Comparison

Steppps vs Physical

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

Head to head
About

Steppps

This app provides an honest and straightforward step counter, focusing purely on your daily step count and walk tracking. It offers detailed stats for walks, integrates with Apple Watch and Health, and syncs with Strava. Get weekly performance verdicts without gamified motivation.

Highlights
  • Daily step count tracking
  • Tracked walks with route mapping
  • Apple Watch complications
  • Strava export
  • Apple Health integration
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Weekly performance verdicts
Features
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STEPPPS A step counter that doesn't lie to you. No streaks. No badges. No confetti. Just your steps and the truth. TRACK YOUR STEPS Daily step count, front and center. Hit your goal or don't. TEAMS Create a team. Invite your family with a code or a link. One leaderboard, ranked by who actually walked today. No participation trophies. Someone's in last. Maybe it's you. APPLE WATCH Your steps on your wrist. Complications for your watch face. Same brutalist style—no clutter, just data. TRACK YOUR WALKS Start a walk. See your route on the map. Stop when you're done. Distance, pace, steps, time—recorded and saved. Lock screen Live Activity shows your stats without unlocking. STRAVA EXPORT Track in Steppps. Export to Strava. Route, distance, time—all synced. THE NUMBERS, ALL OF THEM Today by the hour. This week. Your trends. Your full history. Best day. Worst day. Weekday vs. weekend. The patterns you'd rather not see. APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION Reads steps from iPhone and Apple Watch. Writes workouts when you hit your goal or complete a tracked walk. WIDGETS & DYNAMIC ISLAND Step count on Home Screen, Lock Screen, Dynamic Island. Progress bar shows how close you are to your goal. WEEKLY VERDICTS Every week: PERFECT, STRONG, SOLID, MEDIOCRE, WEAK, or PATHETIC. Whatever you earned. NO MOTIVATION. JUST DATA. Privacy Policy - https://www.steppps.app/privacy Terms of Condition - https://www.steppps.app/terms

About

Physical

This app tracks your weekly aerobic minutes and strength training days based on national guidelines, personalized to your profile. It integrates with Apple Health to automatically log workouts and provides visual progress through simple rings. Features include live heart-rate zones, workout goals, and voice commands via Siri.

Highlights
  • Guideline-based weekly targets
  • Live heart-rate zones
  • Workout goals with progress alerts
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
  • Outdoor GPS tracking
  • Strength logging with muscle groups
  • Widget and Live Activity display
Features
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Most fitness apps chase step counts. Physical tracks what actually moves your health: the weekly aerobic minutes and strength days from national physical activity guidelines, personalized to you. Your dashboard shows two simple rings, aerobic and strength, tailored to your age and profile. Every walk, run, and lift you log in Apple Health counts automatically. WHAT YOU GET - Guideline-based targets. Weekly goals from the 2018 U.S. Physical Activity Guidelines, not a generic 10k steps. - Live heart-rate zones. Color-coded intensity on iPhone and Apple Watch, so you know when you are working hard enough. - Workout goals. Aim for a time, calorie, or distance target, with a wrist buzz at the halfway point and the finish. - Start with Siri. Say "Hey Siri, let's get Physical" to begin a workout or a saved routine by voice, plus Shortcuts and Spotlight support. - Start fast. Long-press the app icon for Home Screen quick actions to jump into a run, walk, or strength session. - Outdoor GPS. Live distance, pace, and route mapping for outdoor walks, runs, hikes, and rides on Apple Watch. - Music controls. Play, pause, and skip right from the workout screen, without leaving the app. - Strength logging. Log sessions on iPhone or Apple Watch with muscle-group coverage, and save your own routines. - Widget and complication. Your rings at a glance on the Home Screen and watch face. - Live Activity. Heart rate and intensity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island during a workout. - Share your week. Turn your two rings into an image you can post anywhere. - Export your data. Send your logged workouts to CSV anytime from Settings. - Nothing slips by. Get a heads-up when a workout you logged in another app counts toward your week. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Physical collects nothing. No account, no analytics, no ads, no network calls. Your health data stays in Apple Health, and your saved routines back up to your own iCloud. Nothing is ever sent to us. HOW IT WORKS Set your profile once, then just live your week. Workouts you log in Apple Health count automatically, and Physical shows how close you are with reminders that adapt as your rings fill. Try everything free for 7 days, then continue with a subscription or a one-time lifetime unlock. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ryansan2001-source.github.io/physical-privacy/ Questions? developer.ryan.mcgee@icloud.com

Screenshots

Steppps4 screens
Physical4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Physical at every 4 days against Steppps's fortnightly. Steppps's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Steppps sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Physical sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Steppps against 5.0 for Physical. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steppps ships an update fortnightly, Physical every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Steppps versus Physical: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepppsPhysical
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMYFC LLCRyan McGee

Customer experience

Steppps

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

Physical

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

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Steppps

Subscriptions2
  • Steppps+$3.991 Month
  • Steppps+$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • Steppps Small Tip$2.99
  • Steppps Medium Tip$4.99
  • Steppps Large Tip$9.99
3 purchases

Physical

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Access7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Annual Access7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock Physical$49.99

Questions

Is Steppps free?
Steppps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Physical free?
Physical is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Steppps or Physical?
Steppps and Physical are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Steppps or Physical have ads?
Neither Steppps nor Physical shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steppps or Physical?
Steppps ships an update fortnightly, and Physical every 4 days. Most recently, Steppps was updated on October 10, 2026 and Physical on September 29, 2026.

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