Consensus Gentium vs Eighty Thousand Steps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Consensus Gentium
Experience a unique cinematic journey where your gaze directs the narrative using AI and facial detection. Make choices that have real consequences, explore your subconscious, and witness the ripple effect of your decisions in an interactive odyssey.
- AI-powered interactive storytelling
- Eye gaze controls narrative progression
- Facial detection technology
- Choices impact story consequences
- Introspective and self-discovery themes
- Digital citizenship exploration
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Embark on a cinematic journey like no other with Consensus Gentium™, where your eye gaze shapes the story using AI by transforming film streaming into an interactive odyssey, with every look shaping your journey. Using the latest AI, AR and facial detection technology, this app creates a compelling narrative where your choices have real consequences. Navigate tests of trust, explore your subconscious choices, and witness the ripple effect of your decisions. Embark on a quest through the city to visit Nana, facing tests that gauge your trustworthiness for digital citizenship. Your gaze and choices ignite a dynamic tale of dissidence, compliance, and impact, not just within the app but echoing into your life. Experience storytelling inspired by the Mandala tradition, fostering introspection and self-discovery. By placing the participant at the center of this interactive storytelling experience the objective is to enable them to become conscious of this subconscious behavior through experiencing how their acquiescence or agency impacts the narrative world, and how their agency can affect the narrative of their life in the same way. Consensus Gentium™ promotes the idea that the future is not something that happens to us, but that it’s something that we create together. Consensus Gentium™ transforms film streaming into an interactive odyssey, with every look shaping your journey. Join us in crafting the future—your eyes will lead the way. Immerse yourself in an experience that goes beyond the screen, prompting introspection and a profound understanding of your role in the digital world. Consensus Gentium™ isn't just a film; it's a gateway to a new dimension of storytelling bringing the future to the present.
Eighty Thousand Steps
This interactive audio experience uses your steps to power a captivating story. Uncover a family secret through an immersive, cinematic saga inspired by real-life migration. Enjoy a unique blend of exercise and storytelling.
- Step-powered narrative
- Immersive surround-sound audio
- Unlockable clues
- Offline playback
- Accessible without walking
- In-app step counter
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Ready for an inspiring journey? Here’s the twist. You power this story—with your footsteps. Take a walk in someone else’s shoes. Uncover a long-buried secret. Welcome to a story like no other. Walk the dog, run an errand, stroll the park, take a coffee break around the block. You can even run or jog, hit the treadmill, step machine, or elliptical. Now listen. And be prepared: this will move you in every way. Body, mind, and heart. A cinematic saga for the ears. An intimate personal secret, dipped in folklore and magic. Eighty Thousand Steps is a unique, genre-bending interactive podcast about family and migration, inspired by the true story of journalist Crystal Chan’s search for what really happened to her grandmother as a refugee. Follow the clues beyond the headlines. How do you keep going, no matter where life takes you? From award-winning studios Stitch Media and CBC Arts: a show for those who walk their own path. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. What step will you take today? HAPPY STEPPERS “It’s like a double whammy, getting my exercise in and listening to a story—2 for 1 value.” “Very fun and I enjoyed having something to walk to that added purpose to my movement.” “I have been enjoying the story while I do my daily walk. It’s so immersive and I love the interactive quality.” “This approach to storytelling feels so fresh and real and human.” “Really tugged at my heartstrings.” SPECIAL FEATURES Motivating Step Counter: In-app step counter shows your steps traveled as you uncover the mystery. Immersive Storytelling: Groundbreaking surround-sound audio with hand-illustrated scrolling art. Unlock clues after listening to each of the six episodes. Accessible and Adaptive: Completely free. Available offline. All transcripts available. Walk or run at any speed. Enable Accessibility Mode to enjoy without walking. Secure and Private: Will not save or store your health, motion or fitness data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Consensus Gentium at 5.0 against Eighty Thousand Steps's 4.4. Eighty Thousand Steps's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Consensus Gentium holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Eighty Thousand Steps has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Consensus Gentium ships an update every 2 months, Eighty Thousand Steps every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 12, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Consensus Gentium | Eighty Thousand Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2.4 GB | 305 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Interactive Film Ltd | Stitch Media |
Customer experience
Consensus Gentium
Eighty Thousand Steps
In-app purchases
Consensus Gentium
No in-app purchases
Eighty Thousand Steps
No in-app purchases
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