Comparison

Bara vs StepTally

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

Head to head
About

Bara

Compete with friends in step-based challenges, turning daily walks into fun races. Use strategic power-ups to gain an edge and customize your capybara avatar. Participate in casual or ranked modes within a charming illustrated world.

Highlights
  • Create step races of various lengths
  • Invite friends to compete
  • Live leaderboards from Apple Health
  • Use strategic power-ups
  • Customize capybara avatar
  • Optional coin buy-ins for races
  • Ranked mode for global competition
Features
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Bara is a social step challenge app built for the people you actually walk with. Pick a race length, invite your friends, and let your steps do the running. HOW IT WORKS - Create races lasting 1, 3, 7, or 14 days - Invite friends and set the number of walkers - Live leaderboards update automatically from Apple Health step data - Join public and featured daily races and watch your placement update live PLAY WITH POWER-UPS Collect playful power-ups and add a twist to the race: - Slow a friend's pace for a while - Rewind a little of someone's recent progress - Borrow a few steps from the walker ahead of you - Leave a surprise along the trail - Briefly hide the leaderboard from another walker It's all lighthearted and temporary. Every walker keeps their own real step count in Apple Health. RACE YOUR WAY - Keep races completely casual, or - Play team races and multi-day tournament brackets with friends - Top finishers earn bonus coins from Bara. Races are always free to enter. EARN AND CUSTOMIZE Earn coins by walking, racing, keeping streaks, completing daily goals, and inviting friends. Spend them on: - Hats - Sunglasses - Shoes - Capybara cosmetics and new characters - Power-ups from the shop Plus collect daily rewards including coins, accessories, and power-ups. Coins are a virtual, in-game currency. They cannot be purchased, have no real-world value, and are used only for cosmetics and power-ups inside Bara. DESIGNED TO BE FUN, NOT STRESSFUL Walk at your own pace. Race friends casually or push for the top of the leaderboards while exploring a cozy illustrated hiking world with your customizable capybara companion. PRIVACY FIRST Bara reads only your step count from Apple Health. It does not access heart rate, calories, sleep, workouts, distance, or location.

About

StepTally

Features
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StepTally brings back the step challenges you loved — leaderboards, streaks, and step Bingo — for you and your friends. Three ways to play • Leaderboard — most steps over the challenge wins. Presets like Weekday Hustle and Weekend Warrior set it up in one tap. • Streak — hit the daily goal every day. Longest unbroken run wins. • Bingo — a 5×5 card of step tasks. First line or full blackout, your choice. Join with one link Create a challenge, share the link or 6-character code, and friends join instantly — no accounts to hunt down, no friend requests. Steps from Apple Health Whatever you track with — Apple Watch, iPhone, or a third-party wearable that writes to Health — counts. Honest numbers Every participant's total shows when it was last synced. Scores are computed on our servers, not on anyone's phone, and late syncs still count during the grace window. Earn badges Eight badges for streaks, wins, and milestones. Your personal stats — current streak, longest streak, lifetime steps and distance — live on your profile. Your steps stay yours StepTally reads step count and walking distance only, to power your challenges. Never ads. Never sold. Disconnect anytime in Settings. StepTally is free with no ads.

Screenshots

Bara4 screens
StepTally4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StepTally at none against Bara's 3. StepTally also leads on ads (none vs shown). Bara's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). On price, update cadence 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. Bara sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. StepTally asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bara versus StepTally: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBaraStepTally
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (44 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings44 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB17 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRohan ChariPandurang Yachwad

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Bara

One-time3
  • 500 Coins$0.99
  • 3,000 Coins$4.99
  • 7,500 Coins$9.99
None

StepTally

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bara free?
Bara is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StepTally free?
StepTally is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bara or StepTally have ads?
Bara shows ads; StepTally does not.
Which is updated more often, Bara or StepTally?
Bara ships an update every 2 days, and StepTally every 2 days. Most recently, Bara was updated on October 1, 2026 and StepTally on September 19, 2026.

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