Comparison

Steepish vs Pathlings

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

Head to head
About

Steepish

This app gamifies your daily step count, turning fitness into a friendly competition. Set personal goals, challenge friends, and track your progress using Apple Health data. It's a fun way to stay motivated and active.

Highlights
  • Gamified step tracking
  • Personal goal setting
  • Friend challenges
  • Progress sharing
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Steepish transforms your daily steps into a fun and motivating challenge. Set personal goals and compete with yourself, or challenge your friends, share your progress, and see who reaches the finish line first. Powered by Apple Health for accurate step tracking. Developed by Aisha Alhakami Arwa AlKadi Aryam Atallah Rana Alqubaily Samar AlQahtani

About

Pathlings

This app transforms your daily steps into a gentle adventure with a virtual companion. Nurture your unique buddy, unlock new stages of growth, and complete daily quests to build a consistent routine. Goals are customizable to fit your lifestyle, making fitness fun and private.

Highlights
  • Virtual companion with unique personalities
  • Daily step-based adventures and quests
  • Unlockable growth stages and rewards
  • Customizable step goals
  • Collect in-game items
  • Private and ad-free experience
Features
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Walk more with a little buddy who grows alongside you. Pathlings turns your real daily steps into a cozy game. Choose a tiny creature, give them a name, and help them grow through five forms as you reach milestones and finish quests. There are snacks to share, Rubies to collect and a home to make your own. • Find your walking buddy. Start with a leaf-eared forest mouse, a lava frog or a water panda, each with their own personality and five forms to discover. Feed them snacks, play with toys, and watch them grow. • Make room for more friends. Save your Rubies to adopt other Pathlings, including a storm owl and Pebblehorn, the sandstone rhino. Decorate their home with plants, lanterns and treasures, unlock new habitats, and watch your little crew wander around together. • See who walks the most. PathLeague turns your weekly steps into a friendly race with your Game Center friends. See their Pathlings, chase a place on the podium, and win weekly Ruby prizes. Earn 100 Rubies for each new friend you add who plays Pathlings. • Turn your steps into playtime. Earn a Trail Run pass halfway to your daily goal and another when you reach it. Then dash down forest, volcanic, underwater, mountain or canyon trails: switch lanes, jump over obstacles and collect Rubies to bring home. • Take your Pathling for a stroll. Follow your walk live on your iPhone’s Lock Screen and look back on your outings in Walk History. Walk half your daily goal in one stroll, with a minimum of 2,000 steps, to earn 50 bonus Rubies once a day. • Find a pace that fits. Choose your own daily step goal and change it whenever you need to. Complete daily and weekly quests, collect badges, and look back on your progress with a weekly recap. When you need a day off, a Rest Day Shield can protect your streak. • Keep your buddy close. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets let you check in at a glance, with Feed and Play shortcuts on the Home Screen widget. See your synced progress and PathLeague race on Apple Watch, start and end walks from your wrist, or ask Siri to start a stroll. Pathlings counts your steps using Apple Health and your iPhone’s motion sensor. Free to play with optional Ruby packs. No ads, no subscriptions, and no Pathlings account needed. PathLeague is optional and uses Game Center. Choose your buddy and take your first walk together.

Screenshots

Steepish3 screens
Pathlings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steepish at none against Pathlings's 4. Steepish also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Pathlings's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Pathlings sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Steepish asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Steepish holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pathlings has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steepish ships an update every 3 days, Pathlings weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Steepish versus Pathlings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteepishPathlings
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews—87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size175 MB249 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArwa AlKadiDave Mohan

Customer experience

Steepish

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pathlings

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

Steepish

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Pathlings

One-time4
  • 500 Rubies$0.99
  • 1,200 Rubies$1.99
  • 3,000 Rubies$4.99
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  • 6,500 Rubies$9.99

Questions

Is Steepish free?
Steepish is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pathlings free?
Pathlings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Steepish or Pathlings?
Steepish is rated higher. Steepish averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Pathlings averages 4.6 from 9 ratings.
Do Steepish or Pathlings have ads?
Neither Steepish nor Pathlings shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steepish or Pathlings?
Steepish ships an update every 3 days, and Pathlings weekly. Most recently, Steepish was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pathlings on November 10, 2026.

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