Step vs the Stoke App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Step
Consolidate travel recommendations from various sources like TikTok, Instagram, and Google Maps into a single, organized map. Discover curated city guides from trusted creators and easily plan your trips with all your saved places readily accessible.
- Import places from TikTok, Instagram, Google Maps, and Notes
- Automatic organization of saved places by city
- Follow friends and curators for recommendations
- Magazine-style interface for a clean look
- Share lists of recommendations with friends
- Discover hidden gems and curated city guides
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Save every place you find on TikTok, Instagram and Google Maps to one map you'll actually use. You screenshot the restaurant. You save the Reels. You paste the address into your notes. Then the trip comes around and it's all gone. Step fixes that. Share a post to Step and the places land on your map, tagged and sorted by city, waiting for you when you get there. IMPORT FROM ANYWHERE TikTok. Instagram posts and Reels. Google Maps links. Screenshots. Even the running list in your Notes app. Send it to Step and we pull the place, the address and the details. No copy-pasting, nothing lost. BUILT AROUND CITIES Your saves organise themselves by city automatically. Land in Lisbon, open Step, see every place you've been collecting for months. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PEOPLE, NOT ALGORITHMS Follow friends and Step's Culture Curators, a network of writers, chefs, designers and travellers who publish guides to the cities they know best. Build a personally curated map of the world, populated by the people you love, respect, and admire. MADE TO BE LOOKED AT Step is designed like a magazine, not a directory. Clean typography, real editorial, none of the review-farm noise. WHAT PEOPLE USE STEP FOR - Collecting places from social media before a trip - Rescuing a years-old list of recommendations out of Notes - Keeping a running map of their own city - Sharing a list of recommendations with a friend in one link - Following creators they trust instead of trawling review sites Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
the Stoke App
An exclusive travel club offering curated trips, experiences, and benefits for independent travelers. Discover vetted adventures, connect with a community, and access user-generated maps for enhanced exploration.
- Curated trips and experiences
- Exclusive benefits program
- Community-generated maps
- Easy booking and management
- Traveler tips and reviews
- Share plans with friends
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The Stoke App is your travel buddy with Benefits. It's an exclusive club, not just anyone can join, only the pleasure seekers who want to squeeze every last drop from their travels. The world has changed and so has the way we see it. We’ve got less time to waste, and want to experience more. We’re independent, but prefer our experiences to be vetted and easy. The old youth travel model doesn’t suit; The Stoke App is what we want. Our curated trips and experiences are a breeze to book. Your adventures are enhanced by our generous benefits program. Our community maps make sure you're always hitting the spots that matter, plus it's completely free. LET’S DO COOL STUFF Europe’s best trips, festivals and experiences curated for you. Explore travel options, fill your bucket list, share plans with your crew, book with ease and manage bookings. Travel made simple. TRAVEL WITH BENEFITS With The Stoke App you can travel more and reap the benefits and get upgraded wherever you go. MAPS FOR YOU, BY YOU Interactive, user-updated maps. You’ll never explore alone with tips, hacks, reviews and tales from fellow travellers; leave your own mark and follow in the footsteps of others.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: the Stoke App at 5.0 against Step's 4.4. the Stoke App also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). Step's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (232 vs 1). On price and device support 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. Step sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. the Stoke App asks for nothing beyond the download.
the Stoke App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Step has 232 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Step ships an update every 2 weeks, the Stoke App weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Step | the Stoke App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (232 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 232 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 221 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Step Digital Holdings Limited | Keriomet SL |
Customer experience
Step
the Stoke App
Bugs and requests
Step
Reported bugs
4 issues- Locations not registering in certain cities
- Frequent errors, content not loading
- Profile and login issues
- Subscription charges not visible, hard to cancel
Requested features
4 requests- Allow users to add their own places
- Ability to separate places visited vs want to go
- Option to create custom categories
- Search by city to find local users
the Stoke App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Step
- Step Premium Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Step Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
- Step Premium Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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- Step Premium Annual$49.991 Year
the Stoke App
No in-app purchases









