Bloom Step Counter vs VirtuPet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bloom Step Counter
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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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Bloom Step Counter | VirtuPet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 483 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | THORBEN GRODON | MONTEL ANTHONY NEVERS |
In-app purchases
Bloom Step Counter
No in-app purchases
VirtuPet
- VirtuPet: Premium - Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- VirtuPet: Premium - Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- 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









