Waylie vs StepMax
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Waylie
This app accurately tracks your daily steps, burned calories, and activity trends. It provides insights into how walking impacts your health, offers personalized goals, and includes challenges to keep you motivated. Learn practical tips for building sustainable activity habits.
- Accurate step tracking
- Calorie estimation
- Activity trend analysis
- Personalized goals
- Step challenges
- Health insights
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Track your movement. See your progress. Improve your health — step by step. Turn everyday walking into measurable results. From your morning commute to your evening walk, every step is recorded and analyzed. The app shows how much you move, how it impacts your body, and where you rank among others. You don’t just count steps — you build a system. TRACK Accurate step tracking with detailed statistics. • Daily, weekly, monthly steps • Burned calorie estimation • Activity trends • Personal goals and completion rate Not just numbers — clear patterns. ANALYZE Understand how walking affects your health. • Recommended step ranges • When and how long to walk • Daily and weekly breakdowns • Long-term progress tracking Structured data. Practical insights. CHALLENGES Clear goals with measurable progress. • Step challenges • Time-limited targets • Milestones and achievements You set the pace. The system keeps you consistent. LEARN Concise, practical insights. • How many steps are enough • Best time of day to walk • Impact on endurance and metabolism • Building sustainable activity habits No noise. Only actionable guidance. Terms of Service — https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mglPJviBSC3UXxtK3EstjX3KSpQG9PXDbSlcL-BTgYM/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.vw66evhty02i Privacy Policy — https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c5pKTEHi2hgsG3N1rRSk8IeCPYZL_9Ta3On7ZjbcATo/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.lqjrv58bx3j6
StepMax
This app transforms walking into a game with characters, achievements, and leaderboards. It tracks steps, calories, and distance, offering detailed reports and motivating users to build consistent walking habits. Compete with friends and collect unique characters to enhance your fitness journey.
- Gamified step tracking
- Collect and evolve characters
- Achievements and daily streaks
- Leaderboards and friend challenges
- Walk timer with pace tracking
- Detailed progress reports
- Offline functionality
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A step counter that actually makes you want to walk. StepMax counts your steps, tracks calories and distance, and turns every walk into a game with companions, badges, achievements and leaderboards. STAY MOTIVATED → 172 achievements across 9 categories → Daily badges that climb from Starter to Mythic → Daily streaks that build real walking habits → Endless levels to climb → 30+ companions to collect and evolve → A weekly recap of how your week went → Set a daily step goal and crush it COMPETE WORLDWIDE → Daily, weekly, monthly and all-time leaderboards → Rank among friends, your country, your continent or the whole world → 1v1 step challenges with friends → Invite friends to earn VIP time and exclusive companions STEP TRACKING → Automatic step counting with your iPhone's motion sensor – no GPS needed, easy on the battery → Brings in your walking history from Apple Health → Calories, distance in km or miles, and CO₂ saved → Walk timer with time, pace and steps for every walk → Measure your real step length with GPS → Home Screen widgets with your companion, streak and hourly steps, plus Lock Screen widgets DETAILED STATISTICS → Hourly, weekly, monthly, yearly and custom range charts → Tap any bar to see the exact steps → Personal records and your full step history → Custom goals for any period MAP YOUR WALKS (VIP) → Record every walk with GPS and see your route on the map → Follow your walk live on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island → Share your route as a picture STEPMAX VIP → Walk map with GPS routes and the live Lock Screen tracker → No ads → Permanent 2x XP → Exclusive VIP companions Monthly or yearly subscription. It renews automatically; cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. YOUR DATA, YOUR WAY → No account needed to get started → Sign in with Apple to back up and compete with friends → Back up to iCloud or your StepMax account, so you never lose your progress → Step counting works offline ALSO → Dark and light mode → Available in 8 languages: English, Slovak, Czech, Polish, German, Spanish, French and Portuguese Whether you want a simple pedometer, a daily activity tracker or a walking game with companions and achievements, StepMax has you covered. Download now and start walking. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cinderhound.com/privacy/stepmax
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Waylie at 18.0 against StepMax's 26.2. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Waylie sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and StepMax sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Waylie against 5.0 for StepMax. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively.
Waylie ships an update every 6 days, StepMax weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Waylie | StepMax |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 895 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Bogdan Oleinik | Ivan Mlynek |
Customer experience
Waylie
StepMax
In-app purchases
Waylie
- Month7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
StepMax
- StepMax VIP$5.491 Month
- StepMax VIP7 Days trial$24.991 Year









