Step vs Dis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Dis
Access membership benefits like free daily coffee and discounts. Discover over 120 hotels and 200 restaurants and bars across 11 brands, with a "Near Me" search function. Manage your loyalty program and explore dining and accommodation options easily.
- Membership benefits access
- Daily free coffee
- Food and drink discounts
- Hotel and restaurant search
- "Near Me" location search
- Explore 11 hotel brands
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Access your Dis-loyalty membership benefits – such as your free daily coffee and food and drink discount – and search for more than 120 hotels and 200 restaurants and bars all in one place, including finding those “Near Me”, across 11 iconic brands such as The Hoxton, SLS, Mama Shelter, Mondrian and 25hours Hotels. Membership Terms of use: https://dis-loyalty.com/content/terms-and-conditions-of-membership/ In App Subscriptions Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Step at 4.4 against Dis's 1.4. Step also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (52% vs 37%). Dis's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Dis sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $28.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Step holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Step has 232 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Step's written reviews are positive against 37% of Dis's.
Step ships an update every 2 weeks, Dis fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Step | Dis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (232 ratings) — better | 1.4 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.4% of reviews — better | 37.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 232 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Step Digital Holdings Limited | Ennismore International Management Limited |
Customer experience
Step
Dis
User reviews
Step
From 232 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💯 Amazing updates
- 🌍 Best travel companion
- 🍴 Great for finding hidden gems
- 👍 Brilliant app, recommend to everyone
- 🗺️ Fantastic for discovering new places
Room to improve
- 🔒 Subscription issues - can't cancel
- 🐛 Buggy, slow, and glitchy
- 🤔 Guides are guideless, lacking context
- 🤔 Can't see own steps
- 🤔 Privacy policy is extremely intrusive
Dis
From 22 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤑 Free coffee
- 👍 Easy to claim benefits
- 💻 Convenient app version
- 🔍 Helpful search and discovery features
- 🌟 Positive overall experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Login issues and app not working
- 🚧 Early days, some features not fully developed
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
Dis
No bugs or feature requests surfaced in reviews.
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
Dis
- Dis-loyalty Membership$28.001 Month
- Dis-loyalty Membership$193.991 Year









