Comparison

StepX vs Walking Challenge

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

Head to head
About

StepX

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Turn your iPhone into a powerful pedometer and daily step tracker. No login. No extra devices. Just walk and track your 10,000 step goal. Set goals. Count steps. Burn calories. Build streaks. STEPX INCLUDES โ€ข Automatic step counting โ€ข Apple Health integration โ€ข Active calories tracking โ€ข Daily, weekly & monthly charts โ€ข Streak system to build walking habits โ€ข Awards & badges with milestones โ€ข Personal best records โ€ข 8 beautiful themes โ€ข Social media sharing โ€ข Distance & time tracking โ€ข Today widget for quick overview โ€ข Supports 22 languages โ€ข No extra hardware required BUILD A HABIT StepX helps you form a daily walking habit with streaks and milestone rewards. Hit your step goal every day and watch your streak grow โ€” one step at a time. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Beautiful animated charts show your daily, weekly and monthly progress. See exactly how far you've come and stay motivated to keep going. APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION StepX syncs seamlessly with Apple Health โ€” all your steps, calories and distance in one place. Set your goal. Start walking. Achieve more every day. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/stepx/private-policy Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/stepx/terms-of-use-eula

About

Walking Challenge

Features
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See today's steps and your monthly step total at a glance, using the step counts recorded in the Health app. Built for walking challenges where you need to know how many steps you have taken this month. - Today's steps and how many remain to your goal, with number and ring views - Monthly step totals and the average of recorded days, including today - Daily bar charts that show which days reached your goal - Custom daily and monthly goals - Hourly steps for today or a past day, with same-weekday and same-time averages from the previous four weeks; choose and change the date within the hourly screen - Today's pace through the last completed hour, compared with prior matching weekdays when at least two comparable records are available - Weekday daily averages and hourly averages over the previous 28 completed days - CSV export for an inclusive date range you choose - Japanese and English Missing step data is not treated as zero. A recorded zero is included in averages; missing records are omitted. Each analysis shows its date range and the number of records used. Walking Challenge requests read access to step count only and does not write to Health. Step data is processed on your device and is not sent automatically. CSV files are saved only to a destination you choose. No account or ads.

Screenshots

StepX4 screens
Walking Challenge3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Walking Challenge at none against StepX's 2. Walking Challenge also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. StepX sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Walking Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StepX ships an update monthly, Walking Challenge every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
StepX versus Walking Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepXWalking Challenge
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size68 MB1 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSiarhei AntonenkaMasahiro Uehara

In-app purchases

2 purchases

StepX

Subscriptions1
  • StepX Pro Month Subscription$5.991 Month
One-time1
  • StepX Pro$19.99
None

Walking Challenge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StepX free?
StepX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Walking Challenge free?
Walking Challenge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do StepX or Walking Challenge have ads?
Neither StepX nor Walking Challenge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StepX or Walking Challenge?
StepX ships an update monthly, and Walking Challenge every 2 days. Most recently, StepX was updated on November 5, 2026 and Walking Challenge on October 31, 2026.

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