Comparison

Step It Up by CHAI vs Stepping Stone Pedometer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Stepping Stone Pedometer

This application tracks your daily steps, offering estimates for distance, calories, and walking time. It features customizable skins and a progress ring for daily goals, all while prioritizing user privacy by keeping data on your device. The app is completely free with no ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Responsive step counting
  • Daily goal progress ring
  • Distance and calorie estimates
  • Offline functionality
  • Customizable app skins
  • No ads or subscriptions
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Stepping Stone is a step counter, designed to help you as much as it possibly can on your journey of improvement: FREE, WITH NO CATCH Every feature in this app is free. There are no subscriptions, no paywalls, and no ads anywhere. The only things for sale are optional cosmetic skins, a way to support the app if you ever want to, never a requirement. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Steps are counted on your device, using your phone's built-in motion sensor. No account, no sign-in, no analytics, no tracking. We never see, sell, or share your data. We couldn't even if we wanted to, because nothing leaves your phone. MAKE IT YOURS Skins re-theme the entire app to match your personality. You can preview any skin for free before deciding to buy it. JOIN THE COMMUNITY Stepping Stone is solely made by me, and I think health should be free and honest. Join the Discord server (in Settings) to shape what comes next, including community-designed skins. WHAT IT DOES • Responsive step count that ticks with every step • Daily goal with a progress ring you can set to any target • Distance, calories, and walking-time estimates • Recent-day history at a glance • Four full app skins (one free, three optional) • Light and dark modes for every skin • Works entirely offline WHAT IT DOESN'T DO • No ads • No subscriptions • No account required • No data collection Good luck out there. Remember to take things one day at a time :)

Screenshots

Step It Up by CHAI3 screens
Stepping Stone Pedometer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Step It Up by CHAI at none against Stepping Stone Pedometer's 3. Stepping Stone Pedometer's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. Stepping Stone Pedometer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Step It Up by CHAI asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Step It Up by CHAI against 5.0 for Stepping Stone Pedometer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Step It Up by CHAI versus Stepping Stone Pedometer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep It Up by CHAIStepping Stone Pedometer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size170 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillLUIS ENRIQUE GONZALEZ VAZQUEZ

Customer experience

Step It Up by CHAI

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stepping Stone Pedometer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Step It Up by CHAI

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Stepping Stone Pedometer

One-time3
  • Sunrise$1.99
  • Neon$1.99
  • Trail$1.99

Questions

Is Step It Up by CHAI free?
Step It Up by CHAI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stepping Stone Pedometer free?
Stepping Stone Pedometer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Step It Up by CHAI or Stepping Stone Pedometer?
Step It Up by CHAI and Stepping Stone Pedometer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Step It Up by CHAI or Stepping Stone Pedometer have ads?
Neither Step It Up by CHAI nor Stepping Stone Pedometer shows ads.

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