Comparison

The Step vs Step Lynx Activity Tracker

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

Head to head
About

The Step

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Your All-in-One Goal Achievement Partner TRACK EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS - Steps tracking with beautiful progress visualization - Custom goals for workouts (push-ups, squats, etc.) - Productivity tracking (coding time, study sessions) - Seamless Apple Health integration - Daily, weekly, and yearly progress insights FEATURES THAT MOTIVATE - Clean, distraction-free interface - Real-time step counting - Customizable goals and targets - Detailed statistics and analytics - Personal records tracking - Calorie burn estimation WHY CHOOSE THE STEP? - Minimal and elegant design - Battery-efficient tracking - No account required - Privacy-focused - Regular updates Premium Features: - Advanced statistics and insights - Unlimited custom goals - Progress trends analysis - Personal records and achievements - Detailed calorie tracking Join thousands of users who've transformed their daily routines with The Step. Start your journey today! EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policies https://solihub.notion.site/The-Step-17c349fa9fd180f58e4ffad6efe6282b?pvs=4

About

Step Lynx Activity Tracker

This app provides a focused way to track your daily activity, including steps, distance, and calories burned, directly from your Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Apple Watch. It offers clear progress visualization, goal streaks, and customizable notifications to keep you motivated without overwhelming you.

Highlights
  • Live step count, distance, and calorie tracking
  • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Goal rings and streaks
  • Badge collection for milestones
  • Optional daily check-in nudges
  • Privacy-focused with no account required
Features
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Step Lynx is a clean, focused step counter and activity tracker that lives where you actually look — your Lock Screen, your Home Screen, and your Apple Watch. No dashboards to wade through. Just clear progress, real streaks, and goals you can actually feel yourself moving toward. WHAT YOU GET • Live step count, distance, flights climbed, and active calories pulled straight from Apple Health. • Goal rings for every metric. Enable the ones you care about, hide the ones you don't. • Lock Screen widgets so your progress is always one glance away. • Home Screen widgets in every common size, from a single number to a full activity ring layout. • Apple Watch app and complications that mirror your iPhone, with goals that sync automatically. • Beautiful trends view so you can see your week, month, and lifetime at a glance. STREAKS THAT MEAN SOMETHING • Daily goal streaks for steps, distance, flights, and active calories — each one tracked separately. • Your best streak stays on record when a missed day resets the current one. • A growing badge collection for first miles, big-step days, big stair days, big burn days, week-long streaks on every metric, and the rare "Triple Threat" days where you hit steps, distance, and flights all at once. CELEBRATIONS YOU'LL ACTUALLY NOTICE • Crisp haptic feedback every time you cross a goal. • A bigger "All Goals Crushed" celebration with a stronger haptic on days you sweep every enabled goal. • A clean badge detail view that explains what each award means and shows you exactly how close you are to the next one. NUDGES, NOT NOISE • Optional daily check-in: pick any time of day and get one friendly push with your live progress. The message adapts to where you actually are — gentle on quiet mornings, motivating on near-misses, congratulatory on early sweeps. • Goal-met notifications fire only once per day per metric, so you never get spammed. • All notifications are off by default. You decide when we speak up. PRIVACY • Health data stays on your device. Step Lynx reads from Apple Health, never sends your data to a server, and has no third-party analytics. • No account required. Open the app, grant Health permission, done. WHAT'S FREE AND WHAT'S PRO The core experience — live counts, goal rings, basic widgets, daily streaks, and the milestone badges most people care about — is free forever. Step Lynx Pro unlocks the full badge collection (week-long streaks on every metric, the rare "Triple Threat", deeper milestones), advanced widgets, and the lifetime stats view. One-time purchase, no subscription required for the core upgrade. KEEP MOVING Whether you're chasing a 30-day streak, climbing more flights than you did last month, or just trying to stand up more, Step Lynx makes it easy to see where you are and feel good about getting there. Thanks for using Step Lynx.

Screenshots

The Step4 screens
Step Lynx Activity Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Step Lynx Activity Tracker at every 3 days against The Step's weekly. The Step's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 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. The Step sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Step Lynx Activity Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Step ships an update weekly, Step Lynx Activity Tracker every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
The Step versus Step Lynx Activity Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe StepStep Lynx Activity Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaryl ASSOUANDavid Conroy

In-app purchases

2 purchases

The Step

Subscriptions2
  • The Step Monthly$2.991 Month
  • The Step Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
1 purchases

Step Lynx Activity Tracker

One-time1
  • Pro Mode$0.99

Questions

Is The Step free?
The Step is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Step Lynx Activity Tracker free?
Step Lynx Activity Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do The Step or Step Lynx Activity Tracker have ads?
Neither The Step nor Step Lynx Activity Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Step or Step Lynx Activity Tracker?
The Step ships an update weekly, and Step Lynx Activity Tracker every 3 days. Most recently, The Step was updated on October 28, 2026 and Step Lynx Activity Tracker on October 24, 2026.

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