Steppa vs Cloudless Steps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steppa
Compete with friends and family in step counting challenges and leagues. Track your progress, climb world rankings, and build healthy walking habits through social competition.
- Step count rankings
- Leagues and challenges
- World rankings
- Private group competitions
- Achievement tracking
- Habit building
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Social step counting with rankings, leagues, challenges and achievements. Compete in step count rankings and challenges with your friends or challenge yourself to dominate the leagues. View your world rankings or join groups to compete with others. Create private groups to compete with friends and family. Build a good walking habit and have fun competing with your friends and family along the way.
Cloudless Steps
This app tracks your daily steps and workouts locally on your device, prioritizing privacy by not using GPS. It offers automatic tracking, daily goals, historical trends, and home screen widgets, with an optional one-time upgrade for full history via Apple Health Sync.
- Automatic step tracking
- Local data storage
- Daily step goals
- Workout tracking
- Historical trends
- Home screen widgets
- Dark mode support
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Step tracker with all-local data!!! Track your health, not your location. WHY CHOOSE CLOUDLESS? Battery Saver: Because we don't use GPS, Cloudless Steps uses a fraction of the battery of other fitness apps. 100% Private: Your data stays on your iPhone. We don't know where you walk, only how much you walk. 22 Languages: Designed for global use. KEY FEATURES: Automatic Tracking: Just put your phone in your pocket and go. Daily Goals: Set your step target and close your ring. Workouts: Track your daily workouts and see success over time. Historical Trends: See your weekly and monthly progress as you step into the future... Home Screen Widgets: See your progress at a glance. Dark Mode Support: Beautiful design that's easy on the eyes. SIMPLE PRICING: What You Get with The initial download: - Track your daily steps and see your current progress. - 7-Day History: Review your recent week of activity. Unlock Everything: - one time upgrade to unlock full step history via Apple Health Sync Download Cloudless Steps today and start walking safely and privately, without the cloud, cloudless.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steppa at none against Cloudless Steps's 1. Steppa also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Cloudless Steps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Steppa asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Steppa against 5.0 for Cloudless Steps. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steppa has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Steppa ships an update every 6 weeks, Cloudless Steps every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steppa | Cloudless Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SMRLND LLC | ROBERT EVAN GAYNOR |
Customer experience
Steppa
Cloudless Steps
In-app purchases
Steppa
No in-app purchases
Cloudless Steps
- Unlock Apple Health$1.99
