Comparison

Steps vs Rainfall

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

Head to head
About

Steps

This app helps you track your daily steps and workouts with precise counting and goal setting. It offers features to block distracting apps, compete globally, and visualize your progress with detailed charts and insights. Personalize your experience with custom themes and widgets.

Highlights
  • Precise step counting via HealthKit
  • Customizable daily step goals
  • App blocking for focus
  • Global step leaderboard
  • 23+ workout types with live tracking
  • Interactive charts and visualizations
  • Yearly insights and personal records
Features
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Steps is your complete fitness companion that turns every step into progress. Track steps, compete on the global leaderboard, block distracting apps until you hit your goal, and visualize your journey with beautiful charts and widgets. AS SEEN AT WWDC 2026 Steps is featured in "Appreciation," the music video starring Erick the Architect, shown during Apple's WWDC 2026. STEP TRACKING & GOALS - Precise step counting powered by Apple HealthKit - Customizable daily step goals with visual progress - Streak tracking with rest days — never lose progress unfairly - Goal achievement notifications and celebrations AI COACH — CHAT WITH YOUR WORKOUTS - Ask anything about your workouts and get personalized AI feedback - Runs fully on device — your health data never leaves your iPhone - Smart suggestions to help you train better and recover smarter APP LOCK — STAY FOCUSED - Block distracting apps until you reach your daily step goal - Powered by Screen Time — apps auto-unlock when you hit your target - The perfect motivation to get moving every day STEPBOARD — GLOBAL LEADERBOARD - Compete with walkers worldwide on the daily step leaderboard - See your rank update in real-time as you walk - Join or leave anytime — your choice 23+ WORKOUT TYPES - Running, Walking, Cycling, Swimming, Hiking, HIIT, Yoga, and more - Live tracking with real-time pace, distance, heart rate, and elevation - Interactive route maps with GPS and GPX export - 3D Route Playback — replay any run or ride as a cinematic 3D flyover - Share workouts with customizable snapshot styles BEAUTIFUL VISUALIZATIONS - Hourly, weekly, and monthly interactive charts - Calendar heatmaps to explore your activity history - 8 color themes to personalize your experience - Weather-integrated home dashboard YEARLY INSIGHTS & RECORDS - Year-end recap with personal bests and milestones - 8 personal records: fastest pace, longest distance, most calories, and more - Creative formats: yearly receipts, passport stamps - Workout breakdown by type APPLE WATCH & WIDGETS - Native Watch app with real-time step tracking - 3 watch complications for instant step counts - 8 home screen widgets: steps, charts, calendar, streak, workouts - Live Activity during active workouts PERSONALIZATION - Multiple custom app icons - Light, dark, and system appearance modes - Metric, imperial, or nautical units - Configurable daily reminders PRIVACY FIRST - Health data stays on your device - No ads, no selling your data - Transparent privacy controls Steps Pro unlocks the full experience with a free trial: widgets, Watch app, route maps, 3D Route Playback, AI Coach, advanced analytics, App Lock, yearly insights, and all color themes. # Contact and Support Website: https://getsteps.app Terms of Use: https://getsteps.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://getsteps.app/privacy

About

Rainfall

This app offers personalized daily mindfulness practices based on your iPhone's sensor data. It provides short guided meditations, soundscapes, and a weekly weather record for your mental state. Unlock longer sessions and more soundscapes with an optional subscription.

Highlights
  • Daily personalized mindfulness practices
  • On-device sensor data analysis
  • Guided meditations with multiple voices
  • Ambient soundscapes
  • Weekly mental weather record
  • Customizable app icons
Features
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Some days ask more of you than others. Rainfall notices — and meets you with one quiet, well-chosen practice, before you have to ask. A forecast, not a feed Open the app and Rainfall has already sensed the weather of your day — partly cloudy, building pressure, gentle rain — from signals already on your iPhone. No check-ins to remember. No streak to keep. No library to search. If the read doesn't fit, tap "not quite" and tell it what does. It remembers. One practice, chosen for you Each read offers a single short session from a library of original meditations — guided by one of seven distinct voices, set over original ambient beds. Three minutes when that's what fits. Twenty when the day calls for it. Nothing to scroll through unless you want to. Soundscapes to settle into When words aren't what you need, drift off to an endless soundscape — gentle rain, wind, and more — that plays on as long as you like. Your sky, your settings Choose one of five living-sky app icons — Sky, Dusk, Night, Mist, Dawn — so Rainfall sits on your home screen the way you'd like. The Climate tab keeps a quiet weekly record of your weather. The You tab holds your subscription and notifications. Built around one promise: this stays on your iPhone Rainfall reads your day's signals — heart-rate variability, sleep, calendar density — on-device. The raw signals never leave your phone. The Mind Weather inference happens locally. Your weather history syncs only through your own iCloud, never our servers. Mindful minutes are written to Apple Health, where you already trust them. Rainfall is suggestive — never diagnostic. It is not a medical device, a therapy, or a substitute for either. Rainfall Extended A subscription unlocks the longer sessions — 10 or 20 minutes — and every soundscape. The free tier stays free, always: the daily Read, the three- and five-minute sessions, and a soundscape to drift off to. No time limit, no pressure. Feelings are weather. Weather passes. We'll meet you on the other side. Terms of Use (EULA): https://rainfallmeditation.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://rainfallmeditation.com/privacy Rainfall Extended is an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly). The price is shown in the app before purchase and charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. It renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings.

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
Rainfall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Rainfall at 5.0 against Steps's 4.6. Rainfall also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Steps's advantage is ratings volume (54 vs 1). 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. Steps sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Rainfall sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rainfall holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps has 54 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Steps's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rainfall's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Steps versus Rainfall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsRainfall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (54 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings54 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB9 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHieu DinhAlan Wizemann

Customer experience

Steps

All ratings51 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral7.8%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative14.3%

Rainfall

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

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Steps

Subscriptions6
  • Pro Monthly (1 Month)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly (1 Month)$2.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly - Family (1 Month)$5.991 Month
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  • 1-Year Subscription (1 Year)$19.991 Year
  • 1-Year Subscription (1 Year)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly - Family (1 Year)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time2
  • Steps Pro Lifetime2 variants$39.99
  • Steps Pro Family - Lifetime2 variants$79.99
2 purchases

Rainfall

Subscriptions2
  • Rainfall Extended Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Rainfall Extended Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rainfall free?
Rainfall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Steps or Rainfall?
Rainfall is rated higher. Steps averages 4.6 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while Rainfall averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Steps or Rainfall have ads?
Neither Steps nor Rainfall shows ads.

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