Fantamon vs Steplings
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fantamon
Embark on a global adventure in this idle RPG where you team up with players worldwide. Collect over 100 unique creatures, strategize with a four-player squad, and watch your team progress even while you're offline. Role-swapping adds dynamic combat possibilities.
- Global servers and leaderboards
- 4-player team battles
- 100+ creatures to collect
- Idle progression system
- Role-swapping combat
- In-game chat with emojis
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Hey, global challengers! Ready to team up with players from Tokyo to Texas? In Fantamon: Idle RPG, you’ll join worldwide servers, race on leaderboards, and battle shoulder-to-shoulder with a squad of four — no language barrier, just pure fun and chaos! Welcome to Fantamon: Idle RPG — where “idle” never means “alone”! TOGETHER, WE FANTA! GLOBAL SERVERS = NO SLEEP, ALL ACTION • Race on worldwide leaderboards and outsmart rivals from every time zone! • Build your ultimate 4-player dream team — mix roles, swap tactics, and conquer contenients while cracking jokes in chat (emojis are the universal language). YOU BRING THE STRATEGY, WE BRING THE CHAOS • 100+ FANTAMONS TO COLLECT From 【Chubby Squeakzard】 to 【Funny Great Licky】, there’s a Fantamon match for every personality! • IDLE BUT NEVER BORING Your team keeps grinding while you sleep, work, or binge-watch cat videos. Even while you dream, your teammates from across the world will lead you through continents across time zones! Log back in to loot, evolve your Fantamon, and dominate the battlefield! • ROLE-SWAP LIKE A PRO Tank for breakfast, healer for lunch? Switch freely between multiple professions, each offering diverse advancement paths. Adapt your playstyle to crush every EVIL FANTAMON with flair! Ready to join the global Fanta-family? Join the adventure now and let’s turn the world into our playground! - Official X (Twitter): https://x.com/fantamon2025 - Official Discord: https://discord.gg/DDZPzmZ56w
Steplings
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Every step takes you somewhere. Steplings turns your phone's step counter into an illustrated trail adventure. Walk in the real world to cross six game terrains - from city streets and salt flats to jungle, volcanic ridge, and snowy alpine - and meet creatures that grow into talking companions along the way. WALK ANYWHERE Your everyday steps move you through the game. There is no route to record, session to start, or GPS map to follow. Weather on each illustrated trail changes how far your steps carry you, while streak grace and an adaptive daily Trailmark keep the focus encouraging rather than punishing FIND YOUR COMPANIONS Discover dozens of creatures, hatch trail eggs, build bonds by walking together, and help companions Blossom and Shine. Personalities and species-specific dialogue make each travel partner feel different FOLLOW A STORY ACROSS SIX TRAILS Find pages of Theo's journal and piece together Finding Ana, a story that runs from the city to the summit. Checkpoints, hidden locations, fellow wanderers, rare trail events, achievements, an Almanac, and a walking calendar give every trail more to uncover KEEP YOUR MOMENTS Take an optional trail photo, add a short note, and keep it in that trail's local gallery. Create companion and milestone cards, then share only when you choose. Export a .trailsave backup, with or without photos, through the system share sheet. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Core gameplay works offline • No Steplings account or cloud sync • No ads, analytics, telemetry, or GPS • No Health Connect, HealthKit, or Apple Health access • Steps, activity, progress, and photos stay in the app's local storage unless you choose to share or export • Optional notifications are scheduled locally Steplings is free to play with no paywalls. Steplings is a game and walking motivator, not a medical device or real-world weather service. Step counting depends on compatible device hardware.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steplings at none against Fantamon's 10. Steplings also leads on ads (none vs shown). Fantamon's advantage is chart position (#50 vs unranked) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Fantamon sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Steplings asks for nothing beyond the download.
Fantamon ships an update every 2 weeks, Steplings monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fantamon | Steplings |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (733 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 733 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #50 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.4 GB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shengqu Games | Tan Do |
In-app purchases
Fantamon
- Type 1 Gift Pack$0.99
- Type 9 Gift Pack$1.99
- Type 10 Gift Pack$2.99
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- Type 2 Gift Pack$4.99
- Type 3 Gift Pack$9.99
- Type 4 Gift Pack$14.99
- Type 5 Gift Pack$19.99
- Type 6 Gift Pack$29.99
- Type 7 Gift Pack$49.99
- Type 8 Gift Pack$99.99
Steplings
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Fantamon or Steplings have ads?
Which is updated more often, Fantamon or Steplings?
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