Steps vs StepSaga
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steps
Track your daily step count and stay motivated to reach your fitness goals. This app offers a simple way to monitor progress with customizable goals and visual celebrations upon achievement. Enjoy a lightweight and user-friendly experience with customizable display options.
- Daily step counting
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Customizable step goal
- Visual goal achievement celebration
- Light and Dark modes
- Small app size
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Achieve your 10,000 steps goal with Steps! Add the widget to your Lock Screen or Home Screen for daily motivation. When you hit 10,000 steps, the app turns green to celebrate your success. Strive for green every day to stay active and healthy. You can edit the goal if you want too. Steps is a simple app, and at less than 2MB, it's smaller than even just 1 photo on your iPhone. Enjoy both Light and Dark modes for the app and widget.
StepSaga
This app helps beginners build healthy habits with an automatic step counter and motivational streaks. Track steps, log activities, and enjoy gentle workouts. It makes consistency joyful and sustainable for long-term health.
- Automatic step counter
- Workout & activity logging
- Gentle beginner workouts
- Daily streaks & celebrations
- Social steps challenges
- Apple Health sync
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StepSaga: Step Counter & Step Tracker The perfect app for beginners ready to build healthy habits that actually stick. Start for free with our automatic step counter and motivational streaks — everything you need to build lasting healthy fitness habits. Track steps effortlessly with our HealthKit integration, track your runs and walks, stay motivated with shared step goals and step challenges with friends, celebrate every streak and enjoy gentle workouts. If you're looking to walk more, feel healthier, or work towards a fitness milestone, StepSaga makes consistency joyful and sustainable. You can start for free today! - Automatic step counter & pedometer (steps, distance, calories, flights climbed) - Shared step goals with friends - Milestones and Awards - Weekly step challenges with your partner or besties - SAGA Practice Partner to help motivate you - Daily streaks & joyful celebrations for small wins - Track your walks and runs - Apple Health sync — your data stays private - Reminders & Notifications - Weight Tracking - Workout & activity logging - Gentle workouts tailored to beginners — no equipment needed Want full weight tracking, activity history, and advanced progress stats and insights? Subscribe to StepSaga Premium anytime. Why StepSaga? If you've struggled with consistency, perhaps you're a busy parent or work is taking up too much time, StepSaga is your gentle companion: effortless step counter and step tracking, motivational streaks and celebrations, and progress that feels rewarding with streaks. Ideal for building looking to lose weight, boost energy, and supporting long-term healthy habits. It's not about perfection — it's about showing up. Download StepSaga free and start your first streak today! StepSaga Privacy Policy: https://www.getstepsaga.com/privacy-policy StepSaga Terms & Conditions: https://www.getstepsaga.com/terms-conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steps at none against StepSaga's 3. Steps also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (5.5K vs 6). StepSaga's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price 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
Both are free to download. StepSaga sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Steps asks for nothing beyond the download.
StepSaga holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps has 5.5K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Steps's written reviews are positive against 100% of StepSaga's.
Steps ships an update weekly, StepSaga every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steps | StepSaga |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (5.5K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.5K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dasmer Singh | Paul Morello |
Customer experience
Steps
StepSaga
Bugs and requests
Steps
Reported bugs
2 issues- Steps not syncing correctly
- App changes step totals retrospectively
Requested features
3 requests- Add distance and pace tracking
- Allow customization of step goal
- Extend historical data view beyond one week
StepSaga
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Steps
No in-app purchases
StepSaga
- StepSaga Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- StepSaga Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- StepSaga Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
