Steps Ten vs RunPal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steps Ten
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Steps Ten is a simple and reliable step counter app designed to help you stay active and build healthy daily walking habits.
RunPal
This app uses AI coaching and friend accountability to help you build a consistent running habit. Receive real-time voice messages and haptic feedback from friends during your runs, and track your progress with GPS.
- AI-powered coaching and nudges
- Friend accountability and peer support
- Real-time run tracking with GPS
- Haptic cheers and voice message encouragement
- Community feed for inspiration
- Goal setting and progress tracking
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A run hits different when your people are there. RunPal is the live run tracker built for runners and the friends who show up for them. Go live, bring your crew into the moment, and let them follow every mile as it happens. GO LIVE. BRING YOUR FRIENDS. Start a solo or group run and share a private live view. Friends can follow your route, pace, distance, and time in real time, see what you’re listening to, and stay with you from start to finish. FEEL THE HYPE MID-RUN Comments, tap cheers, and short voice messages come in while you move. Hear encouragement through your headphones, feel a haptic cheer in your pocket, and keep running without breaking stride. WATCH THE RUN UNFOLD Open a friend’s live run to see the route and key stats update on the map. Follow the hard miles, react in the moment, and know exactly when your support can make a difference. RUN TOGETHER FROM ANYWHERE Start a group run with friends in different places. Everyone runs their own route while the crew shares the energy, encouragement, and finish. YOUR WHOLE RUN, REVEALED When the run ends, dig into the story behind it. Explore pace, splits, elevation, heart rate, best efforts, and mile-by-mile analysis—all tied to the same run. SHARE THE FINISH Turn a completed solo or group run into a post-ready card with your map, stats, cheers, and voice moments. Share the run you actually experienced, not just a final number. MORE WAYS TO KEEP MOVING • Accurate GPS tracking for route, pace, distance, and time • Live solo and group runs with the people you choose • Community events for meetups, social runs, and training sessions • A friends feed for finding live and completed runs • Goals, gentle nudges, and smart reminders for consistency • Privacy-first controls for who can see each run Whether you’re chasing a first mile, a faster 5K, or a marathon finish, RunPal makes every run easier to show up for—and more fun to share. Go live. Bring your crew. Run together. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steps Ten at none against RunPal's 2. Steps Ten also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). RunPal's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. RunPal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Steps Ten asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Steps Ten against 5.0 for RunPal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RunPal has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Steps Ten ships an update daily, RunPal every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steps Ten | RunPal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Venkipuram Ramakrishnan | Abraham Mangona |
In-app purchases
Steps Ten
No in-app purchases
RunPal
- Monthly Premium1 Month trial$12.991 Month
- Yearly Premium1 Month trial$99.991 Year
