Comparison

Steppin vs Protein First

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

Head to head
About

Steppin

This app encourages healthier digital habits by allowing users to earn screen time on their favorite apps through physical activity. By tracking steps, users can unlock more time on their devices, promoting a better balance between movement and mindful phone use.

Highlights
  • Unlock screen time with steps
  • App blocker controls
  • Customizable earning rules
  • Integrates with Apple Health
  • Promotes healthier digital habits
  • Reduces social media distractions
Features
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Turn Your Steps into Screen Time - Move More, Scroll Less! Steppin helps you build healthier digital habits by unlocking screen time through movement. Walk more, earn time on your favorite apps, and take back control of your focus and mental health. The endless scroll isn’t just stealing your screen time—it’s draining your focus, mental health, and productivity while keeping you stuck in a cycle of phone addiction. Steppin offers a better way. Turn every step counter milestone into earned screen time, helping you build healthier digital habits while staying active. It’s time to regain control, improve your well-being, and balance movement with mindful phone use. Why Walking + Screen Time? Steppin bridges the gap between fitness, mental wellness, and digital detoxing by pairing habit tracking with screen time control. By earning screen time through movement, Steppin promotes healthier habits, reduced social media distractions, and better focus so you can scroll with intention, not addiction. How Steppin Works 1) Choose Your Restricted Apps - Pick the apps you want to limit with app blocker controls and take back your screen time control. 2) Set Your Rules - Earn 1 minute of screen time for every 100 steps or customize your goals to fit your lifestyle, whether you're focusing on screen time reduction, digital wellness, or fitness motivation. 3) Step Tracking - Steppin syncs with the iPhone’s built-in step counter and integrates with Apple Health for seamless tracking across your favorite fitness trackers. 4) Earn Your Time - Walk more, unlock more. Hit your step counter goals to earn your screen time and reinforce habit tracking for a healthier balance. 5) Guilt-Free Scrolling - Enjoy your favorite apps knowing you've prioritized health, movement motivation, and mental wellness while reducing social media distractions. Your Data, Your Privacy We take your privacy seriously. Steppin uses Apple’s Screen Time API to enable app blocking without storing sensitive personal data. For full details, check out our terms at steppin.net/terms && https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Ready to Escape? Say goodbye to phone addiction and hello to mindful usage. Download Steppin now and start balancing screen time and movement one step at a time.

About

Protein First

This app helps users on GLP-1 medications maintain muscle mass by tracking protein and fiber intake. It offers photo logging, manual entry, and detailed side effect tracking to share with healthcare providers.

Highlights
  • Lean mass-based protein targets
  • Photo meal logging
  • Manual food entry
  • Fiber intake tracking
  • Side effect logging by cycle day
  • Medication level estimation
  • Doctor-ready PDF reports
Features
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Losing weight on a GLP-1 is the easy part. Keeping muscle while you do it is not. Protein First is built for one job: making sure the smaller amount you now eat still gets you enough protein and fiber, and giving your doctor something useful to read at your next appointment. PROTEIN FROM YOUR LEAN MASS, NOT YOUR SCALE WEIGHT Most apps set protein from what you weigh. That is how someone at 240 lbs ends up with a target they cannot hit on a GLP-1 appetite. We estimate your lean mass and set protein from that, adjusted for how often you lift. PHOTOGRAPH YOUR PLATE (PLUS) Point the camera at your food and get protein, fiber and calories back in seconds. Every line is one tap from being corrected. No database to search, nothing to weigh. OR JUST TYPE IT Type "chicken and rice" and we fill in a rough estimate for a typical portion, with suggestions as you type. Log the same meal three times and it becomes one tap forever after. FIBER, BECAUSE OF THE CONSTIPATION Everyone warns you about nausea. Nobody sets you a fiber target. We do, and we nudge you the day before things usually get tight, based on your own logged pattern rather than a generic schedule. SIDE EFFECTS BY CYCLE DAY Log how you feel in one tap. Over a few cycles you will see exactly which day the nausea lands and which day the gut trouble starts. Nobody remembers this by heart. This does. ACTIVE MEDICATION LEVEL A decay curve built from your real dose history and your medication's half-life, so you know roughly how much is still working today. An estimate, clearly labeled as one, never a measurement. ONE PAGE FOR YOUR DOCTOR (PLUS) Tap once and get a clean PDF: your medication, weight trend, protein and fiber averages, and your side-effect pattern by cycle day. No account for your doctor to make. Twelve-minute appointments deserve better than "it has been fine, I guess." SUPPORTED MEDICATIONS Zepbound, Mounjaro, Wegovy (injection and pill), Ozempic, Saxenda, Rybelsus, Foundayo and compounded formulations. Injection or oral, weekly or daily. YOUR DATA Everything lives on your phone. Export all of it to a plain, readable file whenever you want. Optional iCloud sync carries your history to a new phone. FREE AND PLUS Logging your dose, weight, food by hand, water and side effects is free, permanently, and so are the medication curve and the side-effect pattern by cycle day. Plus adds photo meal logging and the one-page PDF for your doctor. Protein First is a tracking tool, not medical advice. Estimates are for orientation only and must never be used to change a dose. Talk to your prescriber. Protein First Plus is an auto-renewing subscription ($7.99/month or $39.99/year), billed to your Apple Account. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ataberkty.github.io/proteinfirst-support/privacy.html

Screenshots

Steppin4 screens
Protein First4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Protein First at 5.0 against Steppin's 4.5. Protein First also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%). Steppin's advantage is ratings volume (156 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Steppin sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Protein First sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Protein First holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steppin has 156 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Steppin's written reviews are positive against 100% of Protein First's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Steppin versus Protein First: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteppinProtein First
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (156 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings156 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB4 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBoston Venture Studio, Inc.ataberk tay

Customer experience

Steppin

All ratings156 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral4.5%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive69.9%
Neutral16.5%
Negative13.6%

Protein First

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Steppin

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App shows 0 steps despite activity
  • Screen goes black during setup
  • App randomly refreshes and loses progress

Requested features

3 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • More detailed analytics
  • Ability to schedule app access

Protein First

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Steppin

Subscriptions3
  • Steppin Pro Subscription - Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Steppin Pro Subscription - Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Steppin Pro Subscription - Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
2 purchases

Protein First

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Steppin free?
Steppin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Protein First free?
Protein First is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Steppin or Protein First?
Protein First is rated higher. Steppin averages 4.5 out of 5 from 156 ratings, while Protein First averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Steppin or Protein First have ads?
Neither Steppin nor Protein First shows ads.

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