Comparison

Steppin vs Pose Navigator

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

Pose Navigator

Explore yoga poses and their connections, understanding why one posture leads to another and what to practice before or after. This app offers detailed, handwritten explanations of pose relationships, accessible offline for curious practitioners.

Highlights
  • Explore pose relationships
  • Understand pose preparation and progression
  • Offline access to entire library
  • Search by name, Sanskrit, or body area
  • Filter by body focus (hips, spine, etc.)
  • Star favorite poses
  • View cautions clearly
Features
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The pose is the beginning, not the point. Most yoga apps hand you a bullet list and a stock photo, or a video to follow along with. Neither tells you why one posture comes before another, or what to do instead when something isn't available to your body today. Pose Navigator treats every pose as a place you can stand, and every other pose as somewhere you might go from there. FROM ANY POSE, THREE DIRECTIONS - Prepares You — what to practise before this one, and why it earns the shape - Alongside It — poses that work the same territory from a different angle - What It Unlocks — where this posture leads once it's steady Every one of those connections is written by hand. Not generated, not inferred from tags — an actual explanation of why the relationship exists. The connections are the product; the poses are just where you enter. WORKS WITHOUT A SIGNAL The entire library — poses, relationships and explanations — is saved to your phone the first time you open the app. In a studio with no reception, on a plane, in a basement: it all still works. BUILT FOR THE CURIOUS PRACTITIONER - Search by name, Sanskrit name, or body area - Filter by what you're working — hips, spine, shoulders, hamstrings - Star the poses you're circling back to - Cautions shown plainly on each pose, not buried No account. No sign-up. No ads. Nothing about your practice leaves your phone. Pose Navigator is an educational reference, not medical advice, and no substitute for a qualified teacher. Practise within your limits.

Screenshots

Steppin4 screens
Pose Navigator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pose Navigator at none against Steppin's 3. Pose Navigator also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). Steppin's advantage is ratings volume (156 vs 1). 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. Steppin sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Pose Navigator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pose Navigator 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Steppin versus Pose Navigator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteppinPose Navigator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (156 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings156 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoston Venture Studio, Inc.SUBA NARAYANAN

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

Pose Navigator

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
None

Pose Navigator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steppin free?
Steppin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pose Navigator free?
Pose Navigator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steppin or Pose Navigator?
Pose Navigator is rated higher. Steppin averages 4.5 out of 5 from 156 ratings, while Pose Navigator averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Steppin or Pose Navigator have ads?
Neither Steppin nor Pose Navigator shows ads.

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