Comparison

Steps vs GotSteps

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

Head to head
About

Steps

Effortlessly track your daily walking progress, distance, and calories burned. Set personalized step goals, build streaks, and earn achievement badges to stay motivated on your fitness journey. Integrates with Apple Health for private, on-device tracking.

Highlights
  • Live step, distance, and calorie tracking
  • Customizable daily step goals
  • Achievement badges and streaks
  • 7-day trend and monthly calendar views
  • Home screen widgets
  • Apple Health integration
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Want to walk more and stay active? Steps makes it effortless — just carry your phone and watch your daily progress grow. WHY YOU'LL LOVE STEPS • Live step count, distance, and calories — updated in real time • Set your daily goal from 1,000 to 50,000 steps and build streaks • Earn achievement badges — from first-day milestones to lifetime goals • 7-day trend chart shows your weekly activity pattern • Monthly calendar view for quick daily check-ins • Yearly history with clear totals by month STAY MOTIVATED • Streak counter rewards consistency — don't break the chain • Track your best day, best week, and lifetime records • Celebrate milestones with badges you actually earned DESIGNED FOR YOUR LIFESTYLE • Home screen widgets: daily steps, distance, calories, and weekly trend • Color themes with matching app icon • Reads from Apple Health on-device — no account, no cloud, fully private Download Steps and start building a healthier walking habit today.

About

GotSteps

Turn your walks into fun, competitive challenges with friends and family. Compete in step or calorie battles with automatic tracking and various fair play modes. Track progress, view real-time leaderboards, and share results.

Highlights
  • Private group challenges
  • Step or calorie battles
  • Automatic HealthKit sync
  • Fair competition modes
  • Real-time leaderboards
  • Battle recaps
  • Share results
Features
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Transform your daily walks into competitive battles with friends, family, or coworkers. GotSteps makes fitness fun through private group challenges with automatic tracking and fair play modes. What You Can Do: • Create or join private battles with 6-character invite codes • Compete in step or calorie battles (1 day to infinite duration) • Automatic HealthKit sync—no manual entry, no cheating • Fair competition modes: Classic (highest total wins), Handicap (baseline-adjusted scoring), and Best Days (only your best N days count) • Real-time leaderboards with daily stats, streaks, and rankings • Battle recaps with winners, comebacks, and improvement highlights • Mark rest days that use baseline averages instead of actual steps • Share battle results and challenge banners on Instagram Stories • Send taunts to rivals with preset messages • Background step syncing keeps your progress updated automatically Perfect For: • Friends who want to motivate each other through friendly competition • Family members staying active together • Workplace wellness challenges and team building • Anyone who needs accountability to walk more Privacy First: All battles are private and invite-only. Your HealthKit data is used only to track your progress—never shared or sold. We use automatic syncing from Apple Health, so there's no manual entry and no way to cheat. How It Works: 1. Create an account with email and password 2. Grant HealthKit permission to sync your steps and calories 3. Create a private group or join one with an invite code 4. Start a battle (choose duration, type, and fair play mode) 5. Walk, sync automatically, and compete on real-time leaderboards Fair Competition: Not everyone walks the same amount. That's why we have Handicap mode (adjusts scores based on your baseline activity) and Best Days mode (only your best days count toward your total). Everyone can compete fairly, regardless of their starting fitness level. Start your first battle today and turn walking into a game.

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
GotSteps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GotSteps at none against Steps's 1. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Steps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GotSteps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Steps against 5.0 for GotSteps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Steps versus GotSteps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsGotSteps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB20 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHieu DinhZORIX LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Steps

One-time1
  • Premium$11.99
None

GotSteps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GotSteps free?
GotSteps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steps or GotSteps?
Steps and GotSteps are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Steps or GotSteps have ads?
Neither Steps nor GotSteps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steps or GotSteps?
Steps ships an update every 3 weeks, and GotSteps every 3 weeks. Most recently, Steps was updated on September 24, 2026 and GotSteps on October 3, 2026.

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