Comparison

Stral vs Steps

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

Head to head
About

Stral

Features
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It's not your fault your habits don't stick. It's the app's fault. Miss just one day and a 100-day streak resets to zero. Traveling? Sick? Too bad. That's how every other habit app works. Stral is different. โ—† Streak Recovery -- Break it, then bring it back If your streak breaks, just start again the next day and you'll enter "recovery mode." Complete a short recovery period and your full streak is restored. No more starting over from zero. โ—† Habit Lifecycle -- Take a break without losing progress Pause: Set a pause period for travel or illness. Your streak stays safe. Exclusion days: Need to skip just today? No problem. It won't count against you. End & Resume: Archive completed habits. Your records are kept forever. Features no other habit app offers. Only in Stral. โ—† All of this is free Up to 6 habits 4 tracking modes (Check / Negative / Count / Timer) Streak recovery Habit lifecycle management (Pause / Exclusion days / End / Resume) Apple Health auto-tracking (Steps, Exercise, Calories, Water, Sleep, Weight, Mindfulness, and 11 categories total) Apple Watch support Home screen widget iCloud sync Smart notifications 3 themes Features that other apps charge for are completely free in Stral. โ—† 4 modes for any habit Check: Did you read? Floss? Journal? One tap to record. Negative: Quit smoking, no drinking, skip the snacks. Days you didn't do it build your streak. Count: 8 glasses of water, 50 push-ups. Tap +1, auto-complete at your target. Timer: 10 min meditation, 15 min stretching. Built-in countdown timer. Works in the background. โ—† Automatic Apple Health integration Steps, exercise minutes, calories burned, water intake, sleep, weight, mindfulness, workouts, walking distance, swimming distance, stand hours. 11 categories of data are read automatically to complete your habits. Just exercise with your Apple Watch -- no need to even open the app. โ—† Go Pro and make it yours (just 2 cents a day) Unlimited habits 15 rich themes (the entire look and feel of the app changes) Unlimited motivation photos Pro isn't about unlocking features behind a paywall. It's about making an already fully functional app even more personal and fun. Try it free for 7 days. Stral is the habit tracker that helps you keep going. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Steps

Features
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A day takes shape through movement. The way to the kitchen. A walk without a destination. The few steps between one thought and the next. Small distances, almost unnoticed, become the rhythm of a life. Steps is a simple step counter for iPhone, designed to give that everyday movement a little more attention. See today and your week, and set a daily goal that fits your life. Nature rarely stands still. Petals turn towards light; growth follows a rhythm; a form emerges from many small changes. The flower at the center of Steps carries this idea into an object you can touch. Brush its petals and movement travels between them. Tilt your phone and light and perspective shift. A quiet moment of play, alongside the steps of your day. Take your steps outside. Start a walk to record its route, then revisit it on a quiet discovery map. Turn the minute wheel to make time for a short walking pause. Your steps and saved walks stay on your device, with no account or advertising. Apple provides the map data. Time keeps moving. You can find your own pace.

Screenshots

Stral4 screens
Steps1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steps at none against Stral's 2. Steps also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). Stral's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Stral sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Steps asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stral ships an update every 3 weeks, Steps daily. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Stral versus Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStralSteps
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size14 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNichfulDAMIAN WITKOWSKI

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Stral

Subscriptions2
  • Stral Pro$0.991 Month
  • Stral Pro$4.991 Year
None

Steps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stral free?
Stral is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stral or Steps have ads?
Neither Stral nor Steps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stral or Steps?
Stral ships an update every 3 weeks, and Steps daily. Most recently, Stral was updated on October 8, 2026 and Steps on October 24, 2026.

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