Comparison

Slumber Drift vs StepQuest

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

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About

Slumber Drift

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Last night's sleep decides today's sky. Slumber Drift is a text-based airship game powered by your real sleep data. Sleep well, fly far. Sleep short, drift close. Every morning is a new departure from the same dock โ€” but never the same voyage. โ€” HOW IT WORKS โ€” Connect Apple Health and set your sleep goal. Each morning, Slumber Drift reads last night's sleep and converts it into two stats: VOYAGE POWER โ€” How far your airship can fly. Determined by how many hours you slept relative to your personal goal. DREAM LUCK โ€” The quality of your journey. Shaped by sleep stage depth (Deep + REM). Apple Watch owners unlock the full ceiling; iPhone-only users reach a solid 0.8. Tap Launch Voyage. Watch the text log scroll: crystal earnings, encounters, events, and zone transitions โ€” all animated in 30 to 60 seconds. โ€” CHOOSE YOUR MOMENT โ€” At every encounter, you face a decision. Retreat โ€” lock in your crystals and end the voyage safely. Press On โ€” risk the encounter for more distance, better drops, and milestone rewards. The further you fly, the harder the encounters. A well-rested crew flies farther. A lucky crew survives longer. Sometimes the right call is to turn back. โ€” BUILD YOUR AIRSHIP โ€” Every voyage drops equipment. Fit your airship with Engine, Hull, and Compass pieces to push your stats higher. Rarity tiers: Common ยท Rare ยท Epic ยท Legendary Higher rarities carry more affixes โ€” and at Epic and Legendary, some of those affixes cut against you. A Legendary Compass might grant enormous crystal gains while quietly taxing your encounter odds. Choose wisely. Reroll affixes with Drift Crystals. Sell what you don't need. Curate a loadout for your playstyle. โ€” DREAM TONICS โ€” Spend Drift Crystals on consumable Dream Tonics. Each tonic lasts a set number of leagues before dissolving. Seven types, from route extenders to crystal multipliers to encounter shields. Mix and match active tonics before each voyage to shape the day. โ€” SLEEP STREAKS โ€” Consecutive nights of good sleep build a streak. Streaks unlock tiered buffs โ€” Gentle Breeze, Steady Wind, Strong Gale, and Eternal Trade Wind โ€” that multiply crystal earnings and improve encounter odds. A streak is worth protecting. โ€” MILESTONES โ€” Reach Lg 50, 100, 150, or 200 and the sky rewards you: bonus crystals and a guaranteed rare equipment drop. These aren't random events โ€” they're earned by flying far enough. โ€” HONEST DESIGN โ€” ยท No ads. No gacha. No pay-to-win. ยท One voyage per day. No grinding. ยท Your sleep data never leaves your device. ยท Read-only access to Apple Health. Slumber Drift never writes. ยท No server required. Works entirely offline. ยท One-time Pro unlock. No subscription. No expiration. โ€” SLUMBER DRIFT PRO ($4.99) โ€” Free users experience the full game loop. Pro expands the depth: ยท Up to 3 equipment drops per voyage (free: 1) ยท Inventory expanded to 24 slots (free: 8) ยท Up to 5 active Tonic slots (free: 2) One-time purchase. Yours forever. โ€” Privacy: Slumber Drift requests read-only access to sleep data via Apple Health. All data is processed entirely on-device and is never transmitted or stored externally.

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StepQuest

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Your hero is only alive while you keep walking. StepQuest exists to make a daily walking habit something you actually keep. Not with another streak badge or a reminder you learn to ignore, but by turning your step count into a roguelite RPG where a character's survival is the thing at stake. -= How It Works =- You pick a daily step goal, and it locks in for the whole adventure, so you set your own difficulty. Every day you hit it, your character earns XP and levels up. Every day you miss, you lose a heart. Run out of hearts and the run is over. Steps come straight from Apple Health, so there is nothing to log by hand. You walk, the game keeps score. -= Missing a Day Is Survivable, Not Free =- Six days in a row earns a rest day, and your next miss is forgiven automatically. A full seven day streak regenerates a heart. Blue hearts, earned only from the hardest quests, absorb a missed day as a last resort. Use all of it and a run can last months. Ignore it and five bad days end everything. -= Death Is Not a Reset =- When the last heart goes, your level resets, but your gold and your avatar collection are permanent. You cash out gold based on how long you survived, spend it on cosmetics, and start the next run with everything you have collected. A bad run costs you progress, never your collection. -= Your Steps Are the Currency =- More than 140 avatars across five styles: standard, casual, edgy, fantasy, and cyberpunk. Every one of them is priced in gold, and walking is what earns it. The rarest take real distance to reach, so your character ends up wearing the ground you covered. -= Quests Worth Chasing =- Daily, weekly, monthly and legendary quests. A perfect month. Half a million steps in a single run. A hundred consecutive days. -= On Your Wrist and Home Screen =- An Apple Watch app, a Watch complication, Home Screen widgets and Lock Screen widgets keep today's steps and your remaining hearts one glance away, so you always know how close the day is to costing you a heart. Raise your wrist or glance at a locked phone, no need to open the app. No accounts. No sign up. Just your steps. Disclaimer: StepQuest is free to play and shows ads. Optional in-app support tiers grant bonus gold and remove ads. Nothing you can buy affects your hearts, your step goal, or your progress.

Screenshots

Slumber Drift4 screens
StepQuest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Slumber Drift at none against StepQuest's shown. StepQuest's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Slumber Drift sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and StepQuest sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Slumber Drift versus StepQuest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlumber DriftStepQuest
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS18.015.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size4 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakumi KanzakiAdam Golczak

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Slumber Drift

One-time4
  • Buy me a coffee$0.99
  • Buy me a meal$2.99
  • You're amazing$4.99
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  • Unlock Pro$4.99
5 purchases

StepQuest

One-time5
  • Toss a Coin$1.99
  • Tavern Round$2.99
  • Squire's Tribute$4.99
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  • Royal Benefactor$9.99
  • Legendary Patron$19.99

Questions

Is Slumber Drift free?
Slumber Drift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StepQuest free?
StepQuest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Slumber Drift or StepQuest have ads?
StepQuest shows ads; Slumber Drift does not.
Which is updated more often, Slumber Drift or StepQuest?
Slumber Drift ships an update every 4 days, and StepQuest every 4 days. Most recently, Slumber Drift was updated on October 25, 2026 and StepQuest on October 29, 2026.

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