Comparison

Stepzy vs Smart Runner

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

Head to head
About

Stepzy

This app tracks your daily steps, distance, and calories burned with a clean interface. It offers insights into your activity trends, logs various workouts, and provides motivational features like streaks and awards. Customize your experience and keep your progress visible with widgets and Apple Watch complications.

Highlights
  • Real-time step tracking
  • Workout history and detailed stats
  • Weekly, monthly, and yearly activity charts
  • Streaks and award system for motivation
  • Customizable themes and widgets
  • Syncs with Apple Health and Apple Watch
Features
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Stepzy is a clean, powerful step tracker, pedometer, and walking tracker that turns your daily movement into a simple, motivating routine. Whether you're building a streak, hitting your step goal, or tracking workouts from your iPhone or Apple Watch, Stepzy gives you the clarity and insights you need to stay active every day. > AI Coach, powered by Apple Intelligence: Get personalised coaching on every workout and on your day. Stepzy reads the activity you already track and explains what it means, in plain language: how you paced a run, what your time in each heart rate zone was doing for you, and what to focus on next. Ask follow-up questions and get answers grounded in your real numbers. It runs entirely on your iPhone using Apple Intelligence, so your health data never leaves the device. Requires iOS 26 on an Apple Intelligence capable iPhone. > Track your daily steps with precision: See your steps in real time with a focused dashboard. View distance, calories, heart rate, and progress toward your daily step goal. Tap any day to explore your history. Stepzy syncs instantly with Apple Health and Apple Watch for accurate step counting. > Your year, told right: Explore weekly and monthly charts, plus a GitHub-style calendar heatmap, to see how your activity changes over time. Then watch your whole year come together as a shareable Boarding Pass, with your total workouts, time, distance, and calories from January to December. Discover your workout personality, Outdoor Explorer or Weekend Warrior, and dive into Patterns to find your best day, best month, and longest streak. > Relive your routes in 3D: Watch a cinematic 3D flyover trace your walk or run over real terrain and buildings. Pinch to zoom, adjust playback speed, and follow your live stats as it plays. Route maps are visible for every workout, with two 3D flyovers on us before Stepzy Pro unlocks unlimited. > All your workouts in one place: Browse your entire workout history with a fast Walk/Run filter. Open any workout to see detailed stats including: - Distance & duration - Calories burned - Route maps and 3D flyovers - 5-zone heart rate breakdown with time in zone - HRV - Optional AI insights Stepzy doubles as a powerful workout tracker. > Stay motivated with streaks and awards: Earn badges for daily steps, streaks, weekly totals, and monthly milestones, with a redesigned Awards page showing your progress toward every badge. Track your streak and stay consistent with gentle reminders and motivational notifications. > Share your progress: Turn your stats into beautifully designed share cards for your Boarding Pass, workouts, and more, made to look good wherever you post them. > Customize Stepzy to fit your style: Choose from themes and icons, including premium Pro themes like Aurora, Ember, Nebula, Gold, Arctic, and Cherry. Adjust your daily step goal, pick your preferred units, and fine-tune notifications. Widgets and Apple Watch complications keep your steps visible throughout the day. > Private and secure: Stepzy reads your step and workout data from Apple Health. Your information stays on your device and is never sold. > Stepzy Pro: Unlock unlimited 3D route flyovers, your full activity history, all premium themes and icons, and deeper workout insights with Stepzy Pro. Stepzy is the perfect companion for anyone who wants a simple, motivating, and visually beautiful way to stay active, one step at a time. -- Terms of Use (EULA): https://getstepzy.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://getstepzy.com/privacy

About

Smart Runner

This app offers science-backed marathon and half-marathon training plans based on VDOT calculations. It provides adaptive, personalized workouts and detailed performance metrics, with a focus on user privacy and a one-time purchase model.

Highlights
  • Adaptive 2-week training plans
  • VDOT-based pacing zones
  • ATL/CTL/TSB training load tracking
  • HealthKit integration
  • Apple Watch live workout guidance
  • Strava sync
  • Post-run analysis
Features
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Train like a coached athlete. Pay once, train forever. Smart Runner is a science-backed marathon training app built for runners who want real results - without paying every month for the privilege. Every other serious training app charges you monthly. Runna is $120/year. Strava Coach. Garmin Coach. Subscription after subscription - and your data lives on their servers, not yours. Runner costs $29.99. Once. That's it. Pay once, use it forever. YOUR DATA NEVER LEAVES YOUR PHONE No account. No email. No password. No analytics. No cloud sync. Your workouts live in Apple Health and on your device - full stop. Delete the app and your data is gone, because it was never anywhere else. Privacy isn't a setting you toggle. It's the architecture. ADAPTIVE TRAINING THAT ACTUALLY WORKS Runner uses VDOT - the same science behind Jack Daniels' Running Formula, to measure your current fitness from a recent race result and build a personalised rolling plan around it. - Adaptive 2-week plan - regenerates as your fitness improves - VDOT-based pacing - scientifically calibrated easy, tempo, interval, and race-pace zones - ATL / CTL / TSB tracking - the training load metrics used by elite coaches, now on your phone - HealthKit integration - every run auto-imported from Apple Health - Apple Watch - live workout guidance on your wrist - Strava sync - pull in runs you've already logged - Post-run analysis - understand what each session actually built BUILT FOR - Marathon and half-marathon runners chasing a time goal - Athletes returning from a break who need a structured rebuild - Runners who want coaching-grade metrics without paying coaching prices - Anyone tired of apps that charge monthly and hold their data hostage Try it free for 7 days. Unlock once. Train forever. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Stepzy4 screens
Smart Runner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Smart Runner at 5.0 against Stepzy's 4.7. Smart Runner also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Stepzy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Smart Runner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smart Runner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Stepzy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Smart Runner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stepzy ships an update weekly, Smart Runner every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Stepzy versus Smart Runner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepzySmart Runner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (19 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better7
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuvysoftDor Tal

Customer experience

Stepzy

All ratings19 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%

Smart Runner

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Stepzy

Subscriptions2
  • Stepzy Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Stepzy Pro Yearly14 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Stepzy Pro Lifetime$49.99
3 purchases

Smart Runner

Subscriptions1
  • Runner Annual Plan7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Runner Unlock$14.99
  • Runner Lifetime Plan$19.99

Questions

Is Stepzy free?
Stepzy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart Runner free?
Smart Runner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stepzy or Smart Runner?
Smart Runner is rated higher. Stepzy averages 4.7 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Smart Runner averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Stepzy or Smart Runner have ads?
Neither Stepzy nor Smart Runner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stepzy or Smart Runner?
Stepzy ships an update weekly, and Smart Runner every 3 days. Most recently, Stepzy was updated on September 25, 2026 and Smart Runner on September 7, 2026.

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