Only Steps vs Steppa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Only Steps
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Only Steps shows your daily step count in the app, in Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and as a Live Activity. DISCLAIMERS * Only Steps uses location changes in the background to update the step count while you move. This can slightly decrease battery life * Apple Health integration: When enabled, Only Steps reads step count from Apple Health. Only Steps does not modify or share Health data
Steppa
Compete with friends and family in step counting challenges and leagues. Track your progress, climb world rankings, and build healthy walking habits through social competition.
- Step count rankings
- Leagues and challenges
- World rankings
- Private group competitions
- Achievement tracking
- Habit building
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Be the fit friend who walks every day. Steppa is a social step counting app with rankings, leagues, challenges and achievements. Create private groups to compete in step count rankings and challenges with your friends and family, or challenge yourself to dominate the leagues. View your world rankings or join public groups to compete with others. Build a good walking habit and see where it takes you. Steppa Pro subscription required after onboarding to create groups. 7-day free trial on Monthly and Yearly plans. The Steppa Pro subscription auto-renews until cancelled in Settings. Privacy Policy: https://steppa.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://steppa.app/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Steppa at Free against Only Steps's $0.99. Steppa also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Only Steps's advantage is chart position (#199 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Steppa is free to download; Only Steps costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Only Steps ships an update every 6 weeks, Steppa every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Only Steps | Steppa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Best chart rank | #199 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Akos Polster | SMRLND LLC |
In-app purchases
Only Steps
No in-app purchases
Steppa
No in-app purchases
