Comparison

Poop Tracker vs Stepglow

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

Head to head
About

Poop Tracker

This app helps users track detailed information about their bowel movements, including type, color, pain, and more. It's designed for individuals with chronic gut conditions to monitor their digestive health and share data with their doctor. Features include quick logging, detailed history, and health integrations.

Highlights
  • Detailed stool logging (type, color, pain, blood, mucus)
  • Customizable notes for additional details
  • Toilet timer to track time spent
  • Comprehensive history with charts and insights
  • Data export for sharing with healthcare providers
  • Integration with Apple Health
  • Optional trackers for symptoms, medications, and nutrition
Features
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Record each trip you take to the bathroom with details for urine and your stool, such as: type, shape, color, smell, volume, pain level, time spent on the toilet, presence of blood and pieces of food, whether it floats or not, if there was excessive flatulence, strain to evacuate, presence of mucus and write notes about it. Digestive health is essential, especially when you have a chronic illness. Tracking your bowel movements can help your doctor measure the time it takes for food to pass through your body and leave as waste. Analyzing the shape, size and characteristics of your stool may also help them identify a possible digestive problem. Designed for people with chronic gut conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and IBD (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and microscopic colitis). • Bowel problems such as acid reflux, dyspepsia, nausea, chronic abdominal pain, bloating, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with symptoms such as chronic bloating, abdominal pain, constipation and diarrhea • Short bowel syndrome, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), gastritis, celiac disease • Diets such as gluten-free, fructose-free, histamine-free and lactose-free, clean eating, healthy eating, keto • Food intolerances and sensitivities such as dairy, lactose, cow's milk allergy, fructose, histamine, gluten/wheat • Leaky gut syndrome & Candida albicans • Period/menstrual cycle-related digestive problems Why Users Pick Us ------------------- QUICK LOGGING Log your stool based on established medical standards such as the Bristol Stool scale which provides for consistency and medical relevance STOOL FACTORS Log your complete details including factors such as Urgency, Blood, Pain, Color, Mucus POOP NOTES Anything that does not fit anywhere else you can record as notes POOP TIMER Start the timer to see how long you spend on the toilet build directly into the tracker, look for patterns DETAILED HISTORY See how you've been doing in Logs, Charts, and additional Insights (over 30 charts!) EXPORT YOUR DATA Share it digitally with a caregiver by adding them directly within the App or Export your logs to analyze elsewhere or print them HEALTH INTEGRATION WITH APPLE HEALTH Import data directly from Apple Health for more comprehensive charts and logs to find meaningful connections TRACK EVEN MORE If needed enable the built-in symptom tracker, medication tracker, nutrition tracker, activity tracker and other trackers to record all aspects of your health! REMEMBER MORE If needed add reminders for medications, symptom checks, measurement checks for blood pressure, pulse, etc We would love to hear from you. Send your questions, suggestions, and feedback to support@careclinc.io Read our terms (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Stepglow

Features
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Stepglow puts today's step count where your eyes already go: your Home Screen and Lock Screen. One look, and you know where you stand. YOUR STEPS, AT A GLANCE • Home Screen widgets in small, medium and large, with an hour-by-hour view of your day • Lock Screen widgets: a ring, a number or a single line above the clock • A big, live count in the app that ticks up as you walk CELEBRATE EVERY GOAL • Pick a daily goal and watch your progress fill in through the day • Hit it and get a quick buzz, plus fireworks the next time you open the app • Build a streak of days at goal and earn badges, fs YOUR WEEK AND MONTH • This week and this month at a glance, with your daily average and the days you hit your goal STEPGLOW PLUS An optional one-time purchase. No subscription, anded. • Six more themes, with matching widgets and app icons • Your full history: step back through past weeks aart and a calendar of the days you hit your goal • Tap any day to see its steps, distance and hour-by-hour pattern • New Plus features as they arrive, at no extra cos WORKS WITH APPLE HEALTH Stepglow reads your steps and walking distance from Apple Health, including steps from Apple Watch, and from your iPhone's motion sensor. It only reads, and never writes to Health. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no ads, no analytics and no tracking.

Screenshots

Poop Tracker4 screens
Stepglow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stepglow at none against Poop Tracker's 15. Stepglow also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). Poop Tracker's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price and ads 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

Both are free to download. Poop Tracker sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Stepglow asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Poop Tracker ships an update every 6 weeks, Stepglow every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Poop Tracker versus Stepglow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPoop TrackerStepglow
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (63 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews53.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings63 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCARECLINIC SOFTWARE INC.Cascadia DIgital Inc.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Poop Tracker

Subscriptions12
  • easy pass$5.997 Days
  • weather max$9.993 Months
  • flex pass$9.991 Month
Show 9 more
  • carey ai max$19.991 Month
  • carey ai ultra$29.991 Month
  • smart pass$34.991 Year
  • your free week3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • select pass$49.991 Year
  • 7-Day Trial7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • limited sale$49.991 Year
  • limited deal$49.991 Year
  • full access3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time3
  • store credit$1.99
  • carey ai credits$8.99
  • lifetime upgrade$149.99
None

Stepglow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Poop Tracker free?
Poop Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stepglow free?
Stepglow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Poop Tracker or Stepglow have ads?
Neither Poop Tracker nor Stepglow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Poop Tracker or Stepglow?
Poop Tracker ships an update every 6 weeks, and Stepglow every 2 days. Most recently, Poop Tracker was updated on November 1, 2026 and Stepglow on October 29, 2026.

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