Comparison

MySteps vs GotSteps

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

Head to head
About

MySteps

This app offers a highly customizable pedometer experience, allowing users to design their own fitness dashboard. Set personal goals, track various metrics like steps, distance, and calories, and view progress through visually appealing recap stories. Your health data remains private and on your device.

Highlights
  • Customizable dashboard
  • Personalized goal setting
  • Privacy-first data handling
  • Recap stories
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Apple Watch complications
Features
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MySteps turns your Apple Health data into a clear step tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch. Set a goal, keep your streak, and see your progress at a glance. APPLE WATCH • Walk with large, clear numbers: time, steps, heart rate, distance, and pace • See live steps, steps per minute, and your daily goal • Follow heart rate zones and a live map on outdoor walks and hikes • Get a full summary with energy and steps per minute after each walk REACH YOUR GOAL • Set a daily step goal and build a streak • See steps, distance, calories, floors, and exercise minutes • Earn awards as your total steps grow KEEP PROGRESS CLOSE • Add Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Add Apple Watch complications • Track outdoor walks, indoor walks, and hikes on iPhone and Apple Watch • Use both pages of iPhone Duo when it is open SEE THE PATTERN • Review weekly, monthly, yearly, and all-time insights • Watch your monthly Wrapped story • Compare steps with other walkers on the optional leaderboard MYSTEPS PRO Core step tracking is free. MySteps Pro is a one-time purchase. It adds AI Insights, your full history and Wrapped archive, Pro widgets, more colors and layouts, custom daily goals, more streak freezes, and data export. Core step tracking works without an account. MySteps reads Apple Health data on your device. AI Insights and the leaderboard use online services only after you turn them on. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

GotSteps

Turn your walks into fun, competitive battles with friends, family, or colleagues. This app offers private group challenges with automatic tracking and various fair play modes for engaging fitness motivation.

Highlights
  • Private group challenges
  • Automatic HealthKit sync
  • Step or calorie battles
  • Fair competition modes
  • Real-time leaderboards
  • Battle recaps
  • Shareable challenge banners
Features
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Transform your daily walks into competitive battles with friends, family, or coworkers. GotSteps makes fitness fun through private group challenges with automatic tracking and fair play modes. What You Can Do: • Create or join private battles with 6-character invite codes • Compete in step or calorie battles (1 day to infinite duration) • Automatic HealthKit sync—no manual entry, no cheating • Fair competition modes: Classic (highest total wins), Handicap (baseline-adjusted scoring), and Best Days (only your best N days count) • Real-time leaderboards with daily stats, streaks, and rankings • Battle recaps with winners, comebacks, and improvement highlights • Mark rest days that use baseline averages instead of actual steps • Share battle results and challenge banners on Instagram Stories • Send taunts to rivals with preset messages • Background step syncing keeps your progress updated automatically Perfect For: • Friends who want to motivate each other through friendly competition • Family members staying active together • Workplace wellness challenges and team building • Anyone who needs accountability to walk more Privacy First: All battles are private and invite-only. Your HealthKit data is used only to track your progress—never shared or sold. We use automatic syncing from Apple Health, so there's no manual entry and no way to cheat. How It Works: 1. Create an account with email and password 2. Grant HealthKit permission to sync your steps and calories 3. Create a private group or join one with an invite code 4. Start a battle (choose duration, type, and fair play mode) 5. Walk, sync automatically, and compete on real-time leaderboards Fair Competition: Not everyone walks the same amount. That's why we have Handicap mode (adjusts scores based on your baseline activity) and Best Days mode (only your best days count toward your total). Everyone can compete fairly, regardless of their starting fitness level. Start your first battle today and turn walking into a game.

Screenshots

MySteps4 screens
GotSteps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GotSteps at none against MySteps's 5. MySteps's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MySteps sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. GotSteps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MySteps against 5.0 for GotSteps. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MySteps has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MySteps ships an update weekly, GotSteps every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MySteps versus GotSteps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyStepsGotSteps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.5 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size205 MB18 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMSW Digital LLCZORIX LLC

Customer experience

MySteps

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GotSteps

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

MySteps

Subscriptions2
  • MySteps Pro Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • MySteps Pro Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time3
  • Premium Upgrade$2.99
  • Premium Member Upgrade$4.99
  • MySteps Pro Lifetime$9.99
None

GotSteps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MySteps free?
MySteps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GotSteps free?
GotSteps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MySteps or GotSteps?
MySteps and GotSteps are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do MySteps or GotSteps have ads?
Neither MySteps nor GotSteps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MySteps or GotSteps?
MySteps ships an update weekly, and GotSteps every 3 weeks. Most recently, MySteps was updated on November 5, 2026 and GotSteps on November 9, 2026.

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