Comparison

Step Fish vs Snail Walk

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

Snail Walk

This app transforms your daily steps into a survival game where a relentless snail pursues you. Your real-life steps are the only way to stay ahead. If the snail catches you, your progress is permanently marked for other players to see.

Highlights
  • Real-life step tracking
  • Survival game mechanics
  • Persistent snail threat
  • Shared player world
  • Adjustable snail speed
  • Cosmetic customization
Features
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Bob is a giant snail. He's behind you on the path, and he never stops moving. Your real daily steps are the only thing keeping him off your back. Snail Walk turns your actual step count into a survival game. Every step you take in real life moves you forward on the path. Stop walking, and Bob - patient, unbothered, always moving - closes the gap. Catch up, and he's still coming. There is no version of this where he gives up. This is the only walking app where you can lose. HOW IT WORKS - Connect Apple Health. Your daily steps become distance on the path. - Hold to advance - spend your banked steps to move forward, or save them for a day you can't walk. - Bob advances at his own pace, whether or not you open the app. - If he catches you, you die. A tombstone is placed at your distance, permanently visible to every other player who walks past. Other apps reward you for moving. Bob doesn't care either way, he's not angry, not disappointed, just walking, same as you. He never stops. If you do, he catches up. A SHARED WORLD Every player walks the same path. Pass other pilgrims, walk by their graves, pay respects at a tombstone with a candle, a stone, or a flower. Compete on the Hall of Fame leaderboard for furthest distance ever survived. SET YOUR OWN PACE Bob's speed is adjustable - start easier, or make it brutal. It's the only setting that's yours to change, and it's never for sale. WHAT YOU GET One-time purchase or subscription. No ads. No free tier. No pay-to-win. Cosmetics (characters, tombstone styles) are optional and never affect the chase. Requires Apple Health step access. No GPS, no location tracking, ever. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Step Fish4 screens
Snail Walk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Step Fish at none against Snail Walk's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Snail Walk sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Step Fish asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Step Fish versus Snail Walk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep FishSnail Walk
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB69 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTILL WANNERMartin Tale

In-app purchases

None

Step Fish

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Snail Walk

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Access$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Access$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$19.99

Questions

Is Step Fish free?
Step Fish is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Snail Walk free?
Snail Walk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Step Fish or Snail Walk have ads?
Neither Step Fish nor Snail Walk shows ads.

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