Comparison

VirtuPet vs Steepish

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

Head to head
About

VirtuPet

This app transforms your daily steps into a virtual pet game. Walk to keep your digital companion healthy, hatch eggs found on a map, and collect over 100 unique animals. Compete with friends and complete quests to earn rewards.

Highlights
  • Step tracking integration
  • Virtual pet care
  • Egg hatching and collection
  • Map-based egg discovery
  • Friend leaderboards and challenges
  • Daily quests and rewards
  • Home screen widget
Features
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Your steps keep a little pet alive. Walk, and they thrive. VirtuPet turns every walk into a game. Apple Health counts your steps in the background, your pet's health follows your daily goal, and the eggs you find on the map hatch as you walk. WALK. THEY THRIVE. Hit your goal and your pet is happy, healthy and full of energy. Skip a day and they feel it. It's the nudge to move that actually works, because someone is counting on you. FIND EGGS ON THE MAP. Open the Map and eggs land near you, at real parks, cafés and landmarks. Walk to one, pick it up and pop it in your incubator. Your steps do the rest. HATCH AND COLLECT 101 ANIMALS. Fill your Virtudex with dogs, cats, wildlife and mythic creatures from nine regions. Hatch one you already own and it ranks up to bronze, silver and gold. Bring your favourites on walks as your Walking Crew: they follow you on the map and leave paw prints behind. KEEP YOUR STREAK. Every day you hit your goal grows your streak, and the calendar shows each goal day with the steps you walked. Hit your goal without opening the app? It still counts. WALK WITH FRIENDS. Add friends with a code and climb this week's leaderboard. Start a Duo Challenge: pick a friend and a weekly step goal, walk it together, and you both spin for Scout Packs, coins and XP. QUESTS, XP AND PAW COINS. New daily quests every morning. Earn XP to level your pet up, and Paw Coins to spend in the Paw Shop on looks, scenes and themes. Play minigames with your pet between walks. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN. Add the widget and your pet is there every time you pick up your phone. VIRTUPET PREMIUM VirtuPet is free to download and free to play: walk, hatch and collect, forever. Premium adds a second incubator and a bigger egg bag, all three daily quests, biome eggs on the map and a Grand egg every Sunday, better hatch odds, two pets in your Walking Crew, full Insights and a free streak repair every month. Terms of Use: https://virtupet.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://virtupet.app/privacy Your steps have never meant more. Go find an egg.

About

Steepish

This app gamifies your daily step count, turning fitness into a friendly competition. Set personal goals, challenge friends, and track your progress using Apple Health data. It's a fun way to stay motivated and active.

Highlights
  • Gamified step tracking
  • Personal goal setting
  • Friend challenges
  • Progress sharing
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Steepish transforms your daily steps into a fun and motivating challenge. Set personal goals and compete with yourself, or challenge your friends, share your progress, and see who reaches the finish line first. Powered by Apple Health for accurate step tracking. Developed by Aisha Alhakami Arwa AlKadi Aryam Atallah Rana Alqubaily Samar AlQahtani

Screenshots

VirtuPet4 screens
Steepish3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Steepish at 5.0 against VirtuPet's 4.3. Steepish also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). VirtuPet's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. VirtuPet sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Steepish asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Steepish holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VirtuPet ships an update every 3 weeks, Steepish every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
VirtuPet versus Steepish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVirtuPetSteepish
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size483 MB175 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMONTEL ANTHONY NEVERSArwa AlKadi

Customer experience

VirtuPet

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Steepish

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

VirtuPet

Subscriptions2
  • VirtuPet: Premium - Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • VirtuPet: Premium - Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time6
  • Scout Pack$2.99
  • 1000 Paw Coins$2.99
  • Ranger Pack$4.99
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  • 2500 Paw Coins$4.99
  • Naturalist Pack$9.99
  • Curator Pack$19.99
None

Steepish

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VirtuPet free?
VirtuPet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Steepish free?
Steepish is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VirtuPet or Steepish?
Steepish is rated higher. VirtuPet averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Steepish averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do VirtuPet or Steepish have ads?
Neither VirtuPet nor Steepish shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VirtuPet or Steepish?
VirtuPet ships an update every 3 weeks, and Steepish every 3 days. Most recently, VirtuPet was updated on November 9, 2026 and Steepish on October 31, 2026.

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