Comparison

Step vs Step Year

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

Head to head
About

Step

This app challenges you to achieve daily walking goals and maintain streaks. It automatically tracks your steps, workouts, and integrates with Apple Health. Enjoy beautiful visuals and motivational features without needing extra hardware.

Highlights
  • Automatic step counting
  • Workout tracking (walking, jogging, running, hiking)
  • Streak challenges for distance goals
  • Apple Health integration
  • Calendar view of activity
  • Background operation
  • No extra hardware required
Features
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Can you walk 10,000 steps for 10, 20 or maybe even 30 days in a row? Step will challenge you to walk further and complete your goals. Just put your phone in your pocket and you are ready to go. FEATURES • Automatic step counter • Calendar-view • Apple Health integration • Beautiful drawings • Lots of different workouts • Timed workouts • Streaks - complete distances for a long period of time • Notification whenever you finished a distance • No extra hardware required • It runs in the background so no need of constantly looking at the app • It tracks walking, jogging, running and hiking • Step will motivate you to walk further • Set the goal-distance per day yourself • See easily if you reach your daily goal or not • It doesn’t rely on GPS, but actual steps, so the battery will not be affected a lot • The iPhone’s pedometer will make the step counting very accurate SOME OF THE WORKOUTS • 10 km • 10,000 steps • Half-Marathon • Marathon • 10 km in two hours • 20 km in five hours • 10,000 steps in four hours • Two Marathon in one week • 5 km thirty days in a row • 8 km forty-five days in a row • 15 km five days in a row • 20 km seven days in a row • 10,000 steps forty-five days in a row (There are many more and we will add workouts on a regular basis) APPLE HEALTH • Automatically synchronise your activity data such as running and walking via Apple Health • Whenever your Apple Watch is connected to your iPhone, Step will get the data from any workout Step respects your privacy: All your personal fitness data is only read by Step and NOT shared in anyway via network connection or any other technically way. As always when it comes to my apps, I listen to you as a user. If you have any issue or any feature that you miss, just contact me through the app and I will reply to you faster than you walk a mile… And remember, Every Step Counts… Steps Privacy Policy: http://miiam.net/privacy Steps Terms of Condition http://miiam.net/terms

About

Step Year

Visualize your yearly step data with interactive daily views. Scroll and tap to see photos from specific days, jogging your memory about your activity. Share your annual step count and stats with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Yearly step data visualization
  • Daily step count review
  • Photo integration for daily context
  • Step count sharing with friends
  • One-time purchase for historical data
Features
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Review your step data from a bird's eye view! Have fun scrolling and tapping around to see photos you took that day. Jog your memory on why you took that many steps!  Share and compare your total year's step count and stats with friends and family! ______ Your step data for the current year is unlocked for free. Unlock the step data from all your previous years with a one-time purchase!

Screenshots

Step4 screens
Step Year4 screens

Verdict

The call

Step and Step Year both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of Step Year's written reviews are positive against 25% of Step's. Step Year also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Step's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Step sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Step Year sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Step against 4.6 for Step Year. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 25 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Step's written reviews are positive against 75% of Step Year's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Step ships an update monthly, Step Year every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Step versus Step Year: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepStep Year
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (35 ratings)4.6 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35 — better25
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarcus CarlssonShannon Bolick

Customer experience

Step

All ratings35 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral5.7%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Step Year

All ratings25 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Step

Subscriptions3
  • All Access$1.991 Month
  • All Access$3.993 Months
  • All Access$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • All Access$1.99
  • All Access$3.99
  • Pro$34.99
1 purchases

Step Year

One-time1
  • Unlock Past Years$4.99

Questions

Is Step free?
Step is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Step Year free?
Step Year is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Step or Step Year?
Step Year is rated higher. Step averages 4.6 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Step Year averages 4.6 from 25 ratings.
Do Step or Step Year have ads?
Neither Step nor Step Year shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Step or Step Year?
Step ships an update monthly, and Step Year every 2 weeks. Most recently, Step was updated on October 24, 2026 and Step Year on October 24, 2026.

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