Comparison

FTW vs Tally Steps

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

Head to head
About

FTW

Turn your daily walks into a fun team challenge. Create or join step groups with friends and compete on live leaderboards. Earn achievements and track your progress with weekly recaps.

Highlights
  • Team step competitions
  • Live leaderboards
  • Apple Watch complication
  • In-app cheers and taunts
  • Weekly and daily challenges
  • Ghost races
  • Achievements and stats
Features
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FTW turns walking into a team sport. Create a step group, invite your friends, and see who can walk the most. Live leaderboards update every 5 minutes so you always know where you stand. HOW IT WORKS - Sign in with Apple or Google - Create a group or join one with a 6-character invite code - Your steps sync automatically from Apple Health - Live leaderboards rank everyone in real time FEATURES - Real-time step leaderboards for groups up to 25 people - Apple Watch complication shows your rank at a glance - Send cheers and taunts to motivate your group - Weekly and daily competitions with automatic resets - Ghost races to compete head-to-head - Stats, personal records, and 50+ achievement badges - Weekly recap with charts and trends PRIVACY FIRST FTW reads your step count from Apple Health. That’s it. No heart rate, no GPS, no workouts. Your data is never sold or shared with advertisers. FTW is completely free. No subscriptions, no premium tiers, no ads.

About

Tally Steps

This app displays your daily step count and progress towards a goal with a simple visual ring. It also provides monthly and yearly views of your activity and offers complications for your watch face and home screen widgets. Your data remains private and on your device.

Highlights
  • Daily step goal ring
  • Monthly and yearly activity calendar
  • Apple Watch complications
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Private by default, no tracking
  • Optional tip jar for support
Features
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One number, one ring, one goal. Tally Steps shows you how far you have walked today and nothing else. No coaching. No streaks. No badges for getting out of bed. It reads the step count your iPhone and Apple Watch already record, and it draws it plainly. TODAY A single ring against your daily goal, with distance and active energy underneath. Drag the goal, or type an exact one. THE MONTH, AND THE YEAR Every day as a square, darker the further you walked. Tap any day to see it, page back through earlier months, or open the year to find one. ON YOUR WRIST A watch app, and three complications for the corner, circular and rectangular slots — so the number is on your watch face without opening anything. WIDGETS Small and medium for the Home Screen, plus Lock Screen widgets. They keep up in the background. LIGHT OR DARK Follows your phone, or pin it either way in Settings. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No sign-up. No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. Nothing about your activity leaves your device — the app reads Health, stores a copy on your phone so the widgets can draw, and that is the whole of it. FREE The whole app, with nothing held back and nothing to unlock. If you would like to support it, Settings has a tip jar. It is entirely optional and changes nothing about the app. Requires access to Health for steps, walking and running distance, and active energy. Tally Steps only reads; it never writes anything back.

Screenshots

FTW4 screens
Tally Steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FTW at none against Tally Steps's 3. FTW also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs weekly). On price, rating, 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. Tally Steps sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. FTW asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FTW against 5.0 for Tally Steps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FTW ships an update every 4 days, Tally Steps weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
FTW versus Tally Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFTWTally Steps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApres AI LLCBuildfront LLC

In-app purchases

None

FTW

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Tally Steps

One-time3
  • Small$1.99
  • Medium$4.99
  • Large$9.99

Questions

Is FTW free?
FTW is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tally Steps free?
Tally Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FTW or Tally Steps?
FTW and Tally Steps are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do FTW or Tally Steps have ads?
Neither FTW nor Tally Steps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FTW or Tally Steps?
FTW ships an update every 4 days, and Tally Steps weekly. Most recently, FTW was updated on October 31, 2026 and Tally Steps on October 25, 2026.

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