Step Champ vs StepSense
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Step Champ
Compete with friends and colleagues in step-counting challenges. Create or join challenges of any duration, and the user with the most steps wins. Supports cross-platform play and automatically updates step counts in the background.
- Create step-counting challenges
- Invite friends from any platform
- Cross-platform compatibility
- Automatic step count updates
- Real-time ranking notifications
- Motivation through progress tracking
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This is all about one question: Who takes the most steps? Create a challenge, invite friends - no matter which platform they use - and here we go. With Step Champ you can easily compete with your friends and colleagues. You can decide for yourself how long a challenge should last, in the end the user wins, with the most steps! No matter which smartphone, Step Champ is one of the few apps that supports both platforms, so nobody gets left behind! The number of steps is automatically updated in the background, so you can always keep an eye on everything. All you have to do is to sign in with your Apple account or other providers and you can start creating your first Step Challenge. Step Champ will get your Steps from Apple Healthkit. Step Champ keeps you up to date when you've slipped a place or won one. Plus, you'll never miss the start of a challenge and stay motivated! Spur each other on and find out who will be the step-champion!
StepSense
This app helps organizations encourage healthy habits among employees through step challenges and team competitions. It offers a customizable, white-label solution to boost employee wellbeing, reduce absenteeism, and increase productivity.
- Employee step challenges
- Team competitions
- White-label customization
- Supports 130+ activity types
- Real-time progress tracking
- Multi-national challenge support
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Equip your employees, teams, students with the knowledge, tools and support they need to build new healthy habits. We support your organisation's health and wellness initiatives and objectives. Helping to change culture and assisting ongoing wellbeing of your employees. Our white-label product is completely brand-able to suit your organisation. Brand it with your colours, logos, own images and text. Users sign up for your step / walk challenge, create teams and compete against each other individually as well as in teams. You can run multi-national challenges that span across continents to make it even more fun and engaging. All information is available in real-time and is the most fun way for corporates to engage with each other, reduce absenteeism at the office and to create the most productive, happy and healthy workforce on the planet. Some call it walk challenges, others call it company step challenges, but one thing is for sure - employees love it. Your teams will work better together, build healthy habits, sleep better, reduce stress and anxiety and come out fitter, stronger and ready for the next big challenge - we see it over and over with every organisation we work with - vast improvements in metal health, absenteeism and stress management - with rock solid reports to back up our claims and show you real ROI. We now support a whopping 130 different activity types: Aerobic dancing class, Aerobic fitness class, Aerobics, low impact, Aerobics, step, Auto repair (light to moderate), Backpack, Badminton (casual - competitive), Ballet, Baseball, Basketball (shooting baskets), Basketball game, Bicycling, easy pace, Bicycling, moderate pace , Bicycling, vigorous pace , Boxing, non-competitive, Boxing, competitive, Bowling, Calisthenics, Canoe, light to moderate , Circuit training, Climb (rock/mountain), Croquet, Cross-country skiing, Curling (sweeping), Dance (light to lively), Downhill ski, Elliptical trainer, Fencing, Firewood carry/stack, Fishing, Football / Rugby, Frisbee, Gardening, Golf, no cart, carry clubs, 18 holes, Grocery shop, Handball, Hang laundry on line , Hike, Horseback ride, Hockey, Horseshoes, House/garage cleaning, Ice skate, Judo/Karate, Jump rope, Kayak, Kickboxing, Lacrosse, Miniature golf, Mop, Mow lawn, Orienteer, Paint wall/room, Pilates, Ping pong, Pool/billiards, Punching bag, Racquetball, Rake leaves, Rock climb, Rollerskate/rollerblade, Row, light , Row, competitive , Row, moderate, Run, 10 mph (6 min/mile), Run, 8 mph (7.5 min/mile), Run, 6 mph (10 min/mile), Run, 5 mph (12 min/mile), Sailing, Scrub floors, Scuba dive, Shop (grocery, mall), Skateboard, Skeeball, Skiing, Sledding, Snow shovel, Snowboard, Soccer, recreational, Soccer, competitive, Softball, Spinning, Squash , Stair climbing, machine, Stair climbing, downstairs , Stair climbing, up stairs, Stretch, Surf, Swimming, backstroke, Swimming, butterfly, Swimming, freestyle, Swimming, leisure, Swimming, treading water, Tae Bo, Tae Kwon Do, Tai Chi, Tennis, Trampoline, Trim trees/shrubs manually, Vacuum house, Volleyball, Walk slow, Walk moderate , Walk fast, Wash car (small to truck), Wash/dry dishes by hand , Wash windows manually, Water aerobics, Water ski, Wax your car, Weight lifting Wheelchair use, Yard work, Yoga, Zumba Fully GDPR compliant, we do NOT track anyone's physical location or GPS co-ordinates, EVER. Completely anonymous and perfect for any organisation, no matter how big or small. Important information about AppleHealth integration: StepSense integrates with AppleHealth. When you sign up for a corporate step challenge in StepSense, you will be required to grant permission for StepSense to read your steps walked, calories burned, flights climbed and BMR information to feature you on the leaderboard. We do not share this information with anyone else and it is solely used to feature you on the leaderboard.
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Verdict
Step Champ and StepSense both sit at 3.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 67% of Step Champ's written reviews are positive against 50% of StepSense's. StepSense's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 3). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for Step Champ against 3.6 for StepSense. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 14 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Step Champ's written reviews are positive against 50% of StepSense's.
Step Champ ships an update every 9 days, StepSense fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Step Champ | StepSense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 3.6 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Zelfi AG | NYXTEK DEVELOPMENT STUDIOS (PTY) LTD |
Customer experience
Step Champ
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In-app purchases
Step Champ
No in-app purchases
StepSense
No in-app purchases









