Comparison

Gentler Streak Workout Tracker vs StepPet

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

Head to head
About

Gentler Streak Workout Tracker

This app provides personalized fitness guidance that adapts to your daily capabilities, encouraging consistent movement without overexertion. It offers detailed sleep analysis, step tracking with trend overviews, and cycle-synced activity suggestions. Track workouts, manage intensity, and maintain your activity streak on your terms.

Highlights
  • Personalized daily readiness assessment
  • Full sleep analysis and trends
  • Cycle-synced activity suggestions
  • On-watch workout intensity management
  • Customizable workout journal
  • Streak maintenance with status adjustments
Features
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Hey, welcome the Gentler Streak - the app that keeps your active life alive! An award-winning health and fitness tracker offers personalized guidance that adapts to your daily capabilities and not the other way around. For those of us who want to move consistently, not constantly. Built with care by a small indie team. • 2024 Apple Design Award - Social Impact | 2022 Apple Watch App of the Year | App of the Day | Editor’s Choice • Featured in The Verge, Forbes, TechCrunch, and more. ▶ PRIVATE DATA STAYS PRIVATE Your health and fitness data stays on-device via Apple HealthKit, with no external processing. ▶UNDERSTAND YOUR DAILY READINESS◀ [KEY HEALTH METRICS] Start your day with a summary of key vitals and sleep, helping you detect changes before you feel them. Receive workout suggestions that respond to your readiness. Set home screen widgets to bring this info closer to you. [FULL SLEEP ANALYSIS] See everything from sleep onset to how much restorative sleep you are getting. View trends over 14 nights in sleep duration, consistency, and stages to spot patterns and improve your sleep hygiene. [DAILY STEPS, DONE DIFFERENTLY] You can now track daily steps, distance, walking time, flights climbed, and walking heart rate—all with a 14-day trend overview. Our approach doesn’t push you to chase step goals. Instead, it helps you understand your daily movement patterns—ideal for everyday walkers and those managing chronic conditions. [SYNC ACTIVITIES WITH YOUR CYCLE] Know daily stress tolerance of each menstrual cycle phase and receive support for your current state, with workout suggestions like "Flow Workouts" along with allowing you to take a pause when your period starts. ▶STAYING ACTIVE ON YOUR TERMS◀ [STREAK & STATUS] Keep your streak alive by following your body’s needs, even when it calls for rest days. When life happens—be it illness, injury, or vacation—adjust your status to reflect real life and skip feeling guilty. [AWARD-WINNING APPLE WATCH WORKOUT TRACKER] Track real-time training effects and heart rate zones to manage your workout intensity and avoid overtraining. Get a countdown to “overreaching” to know exactly when you're close to pushing too hard for the day. [PERSONALIZED WORKOUT TRACKING] Track 140+ activities, from chores to a variety of workouts, with detailed maps and metric charts, and stay within your healthy activity levels. [TAILORED DAILY WORKOUTS] Get daily suggestions—ranging from rest to high-intensity exercises—based on your readiness. Go Gentler's on-watch suggestions allow you to scale your exercise duration and/or intensity up or down. ▶ULTIMATE WORKOUT JOURNAL◀ [PERSONALIZED SUMMARIES] Turn your workout summaries into a personalized fitness journal. Customize them with details that matter to you: rename workouts, add notes, photos, and mark your favorite sessions. Plus, adjust the effort using the RPE chart when needed. [PROGRESS CHARTS] Your progress with weekly, monthly and yearly charts, including a weekly, monthly and yearly recap. [LIVE ACTIVITY & WIDGETS] Use Live Activity for tracking on iPhone, and interactive widgets on your Home & Lock screens. [ACCESSIBLE TO ALL] Full support for accessibility preferences including bold text, dynamic type, reduced transparency, increased contrast, motion adjustments, and voiceover. Upgrade to Gentler Streak Premium with monthly, yearly, or lifetime plans for advanced features and family sharing. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage plans and turn off auto-renewal in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Please note, Gentler Streak is not a medical device and should not replace professional medical advice. Terms of service: https://gentler.app/terms/ Privacy policy: https://gentler.app/privacy

About

StepPet

Features
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Meet your new walking buddy — a tiny mouse that lives on your Apple Watch and needs you to stay active. Earn cheese by walking (every 150 steps = 1 cheese), then feed your pet to keep it happy and healthy. Neglect it and it gets hungry, sad, or even hangry. Take care of it every day and watch your streak grow. FEATURES • Step tracking with HealthKit — earn cheese just by walking • 7 mood states — happy, chill, hungry, sad, starving, hangry, sleeping • Smart Stack widget — your pet lives on your watch face • Daily minigame — play a memory match to earn bonus cheese • Sleep mode — your pet follows your real sleep schedule • Milestone celebrations — streak rewards at 3 days, 1 week, 1 month, and beyond • Step celebrations — animations at 1k, 2k, 5k, and 10k steps No subscriptions. No ads. Just you and your mouse.

Screenshots

Gentler Streak Workout Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Gentler Streak Workout Tracker at Free against StepPet's $1.99. Gentler Streak Workout Tracker also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). StepPet's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On 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

Gentler Streak Workout Tracker is free to download; StepPet costs $1.99 up front. Gentler Streak Workout Tracker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. StepPet asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gentler Streak Workout Tracker ships an update fortnightly, StepPet every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Gentler Streak Workout Tracker versus StepPet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGentler Streak Workout TrackerStepPet
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.7 (8.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.8K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size305 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGentler Stories LLCJOHN YUNG

Bugs and requests

Gentler Streak Workout Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • GPS tracking issues during outdoor workouts
  • Inconsistent sync between Apple Health and Gentler Streak
  • Wellbeing tab not functioning properly for some users

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to manually edit or delete workouts
  • Provide more long-term activity and trend data
  • Integrate with other fitness platforms (e.g., Fitbit)
  • Allow customization of activity goals and thresholds
  • Include period tracking and insights related to menstrual cycles

StepPet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Gentler Streak Workout Tracker

Subscriptions6
  • Gentler Premium Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Gentler Premium Monthly Family$8.991 Month
  • Gentler Premium Yearly Family$29.991 Year
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  • Gentler Premium Yearly Family$35.991 Year
  • Gentler Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Gentler Premium Yearly Family7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time4
  • Gentler Premium Lifetime$59.99
  • Gentler Premium Lifetime$89.99
  • Gentler Premium Lifetime$125.99
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  • Gentler Premium Lifetime$179.99
None

StepPet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gentler Streak Workout Tracker free?
Gentler Streak Workout Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StepPet free?
StepPet costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gentler Streak Workout Tracker or StepPet have ads?
Neither Gentler Streak Workout Tracker nor StepPet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gentler Streak Workout Tracker or StepPet?
Gentler Streak Workout Tracker ships an update fortnightly, and StepPet every 2 months. Most recently, Gentler Streak Workout Tracker was updated on October 24, 2026 and StepPet on October 8, 2026.

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