Comparison

Total Steps vs Deadstride

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” 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

Deadstride

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Real zombies. Real streets. Your legs. Deadstride turns every run or walk into a chase. A horde appears in the streets around you and follows you through the actual road network. Keep moving, pick your turns, and don't let them close the gap. โ€ข A REAL CHASE โ€” The zombies follow real streets, cut corners and close in. You lose them by running and turning, not by standing still. โ€ข SURVIVE THE 5K โ€” An 8-week beginner plan. Weeks 1 and 2 are walked, then the horde's top speed rises week after week until you can last 5 km. Caught? You are bitten and you keep going โ€” three bites and the session is to redo. โ€ข PLAYED BY EAR โ€” Voice callouts and zombie sounds in 3D: with headphones you hear where each one is. Walkers moan, runners snarl, clickers click. Dark ambient music rises as they get close. โ€ข WAVES, BONUSES, SHELTERS โ€” Adrenaline, blackouts, purges and risky crates on the street. Shelters hide you for the time you earned by running. โ€ข RUN OR WALK โ€” Two modes, each tuned to your pace. The horde is always calibrated to you. โ€ข YOUR PROGRESS โ€” Distance, time, pace, steps, calories, weekly streak, and every run with its route. โ€ข SHARE YOUR CLOSEST CALL โ€” Turn the moment a zombie was three metres away into a vertical video. โ€ข LOCK SCREEN โ€” A Live Activity shows the wave and the nearest zombie while your phone is in your pocket. No account. No ads. Your runs stay on your phone. Safety first: the game is played by ear. Watch the road, use crossings and respect traffic lights. Lace up. They're already coming.

Screenshots

Total Steps4 screens
Deadstride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Deadstride at none against Total Steps's 4. Deadstride also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Total Steps sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Deadstride asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Total Steps versus Deadstride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTotal StepsDeadstride
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB7 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAleksandr MurashkinDaryl ASSOUAN

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
None

Deadstride

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Total Steps free?
Total Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deadstride free?
Deadstride is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Total Steps or Deadstride have ads?
Neither Total Steps nor Deadstride shows ads.

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