Climb Lines vs Step Year
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Climb Lines
Discover climbing routes and adventures with GPS tracking. Connect with local guides and share your climbing experiences. Find your next outdoor challenge.
- GPS tracking for climbing routes
- Route finding capabilities
- Hire local climbing guides
- Share climbing reports
- Discover climbing adventures
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Mobile app for: - GPS tracks for climbing and route finding - Hire Local guides - Share Climbing Reports
Step Year
Visualize your yearly step data with interactive daily views. Scroll and tap to see photos from specific days, jogging your memory about your activity. Share your annual step count and stats with friends and family.
- Yearly step data visualization
- Daily step count review
- Photo integration for daily context
- Step count sharing with friends
- One-time purchase for historical data
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Review your step data from a bird's eye view! Have fun scrolling and tapping around to see photos you took that day. Jog your memory on why you took that many steps! Share and compare your total year's step count and stats with friends and family! ______ Your step data for the current year is unlocked for free. Unlock the step data from all your previous years with a one-time purchase!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Climb Lines at none against Step Year's 1. Climb Lines also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Step Year's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (25 vs 7). On price 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. Step Year sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Climb Lines asks for nothing beyond the download.
Climb Lines holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Climb Lines's written reviews are positive against 75% of Step Year's.
Climb Lines ships an update every 5 days, Step Year every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Climb Lines | Step Year |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 4.6 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SETO X, LLC | Shannon Bolick |
Customer experience
Climb Lines
Step Year
In-app purchases
Climb Lines
No in-app purchases
Step Year
- Unlock Past Years$4.99
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