Comparison

StepMax vs Steppies

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

Head to head
About

StepMax

This app transforms walking into a game with characters, achievements, and leaderboards. It tracks steps, calories, and distance, offering detailed reports and motivating users to build consistent walking habits. Compete with friends and collect unique characters to enhance your fitness journey.

Highlights
  • Gamified step tracking
  • Collect and evolve characters
  • Achievements and daily streaks
  • Leaderboards and friend challenges
  • Walk timer with pace tracking
  • Detailed progress reports
  • Offline functionality
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A step counter that actually makes you want to walk. StepMax counts your steps, tracks calories and distance, and turns every walk into a game with companions, badges, achievements and leaderboards. STAY MOTIVATED → 172 achievements across 9 categories → Daily badges that climb from Starter to Mythic → Daily streaks that build real walking habits → Endless levels to climb → 30+ companions to collect and evolve → A weekly recap of how your week went → Set a daily step goal and crush it COMPETE WORLDWIDE → Daily, weekly, monthly and all-time leaderboards → Rank among friends, your country, your continent or the whole world → 1v1 step challenges with friends → Invite friends to earn VIP time and exclusive companions STEP TRACKING → Automatic step counting with your iPhone's motion sensor – no GPS needed, easy on the battery → Brings in your walking history from Apple Health → Calories, distance in km or miles, and CO₂ saved → Walk timer with time, pace and steps for every walk → Measure your real step length with GPS → Home Screen widgets with your companion, streak and hourly steps, plus Lock Screen widgets DETAILED STATISTICS → Hourly, weekly, monthly, yearly and custom range charts → Tap any bar to see the exact steps → Personal records and your full step history → Custom goals for any period MAP YOUR WALKS (VIP) → Record every walk with GPS and see your route on the map → Follow your walk live on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island → Share your route as a picture STEPMAX VIP → Walk map with GPS routes and the live Lock Screen tracker → No ads → Permanent 2x XP → Exclusive VIP companions Monthly or yearly subscription. It renews automatically; cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. YOUR DATA, YOUR WAY → No account needed to get started → Sign in with Apple to back up and compete with friends → Back up to iCloud or your StepMax account, so you never lose your progress → Step counting works offline ALSO → Dark and light mode → Available in 8 languages: English, Slovak, Czech, Polish, German, Spanish, French and Portuguese Whether you want a simple pedometer, a daily activity tracker or a walking game with companions and achievements, StepMax has you covered. Download now and start walking. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cinderhound.com/privacy/stepmax

About

Steppies

This app offers a straightforward way to track your daily steps, distance, calories burned, and floors climbed. It features a progress ring that fills as you approach your goal and provides historical data for weekly, monthly, and yearly views. Widgets are available for your home screen, lock screen, and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Live daily step count
  • Customizable daily step goal
  • Distance, active calories, floors climbed
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Weekly, monthly, yearly history
Features
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Steppies is a beautifully simple step counter that keeps your health data where it belongs—with you. Set it up once, and you may never need to open the app again. Add Steppies premium widgets to your Lock Screen, Home Screen, or Apple Watch face to keep your live step count a glance away. See today’s steps, or pinch and zoom through years of history to see how far you’ve come. FEATURES • Set up in seconds—no account, ads, or hassle • Track steps, distance, floors climbed, and active calories • Choose your own daily step goal and watch the ring fill • Explore Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly, and All Time history • Share your step count your way with custom visual cards and animations • Add beautiful widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen • Use the Apple Watch app and complications that fit right in 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 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. No subscriptions. No ads. No notifications. Just steps. Built in San Francisco.

Screenshots

StepMax4 screens
Steppies4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steppies at none against StepMax's 2. Steppies also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. StepMax sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Steppies asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for StepMax against 5.0 for Steppies. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StepMax ships an update every 6 days, Steppies weekly. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
StepMax versus Steppies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepMaxSteppies
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings36 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.226.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB26 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperIvan MlynekIsaac Consultants LLC

Customer experience

StepMax

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Steppies

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

StepMax

Subscriptions2
  • StepMax VIP$2.491 Month
  • StepMax VIP$11.991 Year
None

Steppies

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StepMax free?
StepMax is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Steppies free?
Steppies is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StepMax or Steppies?
StepMax and Steppies are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do StepMax or Steppies have ads?
StepMax shows ads; Steppies does not.
Which is updated more often, StepMax or Steppies?
StepMax ships an update every 6 days, and Steppies weekly. Most recently, StepMax was updated on October 20, 2026 and Steppies on October 20, 2026.

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