Comparison

Step vs Zuca

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

Head to head
About

Step

Discover and share your favorite places globally. Create a personalized world map with recommendations from friends and trusted curators. Easily find new experiences based on categories like food, culture, and accommodation.

Highlights
  • Save and share favorite places
  • Personalized world map creation
  • Add photos and comments to places
  • Follow friends and curators
  • Filter map by categories
  • Community feed for updates
Features
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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/

About

Zuca

Features
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How to use the Zuca application: Open the app, enter your pick up and drop off location. select the request driver. Watch your driver en route to your pick up location in real-time. After arriving at your destination, you are able to rate the service provided by the driver and leave additional information for us, to ensure we are always making the app and service more convenient and user friendly. Features: See the driver and vehicle information beforehand. Share your trip information with a family member or friend.

Screenshots

Step4 screens
Zuca4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zuca at none against Step's 4. Zuca also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Step sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Zuca asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Step ships an update every 2 weeks, Zuca monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Step versus Zuca: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepZuca
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (231 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings231 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB38 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperStep Digital Holdings LimitedSuka Taxi

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

Zuca

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Step

Subscriptions4
  • 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
None

Zuca

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Step free?
Step is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zuca free?
Zuca is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Step or Zuca have ads?
Neither Step nor Zuca shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Step or Zuca?
Step ships an update every 2 weeks, and Zuca monthly. Most recently, Step was updated on September 25, 2026 and Zuca on September 9, 2026.

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