Comparison

Steppa vs wayloop

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

Head to head
About

Steppa

Motivate yourself to stay active with engaging step challenges that offer real rewards. Join challenges with an entry fee, meet daily step goals, and earn a share of the prize pool upon completion. Track your progress seamlessly with Apple Health integration.

Highlights
  • Motivating step challenges
  • Real prize pool rewards
  • Apple Health integration
  • Secure wallet for earnings
  • Community and friend challenges
  • Daily, weekly, multi-day formats
Features
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Steppa helps you stay active through fun, motivating step challenges with real rewards. Join a challenge, stay consistent, and qualify for a share of the prize pool when you complete all goals.* There are no penalties or charges for missing goals. If you don’t finish a challenge, you simply don’t qualify for the payout. HOW IT WORKS • Join a challenge with a fixed entry fee • Complete the daily step goals • Qualify for a payout from the shared prize pool • Track your steps directly through Apple Health FEATURES Step Tracking • Apple Health integration • Real-time step updates • Progress charts and trends Challenges • Daily, weekly, or multi-day formats • Fair and transparent rules • Prize pools based on total entries • Clear qualification requirements Wallet • Secure card payments • View challenge earnings • Track past results Community • Join with friends • Compare progress • Stay accountable together WHY IT WORKS Steppa turns movement into a commitment. Set a goal, stay consistent, and earn a reward when you finish the challenge successfully. SAFE & SECURE • No penalties for missed goals • Bank-level payment security • Steps verified through Apple Health *Steppa does not charge users based on individual performance or missed goals. Entry fees are for joining challenges only, and users who do not complete all goals simply do not qualify for the prize pool. Apple Inc. is not a sponsor of, and is not involved in any way with, Steppa challenges. Apple does not endorse, administer, or provide any prize for any challenge, and has no responsibility for any challenge or for any prize paid out. Steppa challenges are run solely by Steppa LLC. The full official rules are available in the app at any time under Profile → Legal → Official Rules. TERMS OF USE: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

wayloop

This app generates walking and running routes based on your available time or step count. It can incorporate errands, guide you to specific destinations, and track your progress with detailed summaries. Explore new streets and compete with friends on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Generate routes by time or steps
  • Incorporate errands and waypoints
  • Track new streets walked
  • Turn-by-turn spoken directions
  • Post-walk summaries and stats
  • Weekly leaderboards and challenges
Features
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wayloop is an app that draws walking and running routes to fit the time or steps you have. Most route apps ask where you want to go. wayloop asks how long you want to walk. Say you have 60 minutes. wayloop draws a 60-minute route from your door and back. Move the ruler to 45 and the route gets shorter. Tap again for a different route. Steps work the same way. Say 10,000, or the 3,000 you still need this evening, and the route is that long. Or set a distance, like 3 miles, or 400 calories. A route can do an errand on the way. It can pass the grocery store, or end at the school gate. Set a time to be there, and wayloop tells you when to leave. wayloop paints the streets you walk on your map. The color changes every week, so you can see when you walked a street. With "Favour new streets" on, your routes take streets you have not walked yet. To walk every street in your city, set a distance. wayloop plans a route through streets you have not walked. For a run, say 10 kilometers and get a 10 km route from your door. THE ROUTE • Walk or run. Start at your door, a saved Place, an address, or anywhere you tap on the map. • End where you started, or somewhere else. • Add up to three Waypoints, places the route must pass: the grocery store, the post office, a friend's door. • Set your Preferences once: park paths and trails, avoid big roads, fewer turns, flatter or hillier. • Every route shows its climb, and its time includes it. • Or walk with no route: tap Just go, and wayloop paints every street you take. WHILE YOU ARE OUT • A tap on your wrist before every turn, and spoken directions if you want them, even with your phone locked. • It keeps recording with your phone in your pocket, and pauses when you stand still. • Apple Watch shows the next turn, the distance left and your map as it is painted. AFTERWARDS • A summary card you can share: new streets, your district before and after, steps, distance, time, climb, calories. • Stats: how much of your city you have walked, how much of your walking was on new streets, and each day against your Daily goal. • Weekly leaderboards with friends or your whole city, challenges to be first to paint part of a district, and all-time highscores. PRIVACY • Sign in once and wayloop backs up your map. A new iPhone gets it all back. Your account works on one iPhone at a time. • Friends see your totals, never the lines you walked. • wayloop learns from your backup to make routes better. It never uses your name, and never sells your backup. You can turn this off. • wayloop only counts which features you use if you say yes. It never includes your routes or GPS location. • wayloop leaves a privacy zone of up to 600 meters around your home off share cards and everything other people see. • wayloop reads your location only during a walk, or when you start from where you are. • You can export or delete everything in the app. APPLE HEALTH wayloop reads your day from your phone's health app, so walks without the app count toward your Daily goal. It saves your walks as workouts. WAYLOOP+ Just go is free, and every walk paints your map. wayloop+ lets you walk every route. Without it, you keep your map, stats, goals, saved places and community. A friend's invite gives you a week of wayloop+. Every three friends who join through your invites give you a month of it. wayloop+ costs $29.99 a year, with the first 7 days free, or $4.99 a month. Founder is one payment of $89.99 for wayloop+ for good. It is for the first 500 people or 90 days, whichever ends first. You pay through your Apple ID when you confirm. A subscription renews on its own unless you turn it off at least 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple ID settings. If you buy during a free trial, you lose the rest of it. Terms of use: https://www.getwayloop.app/terms Privacy policy: https://www.getwayloop.app/privacy Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Screenshots

Steppa4 screens
wayloop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: wayloop at none against Steppa's shown. wayloop also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Steppa's advantage is ratings volume (2K vs 2) and chart position (#183 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Steppa sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and wayloop sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

wayloop holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steppa has 2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steppa ships an update every 9 days, wayloop every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Steppa versus wayloop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteppawayloop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#183 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size141 MB87 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSteppa, LLCAdam Noren

Customer experience

Steppa

All ratings1,976 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral2.1%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews312 reviews
Positive51.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative40.7%

wayloop

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Steppa

Subscriptions7
  • Steppa Pro$4.997 Days
  • Steppa Pro$14.991 Month
  • Steppa Pro$19.991 Month
Show 4 more
  • Steppa Pro7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Steppa Pro7 Days trial$99.001 Year
  • Steppa Pro1 Month trial$119.991 Year
  • Steppa Pro7 Days trial$119.991 Year
4 purchases

wayloop

Subscriptions3
  • wayloop+ monthly$4.991 Month
  • wayloop+ yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • wayloop+ yearly1 Year trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • wayloop+ Founder$89.99

Questions

Is Steppa free?
Steppa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is wayloop free?
wayloop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Steppa or wayloop?
wayloop is rated higher. Steppa averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2K ratings, while wayloop averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Steppa or wayloop have ads?
Steppa shows ads; wayloop does not.
Which is updated more often, Steppa or wayloop?
Steppa ships an update every 9 days, and wayloop every 5 days. Most recently, Steppa was updated on November 6, 2026 and wayloop on November 6, 2026.

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