Comparison

Step Fish vs Snailed

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

Head to head
About

Step Fish

Features
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Your daily steps, a world of underwater discoveries. Step Fish brings everyday movement together with a lively pixel aquarium. Whether you're taking a stroll, walking to work or going the long way home, collect steps, earn Fish Food and discover new creatures. Connect Step Fish to Apple Health and choose your daily step goal. Follow your progress, view the past seven days and keep your streak going. Spend your earned Fish Food on creature packs to discover random inhabitants across different rarity levels. From tropical fish and turtles to pufferfish, rays and Arctic animals, build your collection and choose who lives in your aquarium. Make their home your own with four backgrounds, corals, rocks, sunken columns, treasure chests and floating ice floes. Place decorations where you like, adjust their size and flip them to suit your design. Your layout is saved to your account. Watch fish explore caves and swim through arches while penguins rest on ice floes. Tap the water to attract nearby fish. Tilt your iPhone and watch the waves, plants and creatures respond. Trade fish with friends: connect using a code, choose your creatures and confirm the exchange to welcome a new resident. Keep your latest synced step count and daily goal in view with a mini aquarium widget on your Home Screen. Step Fish needs permission to read your steps from Apple Health to show your progress and award Fish Food.

About

Snailed

This game turns your daily steps into a survival challenge against a persistent snail. Progress through a story by staying ahead, with notifications to keep you informed of its progress. It's a unique, slow-paced experience that encourages consistent movement.

Highlights
  • Daily step tracking
  • Story-driven progression
  • Real-time snail pursuit
  • Optional notifications
  • Home-screen widget
  • Brag-photo stickers
Features
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Snailed is a daily pedometer game where a fictional snail starts 500 steps behind you and never stops walking. Every step you take is the only thing keeping it from catching up. It moves slowly during the day, even slower at night, and occasionally finds a shortcut, a hitchhike, or someone's espresso. You'll get notifications when it picks up speed and notifications when it's about to catch you. The story of who this snail is — and why it's coming — unfolds across twenty chapters as you survive. Snailed reads your step count from Apple Health (on-device, never uploaded). It doesn't track location, doesn't show ads, and doesn't sell your data. Notifications, the home-screen widget, brag-photo stickers, and the lore are all optional. A long, slow, deadpan game. Keep walking.

Screenshots

Step Fish4 screens
Snailed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Step Fish at none against Snailed's 10. Step Fish also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Snailed's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, ads 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. Snailed sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Step Fish asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Step Fish ships an update weekly, Snailed every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Step Fish versus Snailed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep FishSnailed
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB30 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTILL WANNERAvigage LLC

In-app purchases

None

Step Fish

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Snailed

One-time10
  • Chapter 5 — His Mother's Shell$1.99
  • Chapter 7 — No One's Equal$1.99
  • Chapter 10 — The Fury$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Chapter 11 — Return to the Falcon$1.99
  • Chapter 14 — From Above$2.99
  • Chapter 13 — The Common Enemy$2.99
  • Chapter 16 — The Hunt Begins$2.99
  • Chapter 18 — What the Decades Took$4.99
  • Chapter 19 — The Forgetting$4.99
  • Chapter 20 — The Looney Snail$4.99

Questions

Is Step Fish free?
Step Fish is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Snailed free?
Snailed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Step Fish or Snailed have ads?
Neither Step Fish nor Snailed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Step Fish or Snailed?
Step Fish ships an update weekly, and Snailed every 3 days. Most recently, Step Fish was updated on October 30, 2026 and Snailed on October 31, 2026.

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