Comparison

Upthrive vs Tally Steps

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

Head to head
About

Upthrive

This app helps you build consistent daily habits and stay accountable. Track your progress, compete with friends, and visualize your success with smart streaks and advanced analytics. Make habit formation simple, fun, and motivating.

Highlights
  • Step tracking and challenges
  • Smart streaks and accountability
  • HealthKit integration
  • Advanced progress insights
  • Social motivation and friend challenges
  • Gamified habit building
Features
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Stay Consistent. Stay Accountable. Thrive Daily. Upthrive empowers you to turn daily actions into long-term success. Whether you’re tracking steps, creating new habits, or competing with friends, Upthrive makes habit formation simple, fun, and motivating. Why Upthrive? • Step Tracker & Challenges – Get moving, compete with friends, and track your progress in real time. • Smart Streaks & Accountability – Build unbreakable streaks and stay motivated. • HealthKit Integration – Sync your steps and fitness data effortlessly. • Advanced Insights – Visualize your progress with powerful charts and analytics. • Social Motivation – Challenge your friends, stay connected, and achieve more together. • Gamified Habit Tracking – Make habit-building fun and rewarding. No more forgotten goals or broken streaks. Start your Upthrive journey today and make every habit count. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tally Steps

Features
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One number, one ring, one goal. Tally Steps shows you how far you have walked today and nothing else. No coaching. No streaks. No badges for getting out of bed. It reads the step count your iPhone and Apple Watch already record, and it draws it plainly. TODAY A single ring against your daily goal, with distance and active energy underneath. Drag the goal, or type an exact one. THE MONTH, AND THE YEAR Every day as a square, darker the further you walked. Tap any day to see it, page back through earlier months, or open the year to find one. ON YOUR WRIST A watch app, and three complications for the corner, circular and rectangular slots — so the number is on your watch face without opening anything. WIDGETS Small and medium for the Home Screen, plus Lock Screen widgets. They keep up in the background. LIGHT OR DARK Follows your phone, or pin it either way in Settings. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No sign-up. No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. Nothing about your activity leaves your device — the app reads Health, stores a copy on your phone so the widgets can draw, and that is the whole of it. FREE The whole app, with nothing held back and nothing to unlock. If you would like to support it, Settings has a tip jar. It is entirely optional and changes nothing about the app. Requires access to Health for steps, walking and running distance, and active energy. Tally Steps only reads; it never writes anything back.

Screenshots

Upthrive3 screens
Tally Steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Upthrive at every 4 days against Tally Steps's weekly. Upthrive also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. Upthrive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Tally Steps sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Upthrive ships an update every 4 days, Tally Steps weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Upthrive versus Tally Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUpthriveTally Steps
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRanjit SinghBuildfront LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Upthrive

Subscriptions2
  • GrindX_Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • GrindX_Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
3 purchases

Tally Steps

One-time3
  • Small$1.99
  • Medium$4.99
  • Large$9.99

Questions

Is Upthrive free?
Upthrive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tally Steps free?
Tally Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Upthrive or Tally Steps have ads?
Neither Upthrive nor Tally Steps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Upthrive or Tally Steps?
Upthrive ships an update every 4 days, and Tally Steps weekly. Most recently, Upthrive was updated on October 19, 2026 and Tally Steps on October 24, 2026.

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