Step It Up by CHAI vs Cloudless Steps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Step It Up by CHAI
This wellness app promotes community-focused physical activity with an emphasis on exercise, healthy eating, and behavior change. It offers personalized feedback, location-based exercise opportunities, educational modules, and a social support forum. Connect your Fitbit, Aria II scale, or Omron blood pressure device for comprehensive health tracking.
- Community-centered physical activity
- Exercise and healthy eating guidance
- Personalized feedback tools
- Location-based exercise triggers
- Educational modules
- Social support forum
- Device integration (Fitbit, Aria II, Omron)
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Step it Up is a general wellness app designed to encourage low cost, community centered, physical activity. The program focuses on exercise, healthy eating, and behavior change with personalized feedback tools that support cardiovascular health. Local geofences specific to the user will trigger text location opportunities for exercise. Step it Up includes educational modules and a social support forum. Participants will connect their Fitbit device, Aria II scale, Omron blood pressure device and the option for logging daily blood glucose.
Cloudless Steps
This app tracks your daily steps and workouts locally on your device, prioritizing privacy by not using GPS. It offers automatic tracking, daily goals, historical trends, and home screen widgets, with an optional one-time upgrade for full history via Apple Health Sync.
- Automatic step tracking
- Local data storage
- Daily step goals
- Workout tracking
- Historical trends
- Home screen widgets
- Dark mode support
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Step tracker with all-local data!!! Track your health, not your location. WHY CHOOSE CLOUDLESS? Battery Saver: Because we don't use GPS, Cloudless Steps uses a fraction of the battery of other fitness apps. 100% Private: Your data stays on your iPhone. We don't know where you walk, only how much you walk. 22 Languages: Designed for global use. KEY FEATURES: Automatic Tracking: Just put your phone in your pocket and go. Daily Goals: Set your step target and close your ring. Workouts: Track your daily workouts and see success over time. Historical Trends: See your weekly and monthly progress as you step into the future... Home Screen Widgets: See your progress at a glance. Dark Mode Support: Beautiful design that's easy on the eyes. SIMPLE PRICING: What You Get with The initial download: - Track your daily steps and see your current progress. - 7-Day History: Review your recent week of activity. Unlock Everything: - one time upgrade to unlock full step history via Apple Health Sync Download Cloudless Steps today and start walking safely and privately, without the cloud, cloudless.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Step It Up by CHAI at none against Cloudless Steps's 1. Step It Up by CHAI also leads on iOS requirement (14 vs 26.1). Cloudless Steps's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). 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
Both are free to download. Cloudless Steps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Step It Up by CHAI asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Step It Up by CHAI against 5.0 for Cloudless Steps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Step It Up by CHAI ships an update every 3 months, Cloudless Steps every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Step It Up by CHAI | Cloudless Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 170 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ROBERT EVAN GAYNOR |
Customer experience
Step It Up by CHAI
Cloudless Steps
In-app purchases
Step It Up by CHAI
No in-app purchases
Cloudless Steps
- Unlock Apple Health$1.99
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