Comparison

Total Steps vs StrideTrail

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

Head to head
About

Total Steps

Features
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Turn your daily steps into friendly competition. Total Steps connects to Apple Health and helps you stay active with public and private step leagues, global leaderboards, achievements, streaks, weekly recaps, and clean progress stats. Compete with friends Create a private league, share an invite code, or join public leagues and race up the standings. Track active and finished leagues, check final results, and share your performance. Build a walking habit See your daily, monthly, yearly, and lifetime steps in a clean dashboard. Follow your streaks, personal records, milestones, and activity heatmap. Unlock achievements Earn badges for consistency, big step days, streaks, goals, and long-term progress. Your profile shows what you've unlocked and what is next. Review your week Weekly Recap shows your total steps, best day, trend vs last week, and progress highlights so you can keep momentum going. Share your progress Share step summaries, leaderboard results, weekly recaps, achievements, and league results with friends. Privacy & permissions Total Steps reads your step count from Apple Health to calculate stats, achievements, and rankings. Sign in with Apple keeps your leagues and stats connected across devices while you stay in control. Start walking, join a league, and see how far you can climb.

About

StrideTrail

Features
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StrideTrail is a step counter that puts privacy first. Open it and today's steps are right there β€” no account, no sign-up. Every step stays on this phone and in your own Health app. Β· Today dashboard β€” a big progress ring with live-ticking steps, plus distance, calories and active minutes at a glance Β· Daily goal & streaks β€” hit your goal to light up the day and keep the streak going Β· Week / month / year charts β€” browse your whole history freely, goal days highlighted in color, tap any day for its details Β· Health sync β€” optionally import your step history so you can see a full year of charts on day one, and optionally write calorie estimates back to Health Β· Widgets β€” small and medium Home Screen rings plus a Lock Screen ring Β· 12 theme colors β€” all of them open, switch whenever you like Β· No GPS β€” steps come from the iPhone's built-in motion coprocessor, with almost no extra battery drain Every feature is free. There are no locked features, no subscription and no trial period: step counting, the complete chart history, goals and streaks, daily reminders, Health sync, all widgets and all theme colors are available from the start. A banner ad is shown at the bottom of the screen. If you would rather not see it, a one-time "Remove ads" purchase hides it. That purchase does **not** unlock anything new, because nothing was locked in the first place. Privacy: StrideTrail has no account and no server of ours. Your steps and Health records stay on this device and in your own Health app β€” they are never uploaded and never used for advertising. Every feature works offline; the app goes online only to fetch the banner ad at the bottom of the screen. It does not track you and never asks for ATT permission. Motion and Health permissions are both optional, and basic step counting keeps working if you decline.

Screenshots

Total Steps4 screens
StrideTrail3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Total Steps at none against StrideTrail's shown. StrideTrail's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Total Steps sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and StrideTrail sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Total Steps versus StrideTrail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTotal StepsStrideTrail
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyβ€”
AdsNo β€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksandr MurashkinδΈ½δ½³ ζ–½

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Total Steps

One-time4
  • Custom Nickname$0.99
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
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  • Large Tip$14.99
1 purchases

StrideTrail

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Total Steps free?
Total Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StrideTrail free?
StrideTrail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Total Steps or StrideTrail have ads?
StrideTrail shows ads; Total Steps does not.

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