Stepful vs Passive Apps Community
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stepful
Access your learning materials, assignments, and grades on the go. Stay updated with important notifications about deadlines and engage with your peer community. This mobile platform brings the full learning experience to your device.
- Access course materials
- View assignments
- Check grades
- Engage with peer community
- Receive deadline notifications
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The Stepful app is the way to access the Stepful learning experience on mobile devices, and receive important push notifications like upcoming assignment deadlines. A Stepful student can login to their Stepful account and access course materials like assignments, their peer community, and their grades.
Passive Apps Community
This app offers online training and a community to guide users through the process of creating and launching their own mobile applications from the ground up. It's designed for aspiring app developers looking for structured learning and peer support.
- Mobile app training programs
- Community support forum
- Guidance on launching apps
- Learn app development from scratch
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PassiveApps is an online training & program and community for launching mobile apps from scratch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Stepful at 4.0 against Passive Apps Community's 3.0. Stepful also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and ratings volume (28 vs 2). Passive Apps Community's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Stepful holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stepful has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Stepful's written reviews are positive against 0% of Passive Apps Community's.
Stepful ships an update every 10 months, Passive Apps Community every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and August 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stepful | Passive Apps Community |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (28 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stepful Inc | Lucas Lee-Tyson |
Customer experience
Stepful
Passive Apps Community
In-app purchases
Stepful
No in-app purchases
Passive Apps Community
No in-app purchases
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