Comparison

Ambryx vs Steppies

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

Head to head
About

Ambryx

Features
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Ambryx is a private walking companion for iPhone and Apple Watch. It is built to help you walk with a plan and finish with momentum through smart goals, real-time sessions, and cross-device progress visibility. Ambryx focuses on everyday consistency: - Goals that feel achievable and motivating - Real-time walking sessions with clear live metrics - Visibility across the surfaces you already check all day - Recovery for walks you forgot to start manually WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH AMBRYX Build a goal system that works for your life - Choose daily goals from beginner to ambitious ranges - Get automatic weekly targets and helpful progress context - Update your goals anytime as your routine changes Track active walks in real time - Start a walk on iPhone or Apple Watch - See live elapsed time, steps, distance, and workout progress - Finish with an immediate summary so progress feels concrete Train with Japanese interval walking - Structured workout mode designed to boost your walking fitness - Configure custom intervals with fast and easy phases - Get real-time pace coaching with distinct audio cues - Perfect for tempo training and building endurance Get credit for forgotten walks - Ambryx detects qualifying walks you did not manually start - Review detected walks in a clean prompt flow - Save or decline each walk without clutter See progress everywhere - Day, week, and month progress views in the app - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets - Live Activity and Dynamic Island updates during active sessions - Apple Watch companion experience with synced progress - Watch complications for quick glance updates Stay supported without notification overload - Goal reminders and activity nudges - Quiet Hours controls for better timing and less noise - Clear permission and recovery flows when settings need attention Designed with privacy at the center - Your health data stays in Apple Health and your iCloud account - No third-party data sharing for your walk history - Data access is controlled by the Health permissions you choose Ambryx is for people who want a practical, reliable walking system they can actually stick with. https://isolift.app/ambryx/privacy

About

Steppies

This app offers a straightforward way to track your daily steps, distance, calories burned, and floors climbed. It features a progress ring that fills as you approach your goal and provides historical data for weekly, monthly, and yearly views. Widgets are available for your home screen, lock screen, and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Live daily step count
  • Customizable daily step goal
  • Distance, active calories, floors climbed
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Weekly, monthly, yearly history
Features
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Steppies is a beautifully simple step counter that keeps your health data where it belongs—with you. Set it up once, and you may never need to open the app again. Add Steppies premium widgets to your Lock Screen, Home Screen, or Apple Watch face to keep your live step count a glance away. See today’s steps, or pinch and zoom through years of history to see how far you’ve come. FEATURES • Set up in seconds—no account, ads, or hassle • Track steps, distance, floors climbed, and active calories • Choose your own daily step goal and watch the ring fill • Explore Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly, and All Time history • Share your step count your way with custom visual cards and animations • Add beautiful widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen • Use the Apple Watch app and complications that fit right in TRY BEFORE YOU BUY Premium widgets and complications are included for 30 days. If you like them, Steppies Forever unlocks every current and future widget we release for a small, one-time purchase. PRIVACY FIRST Steppies reads your health data directly from your device and never sends it anywhere. Your personal information never leaves your iPhone or Apple Watch. No subscriptions. No ads. No notifications. Just steps. Built in San Francisco.

Screenshots

Ambryx4 screens
Steppies4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steppies at none against Ambryx's 2. Steppies also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Ambryx's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Ambryx sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Steppies asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ambryx ships an update monthly, Steppies weekly. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ambryx versus Steppies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmbryxSteppies
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIso Lift, LLCIsaac Consultants LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ambryx

One-time2
  • Ambryx Free TrialFree
  • StrideFlow Pro$2.99
None

Steppies

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ambryx free?
Ambryx is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Steppies free?
Steppies is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ambryx or Steppies have ads?
Neither Ambryx nor Steppies shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ambryx or Steppies?
Ambryx ships an update monthly, and Steppies weekly. Most recently, Ambryx was updated on October 28, 2026 and Steppies on October 28, 2026.

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