Comparison

FTW vs StepAtlas

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

StepAtlas

Features
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Your steps tell a story. StepAtlas helps you see it. StepAtlas turns the step data already stored in Apple Health into daily progress, personal records, and walking Journeys. YOUR ACTIVITY • Today’s steps and progress toward your personal goal • Week-to-date and rolling seven-day averages • Activity history, personal records, and trends APPLE WATCH Keep your steps close at hand with the StepAtlas Apple Watch app and complications. PERSONAL JOURNEYS Choose a starting point and destination, then see how far your weekly, monthly, or yearly walking takes you along the route. FRIENDS AND CHALLENGES Connect with friends, compare progress on leaderboards, and take part in Challenges and Journey Races. Social features are optional and require Sign in with Apple. PERMANENT PURCHASES Journeys unlocks Personal Journeys. Challenges unlocks unlimited Challenge participation and Journey Races. All Access includes both and future premium features. Each is an optional one-time purchase. There are no subscriptions. Core step tracking, statistics, widgets, Apple Watch features, and complications remain free. Friends, leaderboards, Challenge creation, and your first Challenge participation are also free. BUILT AROUND APPLE HEALTH StepAtlas reads your steps and walking/running distance from Apple Health. It does not add, modify, or write Health data. No account is required for core activity tracking. Optional Social Sharing uses limited daily activity totals.

Screenshots

FTW4 screens
StepAtlas4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FTW at none against StepAtlas's 3. FTW also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. StepAtlas sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. FTW asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FTW ships an update every 4 days, StepAtlas every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
FTW versus StepAtlas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFTWStepAtlas
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApres AI LLCChristian Bell

In-app purchases

None

FTW

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

StepAtlas

One-time3
  • Journeys$1.99
  • StepAtlas Challenges$9.99
  • StepAtlas All Access$10.99

Questions

Is FTW free?
FTW is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StepAtlas free?
StepAtlas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FTW or StepAtlas have ads?
Neither FTW nor StepAtlas shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FTW or StepAtlas?
FTW ships an update every 4 days, and StepAtlas every 5 days. Most recently, FTW was updated on October 16, 2026 and StepAtlas on October 20, 2026.

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