Comparison

Step vs Menu Minder

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

Menu Minder

Features
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The MenuMinder App brings joy back to the hard decision of picking what is for dinner on a daily basis. Customers vote on the meal of their choice, from three autopopulated options from their saved queue, once vote has been made, app will send the same three options to family member(s) of their choice. Family members vote and winning meal is what the family is having for dinner. Free: None. Paid: Trial Version: 7 days. Permium Access: Monthly (30 days) - Auto-Renewable. Features: 1. Add/View Recipes. 2. Follow/UnFollow Users. 3. Add Family Members. 4. Chat Service. Please refer to the Apple End User Licence Agreement for Menu Minder. See "Licence Agreement" link under Information. By installing the app, you agree to these terms and conditions. Terms & Condition: https://menuminderusa.com/terms-and-conditions/ Privacy Policy: https://menuminderusa.com/Privacy-Policy/ License Agreement: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Step4 screens
Menu Minder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Step at monthly against Menu Minder's every 3 months. Step also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Menu Minder sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Step ships an update monthly, Menu Minder every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Step versus Menu Minder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepMenu Minder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (35 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarcus Carlssonmenuminder llc

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

Menu Minder

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription$7.991 Month

Questions

Is Step free?
Step is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Menu Minder free?
Menu Minder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Step or Menu Minder have ads?
Neither Step nor Menu Minder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Step or Menu Minder?
Step ships an update monthly, and Menu Minder every 3 months. Most recently, Step was updated on November 3, 2026 and Menu Minder on September 11, 2026.

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