Comparison

Step Tracker vs Telo Lab

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

Head to head
About

Step Tracker

This app transforms your daily steps into a fun, collectible adventure. Walk to hatch eggs and discover over 200 unique creatures, with rarer beasts unlocked through consistent activity. Track your progress with detailed statistics and motivating home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Collect 200 unique beasts
  • Daily streak rewards for rare creatures
  • Detailed step, distance, and calorie statistics
  • Motivating home screen widgets
  • Apple Health and wearable support
Features
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Turn your daily steps into a real adventure! Steps & Beasts motivates you to walk more by turning every step into progress on your very own Journey — hatching eggs, collecting Beasts, and unlocking a whole world along the way. WHY STEPS & BEASTS? Every morning starts with a new egg. Walk toward your step goal and watch it hatch into a unique Beast. At the same time, your character moves forward on the Journey — a real path that grows with your steps, taking you through new biomes, landmarks, and levels. FEATURES YOU'LL LOVE: • YOUR OWN JOURNEY Every step carries your character down a living path. Explore distinct biomes, reach landmarks, open treasure chests, and level up as your total steps add up. • COLLECT 250+ UNIQUE BEASTS Hatch a new Beast every time you reach your goal. Hatch the same Beast again and again to unlock shiny Gold and Glitter looks. • QUESTS, XP & FEATHERS Complete quests along the Journey to earn XP and Feathers, then spend Feathers in the Shop on new looks for your character. • DAILY STREAK REWARDS Keep your streak alive to unlock rarer and more legendary Beasts. • DETAILED STATISTICS Track your daily steps, distance, calories, and 7-day averages — plus motivating charts and comparisons. • WIDGETS THAT MOTIVATE Watch your egg evolve as you move — right from your iPhone home screen or Lock Screen. • APPLE WATCH & APPLE HEALTH Steps are tracked automatically from your iPhone, Apple Watch, or any Apple Health‑compatible wearable. • NEVER LOSE PROGRESS Your steps, Beasts, and Journey are safely backed up to iCloud, so switching to a new iPhone is effortless. Start your Journey today and make walking the highlight of your day! Support: malte@stepsandbeasts.app Privacy: https://stepsandbeasts.app/privacy Terms: https://stepsandbeasts.app/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Telo Lab

Effortlessly track your food intake with AI-powered meal logging. This app analyzes your camera input to provide calorie and macro breakdowns, adapting your budget to your activity levels. It offers insights into eating patterns and automatically tracks fasting windows.

Highlights
  • AI-powered meal logging via camera
  • Automatic calorie and macro calculation
  • Activity-based calorie budget adaptation
  • Automatic eating window and fasting tracking
  • Data insights and pattern analysis
  • Apple Health integration (read-only)
Features
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Telo Lab is a recovery lab for your food — a food tracker built for people who take their recovery data seriously. LOG MEALS IN SECONDS Point your camera at a meal. Get calories and macros without digging through a database. Adjust anything — portion, macros, meal type. A TARGET BUILT AROUND YOU Your calorie budget adapts to your Apple Watch activity, not a generic formula. Active energy flows in from Apple Health automatically. EVERY MEAL, CLEAN A journal that reads the way you think: honest totals, macros that actually add up. PATTERNS ACROSS YOUR DATA See what your logs are telling you — like weekends running +259 kcal over weekdays. EATING WINDOW & FASTING Tracked automatically from your meal times. No timers, no manual logging. BUILT ON APPLE HEALTH Read-only access. Your health data stays on your device. No streaks. No guilt. No wellness clichés. Just your food and your data, in one place.

Screenshots

Step Tracker4 screens
Telo Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Telo Lab at none against Step Tracker's 13. Telo Lab also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). Step Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (366 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads and device support 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 Tracker sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $0.79 per 7 days. Telo Lab asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Telo Lab holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Step Tracker has 366 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Step Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, Telo Lab weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Step Tracker versus Telo Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep TrackerTelo Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (366 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings366 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMalte PetersVitali Grigorjev

Customer experience

Step Tracker

All ratings366 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive91.8%
Neutral1.0%
Negative7.2%

Telo Lab

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Step Tracker

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Step count is off
  • Widgets not updating
  • App not starting
  • Streak broken due to app update
  • Incorrect step/distance tracking
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  • Charged for subscription unexpectedly

Requested features

8 requests
  • Integration with iWatch Home Screen
  • More diverse creature rewards
  • Bios for creatures
  • Ability to compete with friends
  • Step count displayed on watch
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  • Widgets for home screen
  • More beasts to collect
  • Option to hide potential animals until earned

Telo Lab

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Step Tracker

Subscriptions8
  • Pro Weekly Subscription$0.797 Days
  • Pro Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
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  • Pro Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pro Annual Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$17.901 Year
  • Annual Subscription3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time5
  • Pro Lifetime$24.99
  • Pro Lifetime$39.99
  • Pro Lifetime$49.99
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  • Pro Lifetime$59.99
  • Pro Lifetime$99.99
None

Telo Lab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Step Tracker free?
Step Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Telo Lab free?
Telo Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Step Tracker or Telo Lab?
Telo Lab is rated higher. Step Tracker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 366 ratings, while Telo Lab averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Step Tracker or Telo Lab have ads?
Neither Step Tracker nor Telo Lab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Step Tracker or Telo Lab?
Step Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, and Telo Lab weekly. Most recently, Step Tracker was updated on October 13, 2026 and Telo Lab on September 25, 2026.

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