Comparison

StepMax vs StepCraft Go Augmented Reality

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

StepCraft Go Augmented Reality

Turn your real-world walks into an adventure in a blocky, voxelized world. Explore your surroundings, collect coins, battle creatures, and customize your character with unique outfits and biomes. Your steps fuel your progress and unlock new in-game content.

Highlights
  • Real-world map transformed into voxel blocks
  • Step tracking for in-game progress
  • Battle creatures for XP and coins
  • Collect coins to unlock outfits and biomes
  • Explore any location on Earth virtually
  • Precise tracking with GPS and motion sensing
  • No account required, local progress saving
Features
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Your neighborhood is now a block world. StepCraft Go turns every real walk into a game. The streets, buildings, parks and rivers around you are rebuilt in charming voxel blocks from real map data — and your character moves when your body does. WALK YOUR REAL WORLD Step outside and watch your own streets stream in around you, block by block. Every place you know is here: your street, your park, your whole city — reimagined as a living voxel world. YOUR STEPS ARE YOUR LIFE Every real step becomes health. Walk more, live longer, explore further. Steps you take while the app is closed still count when you return — a real walk always pays. CREATURES ROAM YOUR STREETS Pigs, foxes, wolves, bunnies, zombies, skeletons and more wander the world around you. Swat them to earn XP and coins, and keep an eye out for the rare iridium creatures crowned with a violet star — the 1-in-20 prize. COLLECT, UNLOCK, DRESS UP Golden coins line the roadsides — walk past to scoop them up. Spend them on outfits, swords, new creatures and whole new biomes: desert dunes, mushroom forests, frozen snowfields. Defeat 100 of a species to unlock its costume, and hunt iridium rarities to earn the prestige iridium outfits with a floating star of your own. GO ANYWHERE Preview any place on Earth: type an address or landmark and the world rebuilds itself there. Walk the blocks of Paris from your couch — then step outside and come home to your real streets. PRECISE BY DESIGN Movement is driven by your real steps and motion, with GPS keeping you anchored to the map. Optional Camera Boost adds augmented-reality motion tracking for ultra-precise movement — nothing is ever recorded or stored. NO ACCOUNTS, NO FUSS No sign-up, no login. Your world and progress live on your device. Lace up, step outside, and watch your world turn to blocks. Terms & conditions: https://topdeveloper.carrd.co/# Privacy Policy: https://topdeveloper.carrd.co/#privacy

Screenshots

StepMax4 screens
StepCraft Go Augmented Reality4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StepCraft Go Augmented Reality at none against StepMax's 2. StepCraft Go Augmented Reality also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). StepMax's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and monetization model 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. StepCraft Go Augmented Reality 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 StepCraft Go Augmented Reality. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StepMax ships an update every 6 days, StepCraft Go Augmented Reality weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
StepMax versus StepCraft Go Augmented Reality: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepMaxStepCraft Go Augmented Reality
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB122 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperIvan MlynekTop Developer LLC

Customer experience

StepMax

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

StepCraft Go Augmented Reality

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

StepMax

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

StepCraft Go Augmented Reality

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StepMax free?
StepMax is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StepCraft Go Augmented Reality free?
StepCraft Go Augmented Reality is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StepMax or StepCraft Go Augmented Reality?
StepMax and StepCraft Go Augmented Reality are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do StepMax or StepCraft Go Augmented Reality have ads?
StepMax shows ads; StepCraft Go Augmented Reality does not.
Which is updated more often, StepMax or StepCraft Go Augmented Reality?
StepMax ships an update every 6 days, and StepCraft Go Augmented Reality weekly. Most recently, StepMax was updated on October 15, 2026 and StepCraft Go Augmented Reality on October 16, 2026.

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