Comparison

Challenge Tracker vs Steps

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

Head to head
About

Challenge Tracker

Track your progress towards monthly health and fitness goals, including steps, distance, and exercise minutes. Integrates with Apple Health to visualize your progress with rings and charts. Supports various activities and is fully accessible.

Highlights
  • Set monthly goals
  • Track various activities (walking, running, exercise, steps, cycling, swimming)
  • Integrates with Apple Health
  • Progress rings and bar charts
  • VoiceOver and Apple Audio Graph accessibility
  • Supports iPhone and iPod
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Set a monthly goal or use suggested goal and keep track on the progress throughout the month or number days in a month that you want to achieve the daily goal. Set different types of activities - Walking + Running Distance - Exercise ** - Steps Count - Cycling Distance (App or device may be needed) - Swimming Distance (App or device may be needed) - Move (Apple Watch required or iPhone on iOS16 or later) - Wheelchair Distance Activities integrates with Apple Health app to be able to show a progress ring so each day you can see if you are on target for the month and a bar chart showing each day amount compared to the goal each day. Fully accessible with Voice Over and Apple Audio Graph. ** Movement equal to or exceeding the intensity of a brisk walk counts towards your Exercise minutes. Apple Watch not required for some of activities but recommended. Apple and Apple Watch are a trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

About

Steps

Features
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Steps - Simple Step Counter Track your daily steps with a beautifully designed app that focuses on what matters: your progress. Steps is the step counter you've been looking for. No overwhelming features, no confusing menus, no subscriptions. Just open the app and see your steps, beautifully displayed with a satisfying progress ring that fills as you walk toward your daily goal. FEATURES Daily Step Tracking See today's steps front and center with a gorgeous circular progress ring. Watch it fill up as you get closer to your goal—and enjoy a confetti celebration when you hit it! Beautiful Charts Track your progress over time with elegant charts showing your weekly, monthly, and yearly step history. Tap any bar to see detailed stats for that day. Insights & Analytics Discover your best day of the week, track your current streak, see weekly trends, and view personal records. All your stats, beautifully visualized. History Browser Dive into your complete step history with all-time statistics, year-by-year comparisons, and a custom date range picker to analyze any period you want. Theme Customization Make Steps yours with 8 accent colors and 4 chart styles. Your theme syncs across iPhone, Apple Watch, and all widgets. Home Screen Widgets Add stunning widgets to your home screen in small, medium, or large sizes—now with weekly charts and theme support. Apple Watch App Your steps, right on your wrist. The companion Watch app shows your daily progress and weekly chart, with complications that match your chosen theme. Customizable Goals Set your own daily step goal. Your goal syncs automatically between your iPhone and Apple Watch. Privacy First Steps reads your step data from the Health app and that's it. No accounts, no cloud sync, no tracking. Your health data stays on your device. WHY STEPS? Simple by design: No bloat, no unnecessary features No subscription: Free forever No ads: A clean, distraction-free experience Haptic feedback: Feel satisfying taps as you interact Lightweight: Minimal battery impact POWERED BY HEALTHKIT Steps uses Apple HealthKit to read your step data. This means it works with your iPhone's built-in motion sensors, or any connected fitness devices like Apple Watch. You don't need to carry your phone in a specific way or enable any special tracking. If HealthKit has your steps, Steps shows them.

Screenshots

Challenge Tracker4 screens
Steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Steps at every 2 days against Challenge Tracker's every 3 weeks. Challenge Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Challenge Tracker against 5.0 for Steps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Challenge Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Steps every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Challenge Tracker versus Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChallenge TrackerSteps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNigel GeeCORNELIUS BOTHA THIART

In-app purchases

None

Challenge Tracker

No in-app purchases

None

Steps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Challenge Tracker free?
Challenge Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Challenge Tracker or Steps?
Challenge Tracker and Steps are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Challenge Tracker or Steps have ads?
Neither Challenge Tracker nor Steps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Challenge Tracker or Steps?
Challenge Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Steps every 2 days. Most recently, Challenge Tracker was updated on October 12, 2026 and Steps on October 24, 2026.

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