Comparison

Stress Tracker HRV vs StepPet

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

Head to head
About

Stress Tracker HRV

Monitor your body's stress levels, sleep quality, and recovery using Heart Rate Variability (HRV) data from your Apple Watch. Gain insights into your mental and physical well-being to make informed decisions about rest and activity.

Highlights
  • Real-time stress tracking via HRV
  • Daily and weekly stress trend analysis
  • Recovery Index for bounce-back assessment
  • Sleep score and optimization insights
  • On-device data privacy
Features
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Stress tracking with HRV, sleep insights & recovery in one simple app. Feel tired, anxious, or burned out without knowing why? This app gives you answers, not guesses. Stress Tracker uses Heart Rate Variability (HRV) to show your real stress level, sleep quality, and how well you’re recovering — all from your Apple Watch. Track your daily stress instantly. See how it changes across the day or week. Know when to rest, recover, or push forward with data-backed clarity. Features: • Real‑time stress tracking based on HRV • Daily & weekly stress trends • Recovery Index to see how you bounce back • Sleep score and insights to optimize rest • Fully private – nothing leaves your device Get clarity over your mental and physical health. Stop guessing. Start tracking.

About

StepPet

Features
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Meet your new walking buddy — a tiny mouse that lives on your Apple Watch and needs you to stay active. Earn cheese by walking (every 150 steps = 1 cheese), then feed your pet to keep it happy and healthy. Neglect it and it gets hungry, sad, or even hangry. Take care of it every day and watch your streak grow. FEATURES • Step tracking with HealthKit — earn cheese just by walking • 7 mood states — happy, chill, hungry, sad, starving, hangry, sleeping • Smart Stack widget — your pet lives on your watch face • Daily minigame — play a memory match to earn bonus cheese • Sleep mode — your pet follows your real sleep schedule • Milestone celebrations — streak rewards at 3 days, 1 week, 1 month, and beyond • Step celebrations — animations at 1k, 2k, 5k, and 10k steps No subscriptions. No ads. Just you and your mouse.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: StepPet at $1.99 against Stress Tracker HRV's $7.99. On update cadence, 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

Stress Tracker HRV costs $7.99 and StepPet $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stress Tracker HRV ships an update every 5 weeks, StepPet every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Stress Tracker HRV versus StepPet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStress Tracker HRVStepPet
Price$7.99$1.99 — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlvaro Garcia PizarroJOHN YUNG

In-app purchases

None

Stress Tracker HRV

No in-app purchases

None

StepPet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stress Tracker HRV free?
Stress Tracker HRV costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is StepPet free?
StepPet costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stress Tracker HRV or StepPet have ads?
Neither Stress Tracker HRV nor StepPet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stress Tracker HRV or StepPet?
Stress Tracker HRV ships an update every 5 weeks, and StepPet every 2 months. Most recently, Stress Tracker HRV was updated on September 19, 2026 and StepPet on September 21, 2026.

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