Comparison

Dont vs StepGate

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

Head to head
About

Dont

Improve yourself by taking on challenges in various life areas. Track your progress visually and build new habits with personalized selections and different complexity levels. Enjoy a clean design with dark mode support.

Highlights
  • Personalized challenge selection
  • Variable complexity and duration
  • Visual habit tracking
  • Appealing design
  • Dark mode support
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Pick a challenge. Don't quit. Dont is a free challenge tracker for the challenges everyone is talking about. Choose a ready-made plan or build your own, tick off today's tasks and watch your days add up. No paywall. No account. No quiz that ends in a price tag. POPULAR CHALLENGES • Winter Arc — 90 days to finish the year stronger • 75-Day Challenge in three modes: Strict, Balanced or Gentle • Dopamine Detox — 7 or 30 days of less scrolling and more living • Monk Mode — 30 days of focus • No Sugar — 30 days without added sugar • No-Buy Month — 30 days without impulse shopping • Project 50 — seven daily rules for 50 days • 30-Day Glow Up — small self-care wins every day • Quick presets: screen-free evenings, phone-free mornings, 10,000 steps a day, read 10 pages a day, a cold shower finish and more BUILD YOUR OWN Pick your tasks and your length, from 7 to 90 days. Keep the same plan every day or give each day its own tasks. Edit a running challenge whenever you need to. EARN YOUR CRYSTAL Every challenge starts as a raw stone. On day 0 you sign your pact — "I'm in" — and share it if you want someone to hold you to it. Each milestone adds a shard. Finish, and the stone is cut into a holographic crystal that catches the light as you tilt your phone. MADE FOR REAL LIFE • Start today, on a date you pick, or at day N if you're joining late • Strict or Grace mode, and pause days for when you're sick or traveling • Today's tasks on your Home Screen and Lock Screen • Streaks, a 17-week activity grid and all your stats • A reminder at your time — not a nag • Favorites for the challenges you want to try next • Light and dark themes • Your progress stays on your iPhone Challenges with exercise or diet tasks are general wellness routines, not medical advice. Check with a doctor before starting a new exercise or eating plan. Questions or ideas? Write to us from Profile in the app.

About

StepGate

Features
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StepGate locks your distracting apps until you've walked enough steps for the day. You choose which apps to restrict — social media, games, streaming — and set your personal daily step goal. As you walk, you earn screen time. Hit your goal, and everything unlocks. HOW IT WORKS 1. Set your daily step goal 2. Choose which apps to lock 3. Walk to unlock — every 1,000 steps earns you more screen time 4. Reach your goal 3 times — then try Pro free for 14 days KEY FEATURES - Earn screen time with every step - Live Activity on Lock Screen — real-time steps and screen time - Streaks & achievements — build habits and unlock badges - Weekly Report Card — share your week on Instagram Stories - Heat-map calendar — see your progress at a glance - Home screen widget — your progress without opening the app - Weekend Mode — separate goals for weekdays and weekends - Graduated Unlock Tiers — unlock different apps at step milestones - Personalized onboarding — the app learns your habits SCIENCE-BACKED Walking 8,000–10,000 steps daily is linked to better sleep, lower stress, and improved focus. StepGate helps you build that habit — one step at a time. PRIVACY FIRST StepGate reads your step count from Apple Health. All data stays entirely on your device. Nothing is sent to any server. No account required. SUBSCRIPTION Full access to StepGate requires a subscription. The yearly plan includes a 14-day free trial — no card charged until day 14. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in iPhone Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Terms of Use: samuelbrask.com/terms_stepgate.html Privacy Policy: samuelbrask.com/privacy_stepgate.html

Screenshots

Dont4 screens
StepGate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dont at none against StepGate's 2. StepGate's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 61 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. StepGate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Dont asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dont ships an update every 61 months, StepGate every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Dont versus StepGate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDontStepGate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 61 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBERRYMORESamuel Brask Marosi

In-app purchases

None

Dont

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

StepGate

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Yearly14 Days trial$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Dont free?
Dont is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StepGate free?
StepGate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dont or StepGate have ads?
Dont shows ads; StepGate does not.
Which is updated more often, Dont or StepGate?
Dont ships an update every 61 months, and StepGate every 10 days. Most recently, Dont was updated on October 7, 2026 and StepGate on October 4, 2026.

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