Comparison

AwesoTimer vs Step Year

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

Head to head
About

AwesoTimer

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The most customizable Fitness Timer and Activity tracker on the App Store — now with Sleep tracking and AI-powered insights. Free, simple, and packed with features. Track your steps, distance, floors, calories, and sleep — then let AwesoTimer's AI turn them into plain-language coaching: daily and weekly summaries, patterns, and tips (including how your activity and sleep affect each other). AI Insights (new): Daily and weekly AI summaries of your activity Sleep analysis that explains your night, including deep and REM sleep Spot patterns between your steps and your sleep Sleep (new): Follow your nightly sleep duration, stages, and efficiency Set a personal sleep goal and see green when you hit it Sleep in the Daily and Monthly calendars, with clickable charts Activity & Step counter: Combines data from all your devices (multiple iPhones and Apple Watch) Steps, distance (mi/km), floors climbed, and calories burned Personal daily and weekly goals with progress tracking Daily calendar (last 365 days) and Monthly calendar with clickable per-month charts Tap days, week numbers, and months for detailed summaries Pick and highlight the metric that matters most to you Quick Notes on any day, Insights for your best days and periods Fixed time zone for travel; Widgets for Lock and Home screen Distance calculator by height/step length, or Auto mode Power-efficient walk tracker (works indoors too) with a Monthly walk calendar Fitness (HIIT) timer: Unlimited Timers, Intervals, and Repeats (Rounds), all with custom names Text-to-speech announces each Interval; always-on screen with unique colors Background mode with locked screen; step counting during intervals Share Timers with friends, import from JSON; swipe to edit/remove Completed-timer history with a Monthly calendar Available in English, Swedish, and Bulgarian. Want another language, a new feature, or to leave feedback? Contact us anytime from the Settings menu.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Yearly step data visualization
  • Daily step count review
  • Photo integration for daily context
  • Step count sharing with friends
  • One-time purchase for historical data
Features
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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!

Screenshots

AwesoTimer4 screens
Step Year4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AwesoTimer at none against Step Year's 1. AwesoTimer also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Step Year sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AwesoTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AwesoTimer ships an update every 2 days, Step Year every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AwesoTimer versus Step Year: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAwesoTimerStep Year
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOgnyan TonchevShannon Bolick

In-app purchases

None

AwesoTimer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Step Year

One-time1
  • Unlock Past Years$4.99

Questions

Is AwesoTimer free?
AwesoTimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Step Year free?
Step Year is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AwesoTimer or Step Year have ads?
Neither AwesoTimer nor Step Year shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AwesoTimer or Step Year?
AwesoTimer ships an update every 2 days, and Step Year every 2 weeks. Most recently, AwesoTimer was updated on September 8, 2026 and Step Year on August 14, 2026.

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