Comparison

SunBloom vs Step Timer

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

Head to head
About

SunBloom

Features
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SunBloom is your new kind of urban garden planning companion. SunBloom is designed to help every beginner urban gardener to cultivate vegetables by mapping out sun light so you can know what kind of vegetables that will grow more optimally in your environment. Scan Garden Area Detect the wind direction beforehand to determine your garden orientation. Then, simply scan the garden area using your phone camera. The screen will display the progress of the scanning and its recognition simultaneously, ensuring the accuracy of your expected area Create 3D Garden Model The visualization of the scanning result will be transformed into a stunning 3D model, offering a virtual perspective of your future garden. Explore every inch of it using the measuring tool to precisely understand the size ratio between the virtual and real world. Generate Shade Results The 3D model object will display the overall shade pattern generated from sunlight, creating different shades throughout the day. Gain a better understanding through the shade indicator, which consists of four different categories: full sun, partial sun, partial shade, and shade. Display Suitable Vegetable Identify different vegetables suitable for growth based on the overall shade pattern in your garden. Detailed information about various vegetables will be provided, from their health benefits and plant care. SunBloom is a feature-packed app designed to elevate your gardening experience by achieving the ideal balance between sunlight, shade, and vegetables. ย  Curious about which vegetables that will grow optimally in your garden? Get SunBloom today! *SunBloom currently requires a device with a LiDAR sensor, such as iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max, the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max, and the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max to run the 3D scanning feature.

About

Step Timer

Features
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A minimal step counter that lets you track your daily steps, measure steps over any time range, and runtimed walking sessions. Features: - Live daily step count powered by your device's motion sensor - Custom range measurement โ€” pick any start and end time to see how many steps you took - Session timer โ€” start, stop, and save walking sessions with elapsed time and step count - Session location tracking โ€” automatically records your start and end points, viewable on a map from your history - Full history of all your measurements and sessions - Clean, distraction-free design No account required. All data stays on your device .

Screenshots

SunBloom4 screens
Step Timer3 screens

Verdict

The call

SunBloom and Step Timer are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SunBloom versus Step Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSunBloomStep Timer
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size76 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMuhammad Afif MarufTidy Bear, LLC

In-app purchases

None

SunBloom

No in-app purchases

None

Step Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SunBloom free?
SunBloom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Step Timer free?
Step Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SunBloom or Step Timer have ads?
Neither SunBloom nor Step Timer shows ads.

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