Comparison

StepMon vs Survive The Snail

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

Head to head
About

StepMon

Features
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It's easy to lose track of your health while focusing on work or study. StepMon is your smart health partner that ensures you don't stay seated for too long. [Key Features] Movement Reminders: Receive notifications suggesting a short walk or stretch when you've been sitting for long periods. Personalized Walking Guide: Stay motivated to add more steps into your daily routine. Healing Forest (Reward): The steps you take for your health turn into 'Life Water' to nourish and grow your very own forest. Ditch the sedentary habit with StepMon today and start growing a healthy forest through light daily walks!

About

Survive The Snail

This app transforms your real-world walking into a thrilling survival game. Set daily step goals to outrun an immortal, ever-advancing snail. Engage in live chases, react to surprise events, and compete with friends to stay alive.

Highlights
  • Real-world walking as gameplay
  • Live chase status tracking
  • Custom daily step goals
  • Surprise global snail events
  • Activity and goal streak tracking
  • Friend leaderboards and challenges
  • In-app shop for survival items
Features
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An immortal snail is coming for you. It never sleeps. It never stops. Every step puts distance between you. Slow down, and it starts closing the gap. Survive the Snail turns your real-world walking into a daily survival game. Set your step goal, build your lead, and keep moving before the snail catches you. Surprise snail events can suddenly speed it up—or slow it down—for everyone. FEATURES • Turn steps and walking distance into your lead over the snail • Follow live chase status as you move from safe to warning to danger • Set a custom daily step goal and earn a lead bonus when you reach it • React to surprise global events that temporarily change the snail’s speed • Track daily steps, distance, estimated active time, estimated calories, weekly activity, goal streaks, and days survived • Use Motion & Fitness pedometer data with your permission • Add friends, manage requests, and compare chase leads on friend and global leaderboards • Create challenges, invite friends, and compete in step, distance, shared-goal, or daily-elimination events • Unlock achievements for surviving, hitting goals, walking milestones, adding friends, and winning challenges • Use coins for shop items that pause, slow, or push back the snail, repair a streak, or recover after getting caught • Get optional notifications for chase danger, daily goals, activity refreshes, snail events, and shop effects Walk farther. Challenge your friends. Stay alive. How long can you survive the snail? Survive the Snail uses Motion & Fitness data only with your permission. Gameplay is intended for entertainment and motivation and is not medical advice.

Screenshots

StepMon4 screens
Survive The Snail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StepMon at none against Survive The Snail's 3. Survive The Snail's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). 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. Survive The Snail sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. StepMon asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StepMon ships an update every 2 weeks, Survive The Snail every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
StepMon versus Survive The Snail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepMonSurvive The Snail
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB74 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperStimiLabsLKG Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

StepMon

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Survive The Snail

One-time3
  • 500 Coins$1.99
  • 1,400 Coins$4.99
  • 3,000 Coins$9.99

Questions

Is StepMon free?
StepMon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Survive The Snail free?
Survive The Snail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StepMon or Survive The Snail have ads?
Both StepMon and Survive The Snail show ads.
Which is updated more often, StepMon or Survive The Snail?
StepMon ships an update every 2 weeks, and Survive The Snail every 6 days. Most recently, StepMon was updated on September 30, 2026 and Survive The Snail on October 12, 2026.

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