Comparison

Steps vs Breathe for Five.

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

Head to head
About

Steps

This app offers a beautiful and comprehensive way to track your daily steps, distance, calories, and active minutes. It provides detailed charts, goal setting, and motivational features to keep you moving. You can also track outdoor workouts with GPS and compete with friends.

Highlights
  • Live step count with progress ring
  • GPS outdoor workout tracking
  • Streaks, goals, and personal bests
  • Weekly and monthly trend charts
  • Social leaderboards and challenges
  • Customizable themes and widgets
  • Apple Health and Apple Watch integration
Features
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Steps is the cleanest, most beautiful step tracker for iPhone. Whether you're working toward 10,000 steps a day or training for a marathon, Steps keeps you motivated with real-time data, stunning charts, and social competition. DAILY TRACKING • Live step count with animated progress ring • Distance, calories, active minutes & floors climbed • Hourly breakdown chart — see exactly when you were active • Automatic sync with Apple Health STREAKS & GOALS • Set your own daily step goal • Build and protect day streaks • Personal best detection with confetti celebration • Motivational messages that adapt to your progress TRENDS & HISTORY • Weekly and monthly charts with goal markers • Full calendar history — tap any day for hourly detail • Monthly and weekly recap cards GPS WORKOUTS • Track outdoor walks, runs, cycling, hiking & trail runs • Live route map with pace, splits & elevation • Auto-pause, voice coach & detailed post-workout summary FRIENDS & CHALLENGES • Leaderboard — compare steps with friends daily, weekly or monthly • Send challenges and nudges to keep each other moving • XP levels and achievement badges BEAUTIFUL & CUSTOMISABLE • 5 accent colour themes • Light, dark & automatic appearance • Home screen and Lock Screen widgets • Apple Watch companion app Steps respects your privacy. All health data stays on your device and is only shared with Apple Health.

About

Breathe for Five.

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Breathe for Five. is a simple breathing timer for a short, calm break. Pick a length, tap Start, and follow the circle as it grows and shrinks. All features free. No account needed. A BREAK IN ONE TAP • Start a 5-minute break from the first screen, or pick 1 to 60 minutes • Count breaths instead of minutes, or go open-ended • Pause or stop any time; guidance keeps playing with the screen locked, with Lock Screen controls • An optional 3-2-1 before starting and a breath counter A PATTERN FOR THE MOMENT • Longer exhale, box breathing, 4-7-8, even breathing and more • Sorted by relaxation, sleep, focus, energy, stress relief and long breaths • Short routines that combine patterns, plus a 7-day wind-down and a 5-day focus program • Clear counts for each step, with holds you can skip • Make and save your own patterns, and keep favorites FOLLOW WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED • A different sound for breathing in and breathing out • Several sound sets, a sound for each phase, and adjustable volume • An optional voice and haptic taps • A calm pacer, with a reduced-motion option SIT QUIETLY OR DRIFT OFF • A silent timer with a start bell, an end bell and soft interval bells • Ocean, rain or soft noise that stops on its own after 15, 30 or 60 minutes SEE YOUR PRACTICE • Minutes, sessions and good weeks, day by day • A consistency view where gaps are fine • A daily target and a weekly goal you choose • Share a progress card MORE • Reminders on the days and times you pick • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with one-tap start • Apple Health (optional): save your sessions as Mindful Minutes • System, light or dark appearance, and three text sizes PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your sessions and patterns are stored on your iPhone and are never sold or used for ads. An optional account (18+) can back up your practice; Apple Health data is never included. FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL AD-FREE PLAN All features are free. The free version shows occasional, dismissible promotions for our own apps only, with no third-party ads. An optional subscription (weekly, monthly or yearly) removes all ads in all our apps on this iPhone. It unlocks no extra features. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Deleting the app doesn't cancel a subscription. IMPORTANT Breathe for Five. is for relaxation, not medical treatment. It doesn't measure your breathing, heart rate or stress. Breathe at a pace that feels comfortable and skip the holds if you like. Stop and breathe normally if you feel dizzy or unwell. Terms of Use: https://breatheforfive.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://breatheforfive.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
Breathe for Five.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steps at none against Breathe for Five.'s 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Breathe for Five. sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Steps asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Steps versus Breathe for Five.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsBreathe for Five.
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDejvi KacolljaTimothy Hess

In-app purchases

None

Steps

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Breathe for Five.

Subscriptions3
  • Ad-free Supporter Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Ad-free Supporter Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Ad-free Supporter Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Breathe for Five. free?
Breathe for Five. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Steps or Breathe for Five. have ads?
Neither Steps nor Breathe for Five. shows ads.

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