Ethel Ready vs Steparium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ethel Ready
Discover and track your progress climbing hills over 400m in the Peak District. Features an interactive map and a personal log to record your ascents. Offers a bonus challenge upon completing the main Ethels.
- Explore Peak District hills over 400m
- Track progress with a dated log
- Interactive OpenStreetMap
- Bonus Peak 75 challenge
- Featured on BBC TV and Radio 4
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Named after Ethel Haythornthwaite (the pioneer behind the Peak District National Park), the Ethels are all of the Peak District hills over 400m above sea level and significant lower prominent hills. Fewer, lower, easier and (for most of the UK's population) closer than the Munros of Scotland and the Wainwrights of the Lake District. Explore the highest hills of the Peak District. Track your progress through your own dated log and by using the interactive map from OpenStreetMap. Bonus level of the Peak 75 hills, on completion of the Ethels. Featured on BBC TV and Radio 4 The app is supported by the Peak District and South Yorkshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (Registered Charity Number 1094975). The app provides links to the charity's website if you want to make a donation or pay for membership. Base map and data from OpenStreetMap and OpenStreetMap Foundation © OpenStreetMap contributors © OpenTopoMap All images are subject to copyright © 2021 Doug Colton (or are used through Creative Commons Licence).
Steparium
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Steparium is a simple step counter with a living illustrated forest. See today's steps at a glance, watch the forest change with the time of day, and discover wildlife as you walk. The app keeps things calm and focused: no accounts, no ads, no social features, and no clutter. Features: • Step counting for today, including steps from your Apple Watch • Daily step goals • Distance, calories, active time, and streak stats • A History page for weekly, monthly, and yearly step trends • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Unlockable wildlife based on your Steparium steps • Real-time day and night lighting • Light, Dark, and System appearance • Optional local weather beside the date • Optional notifications for reaching your goal, nearing it, and protecting your streak Steparium uses Motion & Fitness for step counting. Apple Health access is optional and read-only, used to include Apple Watch steps and show richer step history. Location is optional and used only for local weather.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ethel Ready at Free against Steparium's $1.99. Ethel Ready also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). Steparium's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On ads and in-app purchases 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
Ethel Ready is free to download; Steparium costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ethel Ready ships an update every 2 months, Steparium every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ethel Ready | Steparium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Doug Colton | THOMAS BALL |
In-app purchases
Ethel Ready
No in-app purchases
Steparium
No in-app purchases
