Steply vs Steppies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steply
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Pedometer with widget for insights on your daily walks including step count, energy burn, flights of stairs climbed and sleep. Set your daily / weekly goals to stick to them.
Steppies
A private step counter that displays your activity on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Customize its appearance and share your progress with friends. Your health data remains securely on your device.
- Apple Watch complications
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- Customizable accent and goal colors
- Shareable step progress cards
- Detailed historical data view
- Quick and easy setup
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Steppies is a simple, aesthetically pleasing, private step counter app with widgets for iPhone and complications for Apple Watch. Set it up once, and you may never need to open the app again. Your health information stays on your device and is not accessible to any third parties or sent to any external servers, including Steppies' own. No subscriptions, no ads, no notifications. Just steps. FEATURES • Put your step data on your Apple Watch face • Add thoughtfully designed, beautiful widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen • Customize the accent and goal colors to match your aesthetic • Share your daily step progress with your friends with highly customizable share cards • Pinch and zoom through your All Time, Yearly, Monthly, Weekly, and Daily history • Set everything up in seconds with zero hassle TRY BEFORE YOU BUY Premium widgets and complications are included for 30 days. If you like them, Steppies Forever unlocks every current and future widget and complication we release for a small, one-time purchase. PRIVACY FIRST Steppies reads your health data directly from your device and never sends it anywhere. Your personal information never leaves your iPhone or Apple Watch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steply at none against Steppies's 1. Steppies's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Steppies sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Steply asks for nothing beyond the download.
Steply ships an update every 2 weeks, Steppies every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steply | Steppies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Argha Sarkar | Isaac Consultants LLC |
In-app purchases
Steply
No in-app purchases
Steppies
- Steppies Forever$5.99









