Comparison

Steps vs TriTrainer

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

TriTrainer

Features
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TriTrainer builds your triathlon training plan around your race. Tell it when you're racing, how far each leg is, and roughly how much you train now. It works out weekly swim, bike and run targets that build toward race day, with easier recovery weeks along the way, a limit on how big your hardest week gets, and a taper at the end so you're not going in tired. Setting up a plan Pick your race date. Enter the distances for each sport and your current weekly volume. That's it. You get a full plan with a target for every week, by sport and combined, so you can see straight away whether you're keeping up. It keeps up with you The plan doesn't sit still. Each week it looks at what you actually did and adjusts the weeks ahead. Train hard and it asks a bit more of you next time. Have a quiet week and it backs off. There's a short weekly check-in for how you're feeling, sleep, tiredness, sore legs, and that feeds in too. Get ill or injured, or go away for work, and you can mark the week as time off. It won't count as a missed week, and when you come back the plan eases you in rather than dropping you straight back to where you were. Your training, counted for you Connect Strava or Apple Health and your sessions come in on their own as weekly distances. Apple Health picks up new workouts not long after you finish them. You can always type a session in by hand, and a manual entry takes priority over everything else. Seeing how it's going A readiness view tells you if you're on course to reach your peak, sport by sport, and what to add if one is falling behind. If your workouts record heart rate you also get fitness, fatigue and form, an intensity breakdown against the usual 80/20 split, and a grid of the weeks you hit. Time off doesn't break your streak. More than one race You can run several plans at once with A, B and C priorities, lay them out on a season view, and the home screen leads with the race you're actually working towards right now. Training with other people Start a group, send a link, and you can all see each other's weekly progress by sport. It helps to know someone's keeping an eye on you. On your watch There's an Apple Watch app and a complication, so this week's numbers are there when you look down. Show percent done, distance done or distance left, whichever suits you. TriTrainer is free. No ads, and no trackers following you around. The same account works on the website. TriTrainer works out training targets from the numbers you give it. It isn't medical advice. Check with a doctor before you start training or make a big change to how you train.

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
TriTrainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Steps at every 10 days against TriTrainer's every 2 months. 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. Steps sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and TriTrainer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps ships an update every 10 days, TriTrainer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Steps versus TriTrainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsTriTrainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (53 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings53 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHieu DinhRichard Davies

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Steps

Subscriptions8
  • Pro Monthly (1 Month)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly (1 Month)$2.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly - Family (1 Month)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
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  • Pro Monthly - Family (1 Month)$5.991 Month
  • 1-Year Subscription (1 Year)$19.991 Year
  • 1-Year Subscription (1 Year)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly - Family (1 Year)$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
3 purchases

TriTrainer

One-time3
  • Energy Gel$0.99
  • Energy Gels$2.99
  • Box Of Gels$6.99

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TriTrainer free?
TriTrainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Steps or TriTrainer have ads?
Neither Steps nor TriTrainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steps or TriTrainer?
Steps ships an update every 10 days, and TriTrainer every 2 months. Most recently, Steps was updated on October 28, 2026 and TriTrainer on October 24, 2026.

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