Comparison

StepMon vs Hardcore Walk

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” 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

Hardcore Walk

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YOUR STEPS MOVE YOUR CHARACTER Hardcore Walk is a walking game where your everyday steps move a character through meadows, forests and mountains. Connect Apple Health to use your step count in the game. Walk alongside players from around the world, chat with nearby walkers, and challenge your friends. WALK ON THE PUBLIC ROAD The public road is a shared world where you can see and chat with players near your character. The more you walk in real life, the farther your character travels. There is no finish line or leaderboard. Choose a daily step goal and one of two modes: Relaxed: Your goal is a personal target. If you miss it, you keep your progress and carry on whenever you next walk. Hardcore: Reach your goal each day to keep your walk going. Miss it and your walk ends. You can start again from the beginning and try to go farther. CHALLENGE FRIENDS IN A PRIVATE ROUND A private round is a separate walking challenge for you and your friends. Create one and share its invite code, or join a friend's round. The person creating it chooses the mode, and each player chooses their own daily step goal. Relaxed rounds: Compete to see who walks farthest. Every step adds to your distance, and missing your goal does not knock you out. Hardcore rounds: Compete to see who can keep reaching their daily goal. Miss your goal and you're out. Here, your goal also limits how far you can travel each day. With a 5,000-step goal, walking 8,000 steps adds 5,000 to your distance. A higher goal lets you travel farther, but you must reach it to stay in. In Hardcore, on the public road or in a private round, you can raise your goal for tomorrow, but cannot lower it during that walk. Private rounds have their own progress and results. You can take part in them while continuing your walk on the public road. GET STARTED Choose your walker's name, connect Apple Health, and start walking. No sign-in is needed to get started. Open the app to see where your steps have taken you. Free to play. Terms of Use: https://hardcorewalk.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://hardcorewalk.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

StepMon4 screens
Hardcore Walk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StepMon at none against Hardcore Walk's 3. Hardcore Walk's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Hardcore Walk sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. StepMon asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StepMon ships an update every 2 weeks, Hardcore Walk every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 2 level
StepMon versus Hardcore Walk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepMonHardcore Walk
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days β€” better
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS18.616.4 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size30 MB309 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperStimiLabsKanatago AS

In-app purchases

None

StepMon

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Hardcore Walk

One-time3
  • 1 Hardcore Walk Credit$0.49
  • 10 Hardcore Walk Credits$3.99
  • Hardcore Walk Credits x50$17.99

Questions

Is StepMon free?
StepMon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hardcore Walk free?
Hardcore Walk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StepMon or Hardcore Walk have ads?
StepMon shows ads; Hardcore Walk does not.
Which is updated more often, StepMon or Hardcore Walk?
StepMon ships an update every 2 weeks, and Hardcore Walk every 3 days. Most recently, StepMon was updated on October 28, 2026 and Hardcore Walk on October 31, 2026.

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