Comparison

Step Lynx Activity Tracker vs StepQuest

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

Head to head
About

Step Lynx Activity Tracker

This app provides a focused way to track your daily activity, including steps, distance, and calories burned, directly from your Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Apple Watch. It offers clear progress visualization, goal streaks, and customizable notifications to keep you motivated without overwhelming you.

Highlights
  • Live step count, distance, and calorie tracking
  • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Goal rings and streaks
  • Badge collection for milestones
  • Optional daily check-in nudges
  • Privacy-focused with no account required
Features
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Step Lynx is a clean, focused step counter and activity tracker that lives where you actually look — your Lock Screen, your Home Screen, and your Apple Watch. No dashboards to wade through. Just clear progress, real streaks, and goals you can actually feel yourself moving toward. WHAT YOU GET • Live step count, distance, flights climbed, and active calories pulled straight from Apple Health. • Goal rings for every metric. Enable the ones you care about, hide the ones you don't. • Lock Screen widgets so your progress is always one glance away. • Home Screen widgets in every common size, from a single number to a full activity ring layout. • Apple Watch app and complications that mirror your iPhone, with goals that sync automatically. • Beautiful trends view so you can see your week, month, and lifetime at a glance. STREAKS THAT MEAN SOMETHING • Daily goal streaks for steps, distance, flights, and active calories — each one tracked separately. • Best streak protection so a single missed day or a metric you turn off can never erase a personal record. • A growing badge collection for first miles, big-step days, big stair days, big burn days, week-long streaks on every metric, and the rare "Triple Threat" days where you hit steps, distance, and flights all at once. CELEBRATIONS YOU'LL ACTUALLY NOTICE • Crisp haptic feedback every time you cross a goal. • A bigger "All Goals Crushed" celebration with a stronger haptic on days you sweep every enabled goal. • A clean badge detail view that explains what each award means and shows you exactly how close you are to the next one. NUDGES, NOT NOISE • Optional daily check-in: pick any time of day and get one friendly push with your live progress. The message adapts to where you actually are — gentle on quiet mornings, motivating on near-misses, congratulatory on early sweeps. • Goal-met notifications fire only once per day per metric, so you never get spammed. • All notifications are off by default. You decide when we speak up. PRIVACY • Health data stays on your device. Step Lynx reads from Apple Health, never sends your data to a server, and has no third-party analytics. • No account required. Open the app, grant Health permission, done. WHAT'S FREE AND WHAT'S PRO The core experience — live counts, goal rings, basic widgets, daily streaks, and the milestone badges most people care about — is free forever. Step Lynx Pro unlocks the full badge collection (week-long streaks on every metric, the rare "Triple Threat", deeper milestones), advanced widgets, and the lifetime stats view. One-time purchase, no subscription required for the core upgrade. KEEP MOVING Whether you're chasing a 30-day streak, climbing more flights than you did last month, or just trying to stand up more, Step Lynx makes it easy to see where you are and feel good about getting there. Thanks for using Step Lynx.

About

StepQuest

Features
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StepQuest turns your daily steps into an adventure. Count every step, reach your goal, and walk famous routes around the world one day at a time. TRACK YOUR DAY • Steps, distance, calories and floors climbed, all in one place • Daily step goal with a clear progress ring • Hour-by-hour timeline of when you walked • Works with Apple Health, so your data stays in sync GO ON A QUEST Pick a real-world route and every step moves you forward on the map. Walk from Mumbai to Goa, Delhi to Jaipur, New York to Philadelphia or London to Brighton, and celebrate milestones along the way. STAY MOTIVATED • Daily challenges: extra steps, a quick walk or keeping your streak alive • Multi-day challenges like the 10K Week • Goal streaks that reward consistency • Achievements to unlock as you go WALK, RUN OR HIKE Start a workout with GPS route tracking and see your path on the map when you finish. APPLE WATCH Check today's steps, start a walk and view your summary straight from your wrist. Add StepQuest complications to your watch face. WIDGETS See today's steps and goal progress on your Home Screen and Lock Screen without opening the app. HISTORY & INSIGHTS Look back at past days and weeks, spot trends and get a weekly summary of how you did. REMINDERS A morning nudge to walk, an evening goal check-in, streak reminders, quest milestone alerts and a weekly summary every Sunday. STEPQUEST PREMIUM Unlock more with a monthly, yearly or one-time lifetime purchase: • Smart Adaptive Goals that grow with you • Walking Score with a full breakdown and daily tips • Advanced Insights and Analytics: best walking times, pace and consistency • Unlimited Quests, including San Francisco to Los Angeles, London to Paris and Tokyo to Kyoto • Premium widgets: Walking Score, Quest Progress and Weekly Progress • Custom challenges with your own targets • Premium color themes PRIVACY FIRST StepQuest reads your activity from Apple Health only with your permission. Built entirely with Apple frameworks, no third-party trackers or ads. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/stepquest-termsconditions Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/stepquest-privacypolicy StepQuest is not a medical device and is intended for general fitness and wellness only.

Screenshots

Step Lynx Activity Tracker4 screens
StepQuest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Step Lynx Activity Tracker at none against StepQuest's shown. StepQuest's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Step Lynx Activity Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and StepQuest sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Step Lynx Activity Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, StepQuest every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Step Lynx Activity Tracker versus StepQuest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep Lynx Activity TrackerStepQuest
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid ConroyVarsha Patel

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Step Lynx Activity Tracker

One-time1
  • Pro Mode$0.99
3 purchases

StepQuest

Subscriptions2
  • monthly$4.991 Month
  • yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Step Lynx Activity Tracker free?
Step Lynx Activity Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StepQuest free?
StepQuest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Step Lynx Activity Tracker or StepQuest have ads?
StepQuest shows ads; Step Lynx Activity Tracker does not.
Which is updated more often, Step Lynx Activity Tracker or StepQuest?
Step Lynx Activity Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, and StepQuest every 2 days. Most recently, Step Lynx Activity Tracker was updated on October 10, 2026 and StepQuest on October 9, 2026.

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