Comparison

StepTracker vs Challenges Aid

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

Head to head
About

StepTracker

This application helps you increase your daily steps and motivation to reach your fitness goals. It automatically tracks your steps, even when the app is closed, and offers a home screen widget for easy progress monitoring. Set custom goals, earn awards, and view your weekly progress with insightful charts.

Highlights
  • Automatic step counting
  • Apple Health integration
  • Customizable step goals
  • Home screen widget
  • Weekly step charts
  • Awards for progress
Features
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StepTracker — the walking you already do, worth looking at. StepTracker turns the steps Apple Health already tracks into a daily habit worth checking — records, streaks, and patterns from data you're already generating, on your phone and nowhere else. SEE TODAY AT A GLANCE Your ring animates up the moment you open the app. A daily card tells a different story depending on when you check — yesterday's story in the morning, your pace to goal at midday, how close you are to a personal best by evening. EVERY WALK, TRACKED LIVE Start a live walk and watch your count in real time — on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, and on your Apple Watch. It ends itself if you forget, and nothing is ever written back to Health. WIDGETS AND A WATCH APP Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show your ring and count without opening the app. Complications do the same on your wrist, plus a dedicated watch app for your ring, streak, and goal. RECORDS THAT MEAN SOMETHING Personal bests, streaks, and a weekday fingerprint that shows when you actually move. Chase themed journeys — from New York City to the Idaho wilderness to the Pacific Northwest — each one turning distance into a badge collection. 30+ METRICS, ONE PLACE Steps, distance, stairs, walking speed, cadence, and more — each with its own history and chart. COMPLETELY PRIVATE Every calculation happens on your device. No account, no server, no ads. Your health data is never sent anywhere — not even to us. FREE TO TRY StepTracker is free to download and free to use for 7 days. After that, continue with a subscription — monthly, yearly (with its own free trial), or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices shown in USD and may vary by region. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be managed or cancelled anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Challenges Aid

This app helps you track and achieve your monthly Apple Watch fitness challenges. It provides insights into your progress, offers reminders, and displays your achievements through a history tab and customizable widgets.

Highlights
  • Monthly challenge progress tracking
  • Historical achievement overview
  • Motivational messages
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Limited Edition Challenge tracking
  • Customizable reminders
Features
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Struggling to complete your Apple Watch challenges each month? Let us aid you! With Challenges Aid you will get easier and better insights into your progress this month. You can be reminded on the first day of each month to set your new challenges and with the History tab you will build a great overview of your achievements through the years. Small motivational messages will keep you going and inform you how you are doing. And with both Lock Screen and Homescreen widgets you always have your progress right at hand! Challenges Aid gets your data from Apple Health and only requires read access. The Apple Watch challenges cannot be read from your Health app or the Watch, those must be set manually each month. A reminder will help you do that. ThisMonth Overview * Get a clear view on today's progress * Get an overview of this month's challenge and progress * Get an overview of how much time has passed in the month * See day by day whether or not you achieved that day's goal or reached the required average Limited Edition Challenges* * Track the current, upcoming and previous Limited Edition Challenges * Get a clear view on the current challenges * Look back which challenges you’ve achieved and which you didn’t * More details to come later History* * Add previous challenges and see at a glance which ones you achieved * Open a challenge to see more details Settings * Toggle motivational messages on or off * Choose between distances in kilometers or miles * Toggle the monthly reminder on or off and set a time* * Toggle the monthly summary on or off and let it be auto saved * Subscribe to Limited Edition Notifications to never miss one* With companion Apple Watch App (work in progress). Widgets for your iPhone's Home and Lock Screen and Apple Watch complications! Challenges Aid Plus: * Get access to Limited Edition Challenges * Get your full History instead of the past 12 months * Set reminders and notifications * More widgets (coming soon) * Deeper insights (coming soon) Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) applies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

StepTracker4 screens
Challenges Aid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: StepTracker at 100% against Challenges Aid's 30%. StepTracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Challenges Aid's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Challenges Aid sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. StepTracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StepTracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of StepTracker's written reviews are positive against 30% of Challenges Aid's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StepTracker ships an update every 8 days, Challenges Aid fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and July 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
StepTracker versus Challenges Aid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepTrackerChallenges Aid
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.1 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better30.0% of reviews
Number of ratings27 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrittany RimaTim Hilker

Customer experience

StepTracker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Challenges Aid

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral28.6%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

StepTracker

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Challenges Aid

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Plus Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is StepTracker free?
StepTracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Challenges Aid free?
Challenges Aid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, StepTracker or Challenges Aid?
StepTracker is rated higher. StepTracker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Challenges Aid averages 4.1 from 7 ratings.
Do StepTracker or Challenges Aid have ads?
Neither StepTracker nor Challenges Aid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StepTracker or Challenges Aid?
StepTracker ships an update every 8 days, and Challenges Aid fortnightly. Most recently, StepTracker was updated on September 14, 2026 and Challenges Aid on July 9, 2026.

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