Comparison

StepChain vs NEAT

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

Head to head
About

StepChain

This app encourages a healthier lifestyle by tracking various physical activities and converting them into digital tokens. Users can redeem these tokens for rewards like gym memberships or electronics, and even donate them to charitable causes. It aims to motivate users to increase their activity levels and improve their overall well-being.

Highlights
  • Activity tracking (walking, running, cycling, etc.)
  • Converts steps to STEP coins
  • Redeem coins for gifts and memberships
  • Donate coins to charity
  • Progress and balance tracking
  • Community chat feature
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StepChain is a responsible fitness app with a main purpose of making the world a better place by decreasing obesity and promoting a healthy way of living. This application tracks all of your physical activity from walking to running, swimming, cycling, dancing, climbing, rope jumping and many more. How? StepChain would be linked to Google Fit, retrieving data of steps walked, then converting them into tokens, STEP coins. StepChain will definitely motivate you to increase your physical activity, improving your health and lifestyle. Not only have that, your STEP coins could be redeemed with a variety of gifts like gym memberships, sports equipment’s, wearables and electronics. StepChain is not only for athletes, StepChain is for every lifestyle. You can benefit from StepChain’s rewarding system when carrying out your daily chores that involves a physical activity. All you have to do is download the app now, create an account and start exercising. To simplify it even more, StepChain is: Motivating – Encouraging you to increase your physical activity. Walk more, Earn more. Rewarding – Converting your steps into STEP coins. Challenging – Pushing you to your limits to challenge yourself and upgrade your fitness level. Giving – Donating your STEP coins to contribute in making the world a better place. Tracking your progress and balance – Keeping record of your advancement and STEP coin wallet. Socializing – Chatting and communicating with the vast StepChain Community. StepChain is currently available only in the free version which will allow you to walk and earn STEP points instantly. StepChain tracks your activity by using Apple's HealthKit, to be able to use StepChain you need to connect your apple account.

About

NEAT

Features
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How many steps have I taken today? How many do I have left? How much longer do I need to walk? NEAT answers these three questions at a glance. • Today's steps, read from Health. • How many steps are left to reach your goal. • How many minutes of walking it takes to get there, at the speed you choose. Each day you reach your goal extends your streak. Your history shows weeks, months and records. An evening reminder if you still have steps to go. And widgets keep you up to date without opening the app. Your data stays on your iPhone. NEAT only reads: no account, no ads, no tracking. No data leaves your phone. Every step counts.

Screenshots

StepChain4 screens
NEAT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: StepChain at 3 against NEAT's 1. StepChain also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
StepChain versus NEAT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepChainNEAT
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (99 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings99 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbsolutely DigitalWilliam Della Vedova

Bugs and requests

StepChain

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App stuck on loading page indefinitely
  • Steps not being recorded despite physical activity
  • Unable to redeem rewards or purchase gift cards
  • Marketplace functionality broken
  • Account balance disappears overnight
Show 4 more
  • Password reset emails not being sent
  • Cannot access transactions section
  • Reward redemption returns 'something went wrong' error
  • Step count shows zero despite calorie tracking working

Requested features

4 requests
  • Sign-up option directly in the app
  • Gift card rewards instead of other reward types
  • Better step counting accuracy
  • Improved transaction history access

NEAT

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

StepChain

No in-app purchases

None

NEAT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StepChain free?
StepChain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NEAT free?
NEAT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do StepChain or NEAT have ads?
Neither StepChain nor NEAT shows ads.

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