Route Planner vs Stepscape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Route Planner
This app generates circular walking routes based on your desired distance or time, returning you to your starting point. It offers turn-by-turn navigation, progress tracking, and features to help you build a consistent walking habit. You can sync your data with Apple Health and export routes with a premium subscription.
- Generate circular walking routes
- Customizable distance and time goals
- Turn-by-turn navigation
- Track steps, distance, calories, and active minutes
- Sync with Apple Health
- Export GPX files (Premium)
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Pick a distance. Get a loop. Go walk. FRESH LOOP FROM WHERE YOU ARE Choose a distance or walking time - or turn the steps left in today's goal into a useful mission. Daily Wander creates a circular walking route that returns you to your start. CHOOSE A ROUTE THAT FITS Compare route variants, set a preferred direction, and use route-quality cues to choose the walk that suits your day. FOLLOW THE WALK Get turn-by-turn guidance, rerouting when needed, and clear distance, time, pace, and progress while you walk. BUILD A WALKING HABIT See steps, distance, active calories, and active minutes. Set your own daily goals, review day/week/month trends, keep a streak moving, and unlock achievements as your walks add up. UNDERSTAND AND KEEP EVERY WALK Your history keeps completed walks and route traces together. Save favorite routes, share a branded walk recap, sync workouts with Apple Health, and export GPX files with Premium. SIMPLE & PRIVATE Daily Wander stores your walk history and preferences on your devices and can sync them through iCloud. We also use trusted services for subscriptions, support chat, and privacy-conscious product analytics. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Stepscape
Discover your city on foot with custom walking routes based on your interests. Explore hidden gems, parks, and scenic streets with live tracking and detailed maps. Save, share, and track your progress towards your step goals.
- Custom route generation based on interests
- Live walking route tracking
- Points of interest on maps
- Browse curated routes by city
- Save and share routes
- Track steps and meet goals
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Stepscape turns any city into your personal walking adventure. Free to start, no account needed. Your first 14 days of Explorer+ are included. CURATED ROUTES Every curated route has hand-picked stops and is walked by real people before it's published. he notes read like they came from a friend who lives there, because they did. Only available in New York and Miami for now, but we pick the next cities based on where people ask. MAP MY ROUTE Hit "Start mapping" and go. Your path is recorded as you walk. Drop a pin at your favorite bakery along the way or the bench with the view, with a photo or a note if you want one. Forgot a spot? Tap the map afterward to add it. The route is saved with the exact line you walked, ready for you to share. SUBMIT YOUR WALK If you mapped something good, send it to us. If we think it's a good fit, we build it into a curated route for everyone in your city. GENERATE A ROUTE Pick a starting point and tell us what you're into. Coffee and parks, bookshops, whatever you look for on a walk. Or skip that and just say 45 minutes, or 8,000 steps. You get a few options to choose from, each with real named stops and a map. Works in any walkable city. TRACK YOUR WALKS Start a route and follow it stop by stop. Stepscape logs the distance and time for every walk you track and keeps a tally of the routes you've finished. Connect with your health app to track your daily steps and hit your step goals. THE 14-DAY CHALLENGE Finish 5 walks in your first 14 days and you earn another month of Explorer+ free. In Miami and New York those are curated routes. Anywhere else, any 5 walks you track or map. New challenges coming soon! SAVE AND SHARE Save routes you'd walk again, ours or yours. When you finish a walk, share the route or show off your stats with 10 unique designs to choose from. EXPLORER+ Every curated route in every city, with no limits on generated, mapped, or saved routes. $6.99 a month or $59.99 a year after your first 14 days. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled. Cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://absorbing-jeep-58f.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-for-Stepscape-2ab0135234b7804a96dec57afbc74fdf
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Stepscape at 5.0 against Route Planner's 3.7. On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Route Planner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Stepscape sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Stepscape holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
Route Planner ships an update every 3 weeks, Stepscape every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Route Planner | Stepscape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Joeri Vanthienen | Spencer Bradkin |
Customer experience
Route Planner
Stepscape
In-app purchases
Route Planner
- Weekly Premium3 Days trial2 variants$4.997 Days
- Weekly Premium7 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Monthly Premium$9.991 Month
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- Annual Premium$29.991 Year
- Annual Premium$39.991 Year
Stepscape
- Explorer+ Monthly1 Month trial$6.991 Month
- Explorer+ Yearly1 Month trial$59.991 Year









