Comparison

Yot vs Stepaway

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

Head to head
About

Yot

Build lasting habits with visually appealing widgets for your home and lock screens. Track progress through streaks, grids, and heatmaps, and connect with Apple Health for automatic data syncing. Supports various habit types and offers powerful statistics.

Highlights
  • Home & Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Health integration
  • Multiple habit types
  • Streaks, grids, and heatmaps
  • Powerful statistics
  • Siri & Shortcuts support
  • Smart reminders
Features
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Build habits that actually stick. Yot turns your daily routines into a satisfying streak you can see — on your Home Screen, your Lock Screen, and in beautiful grids and heatmaps. Whether you want to drink more water, work out, read, meditate, or finally quit a bad habit, Yot makes progress feel rewarding and effortless. WHY YOU'LL LOVE YOT • Beautiful widgets — Your habits and streaks right on the Home & Lock Screen. Tap to complete and watch your heatmap fill in. • Apple Health, connected — Link habits to 29 Health metrics — steps, workouts, water, mindfulness, sleep, nutrition — and your progress syncs automatically. No manual logging. • Every kind of habit — Simple yes/no, quantities (glasses, pages, reps), or timed sessions. Build good habits and quit bad ones. • Streaks, grids & heatmaps — Months of progress at a glance, with current and best streaks and a yearly overview. • Powerful Statistics — All Time or This Year, an Insights section, and per-habit progress in your accent color. • Siri & Shortcuts — Complete habits by voice, jump in from Spotlight, automate, and stay on track with Focus filters. • Smart reminders — Gentle, customizable nudges so you never miss a day. • Private & synced — Local-first and private, with seamless iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad. DESIGNED TO KEEP YOU GOING Earn achievements, enjoy delightful animations, and share polished progress images. Every detail makes showing up feel good. YOT PRO unlocks the full experience — monthly or yearly. Start today — one day at a time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Stepaway

This app helps you regain control over your digital habits by setting daily time limits for distracting applications. Schedule focused sessions to minimize interruptions during work or rest, and monitor your progress in building healthier screen time routines.

Highlights
  • Set daily app time limits
  • Schedule focus sessions
  • Track progress over time
  • Works with Screen Time framework
  • Build better app habits
Features
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Step Away helps you take back control of your screen time — not by shaming you, but by helping you build better habits around the apps that distract you most. Set daily time limits for your most-used apps, schedule focus sessions to block distractions during work or sleep, and track your progress over time. Step Away works with Apple's Screen Time framework to gently enforce the boundaries you set for yourself. Step Away Premium is a subscription required to access the app's full features. Subscription pricing and terms are displayed at the time of purchase. Terms of Use: https://stepaway.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://stepaway.app/privacy

Screenshots

Yot4 screens
Stepaway3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stepaway at weekly against Yot's monthly. 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. Yot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Stepaway sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Yot against 5.0 for Stepaway. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yot ships an update monthly, Stepaway weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Yot versus Stepaway: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYotStepaway
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew ShulmanSidharth Sudhir

Customer experience

Yot

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stepaway

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Yot

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Unlock all Pro features1 Month trial$19.991 Year
3 purchases

Stepaway

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Pro Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Pro Subscription$5.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro Subscription$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Yot free?
Yot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stepaway free?
Stepaway is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Yot or Stepaway?
Yot and Stepaway are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Yot or Stepaway have ads?
Neither Yot nor Stepaway shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yot or Stepaway?
Yot ships an update monthly, and Stepaway weekly. Most recently, Yot was updated on November 9, 2026 and Stepaway on October 31, 2026.

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