StepsBot vs Step Year
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StepsBot
Track your daily steps, set fitness goals, and monitor your progress with automatic counting and insightful charts. Syncs with Apple Health for a comprehensive view of your activity.
- Automatic step counting
- Goal setting
- Calorie tracking
- Activity charts and animations
- Apple Health integration
- Daily, weekly, and monthly views
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Set goals. Count steps. Burn calories. StepsBot INCLUDES • Automatic step counting • Stunning charts and animations • Apple Health integration • Trends. Totals. Records. • Powerful day, week, and month views Apple Health • Integrates with the Health app to display walking data. ----- StepsBot Pro is available with a monthly or annual subscription. You can subscribe and pay through your Apple account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renew may be turned off after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.zhihuke.com/stepbot/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.zhihuke.com/stepbot/privacy.html
Step Year
Visualize your yearly step data with interactive daily views. Scroll and tap to see photos from specific days, jogging your memory about your activity. Share your annual step count and stats with friends and family.
- Yearly step data visualization
- Daily step count review
- Photo integration for daily context
- Step count sharing with friends
- One-time purchase for historical data
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Review your step data from a bird's eye view! Have fun scrolling and tapping around to see photos you took that day. Jog your memory on why you took that many steps! Share and compare your total year's step count and stats with friends and family! ______ Your step data for the current year is unlocked for free. Unlock the step data from all your previous years with a one-time purchase!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Step Year at none against StepsBot's shown. Step Year also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. StepsBot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Step Year sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Step Year holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of StepsBot's written reviews are positive against 75% of Step Year's.
StepsBot ships an update weekly, Step Year every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StepsBot | Step Year |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (26 ratings) | 4.6 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 杏娣 吴 | Shannon Bolick |
Customer experience
StepsBot
Step Year
In-app purchases
StepsBot
- StepsBot Pro$0.991 Month
- StepsBot Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Year
Step Year
- Unlock Past Years$4.99
