Just Steps vs StepQuest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Just Steps
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There are many Pedometer apps, so why another one? - Simplicity / Ease of use - Aligned with the data from Apple HealthKit data - Drive focus on steps-related information. - Zero clicks to get the Steps-related information - Widget with Steps information - Simple insights/functionality that help achieve the result. - Key analytics Take control of your daily step goal with ease.
StepQuest
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Your hero is only alive while you keep walking. StepQuest exists to make a daily walking habit something you actually keep. Not with another streak badge or a reminder you learn to ignore, but by turning your step count into a roguelite RPG where a character's survival is the thing at stake. -= How It Works =- You pick a daily step goal, and it locks in for the whole adventure, so you set your own difficulty. Every day you hit it, your character earns XP and levels up. Every day you miss, you lose a heart. Run out of hearts and the run is over. Steps come straight from Apple Health, so there is nothing to log by hand. You walk, the game keeps score. -= Missing a Day Is Survivable, Not Free =- Six days in a row earns a rest day, and your next miss is forgiven automatically. A full seven day streak regenerates a heart. Blue hearts, earned only from the hardest quests, absorb a missed day as a last resort. Use all of it and a run can last months. Ignore it and five bad days end everything. -= Death Is Not a Reset =- When the last heart goes, your level resets, but your gold and your avatar collection are permanent. You cash out gold based on how long you survived, spend it on cosmetics, and start the next run with everything you have collected. A bad run costs you progress, never your collection. -= Your Steps Are the Currency =- More than 140 avatars across five styles: standard, casual, edgy, fantasy, and cyberpunk. Every one of them is priced in gold, and walking is what earns it. The rarest take real distance to reach, so your character ends up wearing the ground you covered. -= Quests Worth Chasing =- Daily, weekly, monthly and legendary quests. A perfect month. Half a million steps in a single run. A hundred consecutive days. -= On Your Wrist and Home Screen =- An Apple Watch app, a Watch complication, Home Screen widgets and Lock Screen widgets keep today's steps and your remaining hearts one glance away, so you always know how close the day is to costing you a heart. Raise your wrist or glance at a locked phone, no need to open the app. No accounts. No sign up. Just your steps. Disclaimer: StepQuest is free to play and shows ads. Optional in-app support tiers grant bonus gold and remove ads. Nothing you can buy affects your hearts, your step goal, or your progress.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Just Steps at none against StepQuest's 5. Just Steps also leads on ads (none vs shown). StepQuest's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. StepQuest sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Just Steps asks for nothing beyond the download.
Just Steps ships an update monthly, StepQuest every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Just Steps | StepQuest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days โ better |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch โ better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Prashanth Rai | Adam Golczak |
In-app purchases
Just Steps
No in-app purchases
StepQuest
- Toss a Coin$1.99
- Tavern Round$2.99
- Squire's Tribute$4.99
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- Royal Benefactor$9.99
- Legendary Patron$19.99









