Comparison

Stepzy vs StepMax

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

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

Stepzy4 screens
StepMax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stepzy at none against StepMax's shown. Stepzy also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 3) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). StepMax's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Stepzy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and StepMax sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 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: Stepzy has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stepzy ships an update weekly, StepMax every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stepzy versus StepMax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepzyStepMax
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (20 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better3
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB65 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSuvysoftIvan Mlynek

Customer experience

Stepzy

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%

StepMax

All ratings3 ratings
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
2 purchases

StepMax

Subscriptions2
  • StepMax VIP$2.491 Month
  • StepMax VIP$11.991 Year

Questions

Is Stepzy free?
Stepzy 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, Stepzy or StepMax?
StepMax is rated higher. Stepzy averages 4.8 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while StepMax averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Stepzy or StepMax have ads?
StepMax shows ads; Stepzy does not.
Which is updated more often, Stepzy or StepMax?
Stepzy ships an update weekly, and StepMax every 6 days. Most recently, Stepzy was updated on October 16, 2026 and StepMax on October 20, 2026.

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