Yearly Run Goals vs Cloudless Steps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yearly Run Goals
This app helps you achieve your annual fitness goals by tracking your running, cycling, or swimming progress. Visualize your journey with detailed charts and stay motivated with streak tracking. Connect to health platforms or log activities manually to monitor your achievements.
- Set yearly distance goals
- Track running, cycling, swimming
- Connect to Apple Health
- Manual workout logging
- Progress charts and insights
- Streak tracking
- Exportable progress images
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Set a goal. Track your progress. Crush your year. Yearly Run Goals helps you stay motivated by tracking your running (or walking, cycling, or swimming) toward a yearly distance goal. Connect to Apple Health to automatically import your workouts, or log them manually. Features - Beautiful progress charts showing your pace toward your goal - Streak tracking to keep you motivated - Monthly and weekly insights - Compare your progress across different years - Export shareable images of your progress Whether you're training for a marathon or just trying to move a bit more, Yearly Run Goals keeps you focused on the big picture. Privacy Policy: https://birchtree.productions/apps/yearly-run-goals/privacy.html
Cloudless Steps
This app tracks your daily steps and workouts locally on your device, prioritizing privacy by not using GPS. It offers automatic tracking, daily goals, historical trends, and home screen widgets, with an optional one-time upgrade for full history via Apple Health Sync.
- Automatic step tracking
- Local data storage
- Daily step goals
- Workout tracking
- Historical trends
- Home screen widgets
- Dark mode support
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Step tracker with all-local data!!! Track your health, not your location. WHY CHOOSE CLOUDLESS? Battery Saver: Because we don't use GPS, Cloudless Steps uses a fraction of the battery of other fitness apps. 100% Private: Your data stays on your iPhone. We don't know where you walk, only how much you walk. 22 Languages: Designed for global use. KEY FEATURES: Automatic Tracking: Just put your phone in your pocket and go. Daily Goals: Set your step target and close your ring. Workouts: Track your daily workouts and see success over time. Historical Trends: See your weekly and monthly progress as you step into the future... Home Screen Widgets: See your progress at a glance. Dark Mode Support: Beautiful design that's easy on the eyes. SIMPLE PRICING: What You Get with The initial download: - Track your daily steps and see your current progress. - 7-Day History: Review your recent week of activity. Unlock Everything: - one time upgrade to unlock full step history via Apple Health Sync Download Cloudless Steps today and start walking safely and privately, without the cloud, cloudless.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cloudless Steps at 100% against Yearly Run Goals's 50%. Cloudless Steps also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Yearly Run Goals's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 weeks) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Yearly Run Goals sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per year and Cloudless Steps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cloudless Steps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yearly Run Goals has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Yearly Run Goals's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cloudless Steps's.
Yearly Run Goals ships an update every 11 days, Cloudless Steps every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yearly Run Goals | Cloudless Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matt Birchler | ROBERT EVAN GAYNOR |
Customer experience
Yearly Run Goals
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In-app purchases
Yearly Run Goals
- Yearly Goals Plus$6.991 Year
Cloudless Steps
- Unlock Apple Health$1.99
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