the Caminito del Rey in Spain, and the Na Pali Coast in Kauai. Epic Long-Distance Trails earn Gold badges: the Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim, the Camino de Santiago, the Great Wall of China hiking section, the Inca Trail in Peru, the Appalachian Trail, the Pacific Crest Trail, and Te Araroa in New Zealand. ACHIEVEMENT CELEBRATIONS The moment you unlock a badge, a full-screen celebration takes over with a confetti explosion bursting from the center of the screen, a spinning badge coin, and haptic feedback. Every celebration is color-matched to the badge tier. Tap anywhere or press Awesome to dismiss. GOAL SYNC WITH APPLE WATCH Set your daily step goal on iPhone and it syncs to your Apple Watch instantly. Change it on the Watch and it updates on iPhone. Both devices always stay in sync using all available WatchConnectivity channels. WIDGETS Add MotivoSteps widgets to your iPhone home screen or lock screen to see your step count and goal progress without opening the app. Apple Watch complications keep your progress visible on your watch face. MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES A curated collection of fitness and walking quotes appears on your Today screen to keep you inspired every day. You can turn this on or off in Settings. CUSTOM GOALS Choose from preset goals of 5,000 to 20,000 steps or set any number you want with the custom goal slider. Your goal syncs automatically to your Apple Watch the moment you save it. PRIVACY MotivoSteps reads your step data from Apple Health. Your data never leaves your device and is never shared with third parties. No account required. Every step counts. Keep going.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ACFE Step It Up at none against MotivoSteps's 5. ACFE Step It Up also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. MotivoSteps sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. ACFE Step It Up asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ACFE Step It Up against 5.0 for MotivoSteps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | ACFE Step It Up | MotivoSteps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Inc. | Recognica, LLC |
Customer experience
ACFE Step It Up
MotivoSteps
In-app purchases
ACFE Step It Up
No in-app purchases
MotivoSteps
- Small Coffee$0.99
- MotivoSteps Pro$1.99
- Medium Coffee$2.99
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- Lunch$4.99
- Generous Tip$9.99









