Comparison

StepSquad vs The Bird That Drinks Water

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

Head to head
About

StepSquad

Turn stair climbing into an engaging workout with automatic tracking and gamified challenges. Discover famous stair locations, compete with friends globally, and earn unique rewards. Progress through levels and enjoy a fresh start with weekly resets.

Highlights
  • Automatic stair climbing tracking
  • Gamified level progression
  • Discover Korean stair landmarks
  • Global stair climbing leagues
  • Home screen widget for progress
  • Collect traditional herb rewards
  • Hiking steps contribute to score
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Don’t climb stairs the boring way anymore! Enjoy stairs climbing with 2,000 members of StepSquad! Your most cost-effective workout just got a serious upgrade. Join StepSquad and start your climb today! [Just climb. We’ll Handle the Rest.] Every flight you climb is tracked automatically in the app. The more stairs you conquer, the higher your level grows. [Conquer Korean Stairs] Discover famous stair spots all across Korea with StepSquad. Earn local specialties and bonus points as your well-deserved rewards. [Global Stair Challenge] Every Saturday, the Step Squad League starts. Add friends through Game Center and get notified every time you beat them. (Yes, bragging rights included.) [Always a Fresh Start] Once you reach Level 19, you can “graduate” — resetting your progress and starting anew. Step Squad League resets weekly so that anyone can reach the top! [Your Stair Journey Never Ends] Add a widget to your home screen to track your total floors climbed. Get fun stair-related notifications and random motivation drops! [Climb for Rare Rewards] The more you climb, the rarer traditional herbs you’ll collect. Earn special ingredients and knowledge from them — fitness meets tradition! [Pro Tip for Dedicated Climbers] Hiking counts too. Yep, your mountain steps add to your Step Squad League score! [App Permissions] StepSquad app only requests what’s truly necessary: Flights Climbed (Optional): Measures how many floors you’ve climbed. Game Center (Optional): For ranking, badges, and friend & global competition. Notifications (Optional): Send stair updates and other service info. Location (Optional): Verifies visits to stair landmarks nationwide. Even if you don’t grant optional permissions, you can still enjoy most features. You can also change settings anytime. Note: The app uses Flights Climbed data from Apple Health to calculate your score. Information about herbal ingredients is sourced from the Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture(한국민족문화대백과사전). Contact: 45seekdance@gmail.com

About

The Bird That Drinks Water

Features
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The Bird That Drinks Water logs what you drink against the goal and waking hours you set yourself. Your app data stays on your device, with optional write-only export to Apple Health. • Log a drink from the home screen widget, Siri, Control Center, or a reminder • Smart reminders spaced across your wake and sleep times • Browse, undo, and delete past entries • Watch today's progress in the fishbowl with Goldie • Optionally save new water entries to Apple Health No account, ads, analytics, or developer server. Apple Health is opt-in and write-only: the app never reads Health data or backfills entries made before connection or while permission was off. You set your own goal and reminders — this app offers no medical diagnosis or health advice.

Screenshots

StepSquad4 screens
The Bird That Drinks Water2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: The Bird That Drinks Water at every 5 days against StepSquad's fortnightly. StepSquad's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StepSquad ships an update fortnightly, The Bird That Drinks Water every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
StepSquad versus The Bird That Drinks Water: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepSquadThe Bird That Drinks Water
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB18 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGROO LEEsunguk park

In-app purchases

None

StepSquad

No in-app purchases

None

The Bird That Drinks Water

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StepSquad free?
StepSquad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Bird That Drinks Water free?
The Bird That Drinks Water is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do StepSquad or The Bird That Drinks Water have ads?
Neither StepSquad nor The Bird That Drinks Water shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StepSquad or The Bird That Drinks Water?
StepSquad ships an update fortnightly, and The Bird That Drinks Water every 5 days. Most recently, StepSquad was updated on October 16, 2026 and The Bird That Drinks Water on October 25, 2026.

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