Comparison

Bloom Step Counter vs VirtuPet

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

Head to head
About

Bloom Step Counter

Features
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Step Counter – Simple & Secure Keep track of your daily activity. Bloom provides a clear overview of your steps, distance, and calories burned – without any unnecessary clutter. Key Features: - Precise Tracking: Automatic step counting - Detailed Statistics: Monthly and yearly summaries of your progress. - Privacy First: Your data is safe. All information is processed locally on your device and is never shared.

About

VirtuPet

This app transforms your daily steps into a virtual pet game. Walk to keep your digital companion healthy, hatch eggs found on a map, and collect over 100 unique animals. Compete with friends and complete quests to earn rewards.

Highlights
  • Step tracking integration
  • Virtual pet care
  • Egg hatching and collection
  • Map-based egg discovery
  • Friend leaderboards and challenges
  • Daily quests and rewards
  • Home screen widget
Features
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Your steps keep a little pet alive. Walk, and they thrive. VirtuPet turns every walk into a game. Apple Health counts your steps in the background, your pet's health follows your daily goal, and the eggs you find on the map hatch as you walk. WALK. THEY THRIVE. Hit your goal and your pet is happy, healthy and full of energy. Skip a day and they feel it. It's the nudge to move that actually works, because someone is counting on you. FIND EGGS ON THE MAP. Open the Map and eggs land near you, at real parks, cafés and landmarks. Walk to one, pick it up and pop it in your incubator. Your steps do the rest. HATCH AND COLLECT 101 ANIMALS. Fill your Virtudex with dogs, cats, wildlife and mythic creatures from nine regions. Hatch one you already own and it ranks up to bronze, silver and gold. Bring your favourites on walks as your Walking Crew: they follow you on the map and leave paw prints behind. KEEP YOUR STREAK. Every day you hit your goal grows your streak, and the calendar shows each goal day with the steps you walked. Hit your goal without opening the app? It still counts. WALK WITH FRIENDS. Add friends with a code and climb this week's leaderboard. Start a Duo Challenge: pick a friend and a weekly step goal, walk it together, and you both spin for Scout Packs, coins and XP. QUESTS, XP AND PAW COINS. New daily quests every morning. Earn XP to level your pet up, and Paw Coins to spend in the Paw Shop on looks, scenes and themes. Play minigames with your pet between walks. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN. Add the widget and your pet is there every time you pick up your phone. VIRTUPET PREMIUM VirtuPet is free to download and free to play: walk, hatch and collect, forever. Premium adds a second incubator and a bigger egg bag, all three daily quests, biome eggs on the map and a Grand egg every Sunday, better hatch odds, two pets in your Walking Crew, full Insights and a free streak repair every month. Terms of Use: https://virtupet.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://virtupet.app/privacy Your steps have never meant more. Go find an egg.

Screenshots

Bloom Step Counter4 screens
VirtuPet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bloom Step Counter at none against VirtuPet's 8. Bloom Step Counter also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). 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. VirtuPet sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Bloom Step Counter asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bloom Step Counter ships an update every 4 days, VirtuPet every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bloom Step Counter versus VirtuPet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBloom Step CounterVirtuPet
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.617.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB483 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTHORBEN GRODONMONTEL ANTHONY NEVERS

In-app purchases

None

Bloom Step Counter

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

VirtuPet

Subscriptions2
  • VirtuPet: Premium - Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • VirtuPet: Premium - Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time6
  • Scout Pack$2.99
  • 1000 Paw Coins$2.99
  • Ranger Pack$4.99
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  • 2500 Paw Coins$4.99
  • Naturalist Pack$9.99
  • Curator Pack$19.99

Questions

Is Bloom Step Counter free?
Bloom Step Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VirtuPet free?
VirtuPet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bloom Step Counter or VirtuPet have ads?
Neither Bloom Step Counter nor VirtuPet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bloom Step Counter or VirtuPet?
Bloom Step Counter ships an update every 4 days, and VirtuPet every 3 weeks. Most recently, Bloom Step Counter was updated on October 25, 2026 and VirtuPet on November 5, 2026.

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