Comparison

Steppers vs StepMax

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

Head to head
About

Steppers

This social walking game lets you join teams with friends and family to compete on leaderboards. Turn your steps into in-game character progress and encourage each other. It's a fun way to move more and stay connected.

Highlights
  • Join or create teams
  • Personalized in-game character
  • Sync real steps for progress
  • Daily leaderboards
  • Weekly contests
  • Multi-team participation
  • Celebrate milestones
Features
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Steppers is a walking social game. Join teams with friends and family, turn yourself into your own in-game character, and watch your real steps move you up the leaderboard. Instead of just looking at a step count, Steppers gives you a shared game to play with people you actually know - and let you encourage each other or joke about it. You can compete in daily rankings, follow weekly contests, and stay motivated by seeing your own character make progress as you walk. With Steppers, you can: • Create or join teams with friends, family, and other groups • Turn a photo of yourself into your own in-game character • Sync your real steps and see your progress each day • Compete in daily leaderboards and weekly contests • Be part of multiple teams at the same time • Celebrate streaks, milestones, and wins together Steppers is built around friendly competition. It’s not about being perfect or taking fitness too seriously. It’s about moving a little more, checking in with your people. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

StepMax

This app transforms walking into a game with characters, achievements, and leaderboards. It tracks steps, calories, and distance, offering detailed reports and motivating users to build consistent walking habits. Compete with friends and collect unique characters to enhance your fitness journey.

Highlights
  • Gamified step tracking
  • Collect and evolve characters
  • Achievements and daily streaks
  • Leaderboards and friend challenges
  • Walk timer with pace tracking
  • Detailed progress reports
  • Offline functionality
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A step counter that actually makes you want to walk. StepMax counts your steps, tracks calories and distance, and turns every walk into a game with companions, badges, achievements and leaderboards. STAY MOTIVATED → 172 achievements across 9 categories → Daily badges that climb from Starter to Mythic → Daily streaks that build real walking habits → Endless levels to climb → 30+ companions to collect and evolve → A weekly recap of how your week went → Set a daily step goal and crush it COMPETE WORLDWIDE → Daily, weekly, monthly and all-time leaderboards → Rank among friends, your country, your continent or the whole world → 1v1 step challenges with friends → Invite friends to earn VIP time and exclusive companions STEP TRACKING → Automatic step counting with your iPhone's motion sensor – no GPS needed, easy on the battery → Brings in your walking history from Apple Health → Calories, distance in km or miles, and CO₂ saved → Walk timer with time, pace and steps for every walk → Measure your real step length with GPS → Home Screen widgets with your companion, streak and hourly steps, plus Lock Screen widgets DETAILED STATISTICS → Hourly, weekly, monthly, yearly and custom range charts → Tap any bar to see the exact steps → Personal records and your full step history → Custom goals for any period MAP YOUR WALKS (VIP) → Record every walk with GPS and see your route on the map → Follow your walk live on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island → Share your route as a picture STEPMAX VIP → Walk map with GPS routes and the live Lock Screen tracker → No ads → Permanent 2x XP → Exclusive VIP companions Monthly or yearly subscription. It renews automatically; cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. YOUR DATA, YOUR WAY → No account needed to get started → Sign in with Apple to back up and compete with friends → Back up to iCloud or your StepMax account, so you never lose your progress → Step counting works offline ALSO → Dark and light mode → Available in 8 languages: English, Slovak, Czech, Polish, German, Spanish, French and Portuguese Whether you want a simple pedometer, a daily activity tracker or a walking game with companions and achievements, StepMax has you covered. Download now and start walking. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cinderhound.com/privacy/stepmax

Screenshots

Steppers4 screens
StepMax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: StepMax at 5.0 against Steppers's 4.8. Steppers's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 4) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Steppers sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and StepMax sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StepMax holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steppers has 29 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steppers ships an update every 5 days, StepMax weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Steppers versus StepMax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteppersStepMax
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (29 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings29 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB67 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperGuy TepperIvan Mlynek

Customer experience

Steppers

All ratings29 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral6.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

StepMax

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Steppers

Subscriptions2
  • Super Steppers Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Super Steppers Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time7
  • New Stepper$0.99
  • Special Offer$1.99
  • 50 Coins$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Stepper Outfit$2.99
  • 150 Coins$4.99
  • 350 Coins$9.99
  • 800 Coins$19.99
2 purchases

StepMax

Subscriptions2
  • StepMax VIP$5.491 Month
  • StepMax VIP7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Steppers free?
Steppers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StepMax free?
StepMax is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Steppers or StepMax?
StepMax is rated higher. Steppers averages 4.8 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while StepMax averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Steppers or StepMax have ads?
Both Steppers and StepMax show ads.
Which is updated more often, Steppers or StepMax?
Steppers ships an update every 5 days, and StepMax weekly. Most recently, Steppers was updated on October 28, 2026 and StepMax on October 24, 2026.

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