Saunter vs BloomStep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Saunter
Track your daily steps with customizable weekly goals in a serene environment. The app automatically adjusts daily targets based on your progress. Personalize your experience with custom backgrounds.
- Flexible weekly step goals
- Automatic daily goal adjustment
- Serene user interface
- Customizable backgrounds
- Step progress tracking
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Saunter helps you track your steps with flexible weekly goals and good vibes. ~ See your steps progress in a beautiful, serene environment. ~ Set a weekly goal and Saunter will set your daily step goals for you based on your progress towards your weekly goal. ~ Make it yours by setting your own background. --- I made this app for my girlfriend, who was manually tracking her weekly steps goal in Apple Health. All of the steps apps only had daily goals, and had too much of an dark, gym/exercise-y look. So I made Saunter to fit her light, elegant vibe and her needs. I think you'll like it too! –Daniel P.S. Happy birthday my love! --- Terms of Use: https://www.minimasoftware.com/terms/saunter/ Privacy Policy: https://www.minimasoftware.com/privacy/
BloomStep
This app encourages outdoor walking by tracking steps, distance, and active time. It uses your Apple Health data to fuel a virtual garden that grows as you reach your goals. Record outdoor walks and runs, complete challenges, and earn rewards to nurture your digital plants.
- Step and distance tracking
- Daily step goal setting
- Outdoor walk and run recording
- Virtual garden growth reward
- Challenges and achievement badges
- Home screen widget
- Activity history review
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Go outside. Take a walk. Let each step count. BloomStep is a gentle outdoor walking companion. Use Apple Health data to bring your steps, walking distance, and active time into one place. Set a daily step goal, turn movement into visible progress, and let a virtual garden grow as a calm reward for getting outside. WALK OUTSIDE, ONE STEP AT A TIME • Turn step count and walking distance into in-app energy • Set a daily step goal and track your progress • Collect unclaimed walking energy for up to seven days • Review daily activity, weekly totals, streaks, and calendar history RECORD WALKS AND RUNS OUTDOORS • Start an outdoor walking or running session with location tracking • See your route, distance, and duration while you move • Pause, resume, and save completed routes to your activity history • Keep your active session visible with a Live Activity CHALLENGES, CHECK-INS, AND BADGES • Complete weekly and monthly step-goal challenges for extra rewards • Claim daily check-in rewards and streak milestones • Unlock achievements for steps, active days, energy, plants, and blooms • Earn badges for monthly challenges and consistent 30-minute walks GROW A GARDEN THAT REWARDS YOUR WALKS • Choose from eighteen plant varieties and nurture each through five growth stages • Unlock and collect six garden scenes • Earn coins through walking goals, check-ins, challenges, and achievements • Create a full-bloom milestone card with your activity summary STAY IN YOUR RHYTHM • Add a Home Screen widget for today's steps, progress, and plant growth • Choose gentle walking reminders that suit your routine • Explore your activity history and celebrate milestones DESIGNED WITH PRIVACY IN MIND BloomStep reads Apple Health step count, walking distance, and exercise time to show your progress and create in-app energy. Location is used only while you record an outdoor walk or run to draw your route. Your Health data stays on your device and is never used for advertising. OPTIONAL PURCHASES You can earn coins as you use BloomStep. Optional coin packs and a full content unlock are available for users who want to unlock plants and garden scenes sooner. PRIVACY & TERMS Privacy Policy: https://sunheihei.github.io/app-policie/bloomstep-privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://sunheihei.github.io/app-policie/bloom-step-terms-of-use.html Start with one small step outside. Keep walking, and let your progress grow with you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BloomStep at every 4 days against Saunter's every 5 weeks. Saunter's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Saunter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per 7 days and BloomStep sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Saunter against 5.0 for BloomStep. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Saunter has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Saunter ships an update every 5 weeks, BloomStep every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Saunter | BloomStep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Minima Software | 依欢 孙 |
Customer experience
Saunter
BloomStep
In-app purchases
Saunter
- Gold Membership$1.007 Days
- Gold Membership$10.001 Year
- Gold Membership$30.00
BloomStep
- Small Coin Pack$0.99
- Medium Coin Pack$4.99
- Large Coin Pack$9.99









