Comparison

Weight Loss Tracker vs Step Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Weight Loss Tracker

Easily track your calorie intake, macros, and meals with AI-powered food and nutrition label scanning. Achieve your weight loss goals faster with personalized meal planning and progress visualization.

Highlights
  • AI food and meal scanning
  • Nutrition label scanning (OCR)
  • Calorie and macro tracking
  • Meal planner
  • Progress tracking and charts
  • Apple Watch integration
  • iCloud sync
Features
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See your progress. Find your rhythm. Reach your goal. Meet Weight Loss Tracking Buddy (WLTB), your personal companion for losing, gaining or maintaining weight. Set meaningful goals, log food in seconds and understand your progress. SEE YOUR FINISH LINE Choose a goal weight and a weekly pace or target date. Follow your progress, celebrate milestones and switch to maintenance when you reach your goal. TRENDS, NOT WOBBLES Explore interactive weight charts, pinch to zoom, inspect weigh-ins and see your trend line. Pro adds longer history and detailed charts for calories, macros and body progress. STOP GUESSING CALORIES (PRO) Snap a meal for AI calorie and macro estimates, or scan a nutrition label without typing it in. Log meals, save your favourites and track protein, carbs, fats, sugar, fibre and salt. KNOW WHAT'S LEFT TO EAT (PRO) See your daily calorie budget and macro targets at a glance. Apple Health can factor activity into your daily budget. YOUR WEIGHT, IN SYNC (PRO) Sync weight and food with Apple Health, and bring in weigh-ins from compatible apps and scales. MORE THAN A NUMBER (PRO) Track fasts with Live Activities, Dynamic Island updates and reminders. Record body measurements and compare before-and-after progress photos. MADE FOR YOUR DAY Reorder your dashboard cards, use Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets and log weigh-ins with Apple Watch. Siri and Shortcuts make logging quicker. Prefer weight-only tracking? Switch calorie tracking off. YOUR DATA, YOURS Keep WLTB records in sync with iCloud, import past weigh-ins, export CSV files and back up your data. Track your weight for free. Upgrade to Pro for food logging, advanced charts, fasting, Apple Health and more. Food scan estimates are for information only, not medical advice. Terms: https://weightlosstrackingbuddy.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy: https://weightlosstrackingbuddy.com/privacy-policy EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Step Tracker

This app transforms your daily steps into a fun, collectible adventure. Walk to hatch eggs and discover over 200 unique creatures, with rarer beasts unlocked through consistent activity. Track your progress with detailed statistics and motivating home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Collect 200 unique beasts
  • Daily streak rewards for rare creatures
  • Detailed step, distance, and calorie statistics
  • Motivating home screen widgets
  • Apple Health and wearable support
Features
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Turn your daily steps into a real adventure! Steps & Beasts motivates you to walk more by turning every step into progress on your very own Journey — hatching eggs, collecting Beasts, and unlocking a whole world along the way. WHY STEPS & BEASTS? Every morning starts with a new egg. Walk toward your step goal and watch it hatch into a unique Beast. At the same time, your character moves forward on the Journey — a real path that grows with your steps, taking you through new biomes, landmarks, and levels. FEATURES YOU'LL LOVE: • YOUR OWN JOURNEY Every step carries your character down a living path. Explore distinct biomes, reach landmarks, open treasure chests, and level up as your total steps add up. • COLLECT 250+ UNIQUE BEASTS Hatch a new Beast every time you reach your goal. Hatch the same Beast again and again to unlock shiny Gold and Glitter looks. • QUESTS, XP & FEATHERS Complete quests along the Journey to earn XP and Feathers, then spend Feathers in the Shop on new looks for your character. • DAILY STREAK REWARDS Keep your streak alive to unlock rarer and more legendary Beasts. • DETAILED STATISTICS Track your daily steps, distance, calories, and 7-day averages — plus motivating charts and comparisons. • WIDGETS THAT MOTIVATE Watch your egg evolve as you move — right from your iPhone home screen or Lock Screen. • APPLE WATCH & APPLE HEALTH Steps are tracked automatically from your iPhone, Apple Watch, or any Apple Health‑compatible wearable. • NEVER LOSE PROGRESS Your steps, Beasts, and Journey are safely backed up to iCloud, so switching to a new iPhone is effortless. Start your Journey today and make walking the highlight of your day! Support: malte@stepsandbeasts.app Privacy: https://stepsandbeasts.app/privacy Terms: https://stepsandbeasts.app/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Weight Loss Tracker4 screens
Step Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Step Tracker at every 2 weeks against Weight Loss Tracker's every 5 weeks. Step Tracker also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 81%) and ratings volume (416 vs 72). Weight Loss Tracker's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Weight Loss Tracker sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days and Step Tracker sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $0.79 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Weight Loss Tracker against 4.8 for Step Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Step Tracker has 416 ratings behind it against 72, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Weight Loss Tracker's written reviews are positive against 92% of Step Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weight Loss Tracker ships an update every 5 weeks, Step Tracker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Weight Loss Tracker versus Step Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeight Loss TrackerStep Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (72 ratings)4.8 (416 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews91.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings72416 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDanny LawMalte Peters

Customer experience

Weight Loss Tracker

All ratings71 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral2.8%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.0%

Step Tracker

All ratings366 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive91.8%
Neutral1.0%
Negative7.2%

Bugs and requests

Weight Loss Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Step Tracker

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Step count is off
  • Widgets not updating
  • App not starting
  • Streak broken due to app update
  • Incorrect step/distance tracking
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  • Charged for subscription unexpectedly

Requested features

8 requests
  • Integration with iWatch Home Screen
  • More diverse creature rewards
  • Bios for creatures
  • Ability to compete with friends
  • Step count displayed on watch
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  • Widgets for home screen
  • More beasts to collect
  • Option to hide potential animals until earned

In-app purchases

17 purchases

Weight Loss Tracker

Subscriptions16
  • Pro Subscription$1.497 Days
  • Pro Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly2 variants$1.991 Month
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  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Pro Six Months7 Days trial$9.996 Months
  • Pro Yearly$11.991 Year
  • Pro Six Months$12.996 Months
  • Pro Six Months3 Days trial$12.996 Months
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly2 variants$19.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly$23.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro AccessFree
13 purchases

Step Tracker

Subscriptions8
  • Pro Weekly Subscription$0.797 Days
  • Pro Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
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  • Pro Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pro Annual Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$17.901 Year
  • Annual Subscription3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time5
  • Pro Lifetime$24.99
  • Pro Lifetime$39.99
  • Pro Lifetime$49.99
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  • Pro Lifetime$59.99
  • Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Weight Loss Tracker free?
Weight Loss Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Step Tracker free?
Step Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Weight Loss Tracker or Step Tracker?
Step Tracker is rated higher. Weight Loss Tracker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 72 ratings, while Step Tracker averages 4.8 from 416 ratings.
Do Weight Loss Tracker or Step Tracker have ads?
Neither Weight Loss Tracker nor Step Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weight Loss Tracker or Step Tracker?
Weight Loss Tracker ships an update every 5 weeks, and Step Tracker every 2 weeks. Most recently, Weight Loss Tracker was updated on October 27, 2026 and Step Tracker on October 30, 2026.

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