Comparison

Hiking Tracker vs StepUp

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

Head to head
About

Hiking Tracker

Track your hiking fitness with this simple GPS app. Monitor distance, speed, altitude, and calories burned. Share your progress and get real-time voice updates. Integrates with Apple Health and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • GPS hike tracking
  • Real-time stats (speed, distance, altitude, time)
  • Color-coded route maps
  • Voice progress updates
  • Split time analysis
  • Calorie burn estimation
  • Shoe distance tracking
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Vima is a GPS based tracking app for people who want to keep track of their hiking fitness goals. It is an app aimed at simplicity that allows hikers to keep track of their hikes easily without a lot of unnecessary stuff getting in the way. APPLE WATCH Easily start, pause, resume, and save a hike without ever getting your phone out of your pocket. Check your distance, speed, time, and altitude from your Apple Watch in realtime. STATS AND MAPS Vima tracks speed, distance, altitude, and time. It also gives you a map showing where you have been while you are saving a hike so you can see where you've been. COLOR CODED When viewing saved walks your route shows up on the map color coded by speed. It shows where you went the fastest (green) and where you were slowest (red). VOICE SUMMARY Don't want to look at the screen every few minutes? You can have the app tell you updates on your progress in set distance and/or time intervals. SPLIT TIMES Added splits to the history review page. Choose from 9 different distances and see how each section of your workout went. CALORIES See calories burned. Set your weight in settings and get your calories burned in real time and on the history page after your run. SHOE TRACKING Track the distance on your walking shoes so you know when it's time to replace them before they start causing problems PAUSE AND RESUME Pause the workout to catch your breath or chat with a friend and then resume when you get back to it. FACEBOOK & INSTAGRAM Share your workout with your friends on Facebook or Instagram with our easy to use integration. UNITS The supports both standard and metric units. HEALTH KIT Apple Health permissions allow us to enhance your data as well as saving your workout information to Apple Health. If you've read this far, you should definitely give Vima a shot. We think you'll love it, and if there is anything you'd like to see for the app in the future just let us know. We love hearing from our users. Note: Continued use of the GPS will reduce battery life. If you upgrade to a premium subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. The monthly subscription costs USD 4.99 per month, while the yearly subscription costs USD 19.99 per year. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. There is no increase in cost when renewing. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings in iTunes after purchase. Once purchased, the current period cannot be canceled. Find the full terms and conditions and our privacy policy at http://www.30-south.com/privacy-policy/

About

StepUp

This app helps you track your daily steps and reach your fitness goals. It offers supportive notifications, a unique feature to block distracting apps until your goal is met, and customizable home screen widgets. Your health data remains private on your device.

Highlights
  • Step tracking
  • Supportive notifications
  • App blocking feature
  • Home screen widgets
  • 100% private data
  • Customizable widgets
Features
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Health care professionals recommend to walk 10,000 steps per day to stay in good shape. You want to take that daily challenge? StepUp is the app you need. Easy to use, it helps you to reach your goal every single day. Stay focus and concentrate on your steps thanks to great features. Taking care of you has never been easier! …SUPPORTIVE NOTIFICATIONS… StepUp sends you notifications to help you reach your daily goal. When you’ve reached 10,000 steps, what a pleasure to be congratulated! …BLOCKING OTHER APPS… It’s not easy to concentrate when we are constantly distracted. How many times a day are you using the different apps you have on your phone? StepUp is a good coach: it can block your apps until you hit your daily goal. You want to connect to Instagram? First, walk! …100% PRIVATE… Our responsibility is to protect your privacy. StepUp asks to access your Apple Health data. This way, your data stays on your phone. It is not collected or used in any way. …STUNNING WIDGETS FOR YOUR HOME SCREEN… Get a nice StepUp widget for your home screen. It will help you follow your daily steps’ number. You can personalize your widget with different colors! Privacy Policy https://app.termly.io/policy-viewer/policy.html?policyUUID=718952c6-ffb8-4367-b9c2-87b11da8d05c Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hiking Tracker4 screens
StepUp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: StepUp at daily against Hiking Tracker's every 3 weeks. StepUp also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 43%). Hiking Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). 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. Hiking Tracker sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and StepUp sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 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 Hiking Tracker against 4.8 for StepUp. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 62 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 43% of Hiking Tracker's written reviews are positive against 70% of StepUp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hiking Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, StepUp daily. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hiking Tracker versus StepUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiking TrackerStepUp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (46 ratings)4.8 (62 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews70.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4662 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB63 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer30 South LLCApp Craft Consulting

Customer experience

Hiking Tracker

All ratings46 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

StepUp

All ratings62 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive70.4%
Neutral14.8%
Negative14.8%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Hiking Tracker

Subscriptions8
  • Vima Premium$4.997 Days
  • Hiking Tracker Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Vima Hike Premium$14.993 Months
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  • Hiking Tracker Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Vima Premium1 Year trial$29.991 Year
  • Hiking Tracker Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Vima Hiking Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Vima Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
5 purchases

StepUp

Subscriptions3
  • StepUp Extended | Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • StepUp Extended | Monthly$2.991 Month
  • StepUp Extended | Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • StepUp Extended | GiftFree
  • StepUp Extended | Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Hiking Tracker free?
Hiking Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StepUp free?
StepUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hiking Tracker or StepUp?
StepUp is rated higher. Hiking Tracker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while StepUp averages 4.8 from 62 ratings.
Do Hiking Tracker or StepUp have ads?
Neither Hiking Tracker nor StepUp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hiking Tracker or StepUp?
Hiking Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and StepUp daily. Most recently, Hiking Tracker was updated on October 14, 2026 and StepUp on October 14, 2026.

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