Comparison

Stepa vs PaceDebt

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

Head to head
About

Stepa

This app focuses on tracking daily steps and competing with friends, rather than calorie counting or weight goals. It helps you find walking routes and maintain daily step streaks with encouraging nudges.

Highlights
  • Social step tracking
  • Friend challenges and duels
  • Customizable walking route planner
  • Daily step streak maintenance
  • Integration with Apple Health
  • No calorie or weight tracking
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Stepa is a walking app for walking with friends and finding walking routes near you. Race your mates every week, pick a ready-made loop on the map, or make one that starts and ends at your door. RACE YOUR MATES, ALL WEEK Every week there's one shared route, and everyone's weekly steps move them along it. See your mates as photos on the track, follow the race as it happens, and find out on Monday who made the podium. Then a new route starts. No mates on Stepa yet? Race the Stepa pacer and last week's you. WALKING ROUTES NEAR YOU The Atlas is a map of ready-made walking loops around you. Each one is a circular route on real paths, with distance, time and steps before you set off. Tap a line, see the loop, walk it. MAKE YOUR OWN LOOP Choose how long you want to walk and Stepa plots a loop that starts and ends where you are. Three free loops a month. Stepa Pro gives you unlimited loops plus More options: pick the terrain or drop a pin to start somewhere else. FOCUS WALK A short walk of 10 to 30 minutes, phone in your pocket. It ends when the time is up or you hit the steps. Ending early is fine. Every step still counts towards your race. WIDGETS Today's steps, your race with your mates, a loop from your door, a one-tap Focus walk, and a map of where you walked today, on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. YOUR WALKS, SAVED Saved walks keep the route and the height you climbed, so you can walk a favourite again. STEPS THAT MATCH YOUR iPHONE Stepa reads steps from Apple Health, including your Apple Watch, so your count matches what your iPhone shows. WALK AS YOU WALK No calorie counting, no weight targets, no closing rings and no telling you off. Stepa counts what you walk and gives you good reasons to walk a bit more. FREE • The weekly mates race • The Atlas of loops near you • Three loops of your own a month • Focus walks and widgets • Your step history for the last 30 days STEPA PRO • Unlimited loops, with terrain and start-point options • Plan group walks with your mates, who join free • Download loops for walks without signal • Two streak saves a month • Your full step history Stepa Pro is available as an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms: https://getstepa.com/terms Privacy: https://getstepa.com/privacy

About

PaceDebt

Features
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PaceDebt is the step tracker that holds you accountable. Every day you have a step goal. Walk enough and you're clean. Miss it and the shortfall becomes debt added to tomorrow's target. Debt stacks until you clear it. No excuses. No resets. Just accountability. Example: Day 1 Goal: 8,000 steps. Walked: 5,000. Debt: 3,000 Day 2 Target: 11,000 steps (8,000 + 3,000 debt) Day 2 Walked: 11,000. Debt cleared. Streak continues. FEATURES - Daily step tracking via Apple Health - Debt calculation that carries over each day - Efficiency ring showing your daily progress - Live walk session with real-time velocity tracking - Streak system — hit your goal daily to build streaks - Home screen widget — see steps and debt at a glance - Smart notifications — reminders and streak warnings - Live Activity on lock screen during walk sessions - Choose your goal — 5,000 / 8,000 / 10,000 steps PACEDEBT PRO Streak System — track your daily consistency Streak Freeze — protect your streak once per week Home Screen Widget — steps and debt without opening app Smart Notifications — streak warnings and debt alerts Custom Step Goals — set any target beyond the presets Unlock the full accountability system: PRIVACY PaceDebt reads step data from Apple Health only. Your health data never leaves your device. No account required. No data sold. Start your accountability journey today. Your debt is waiting. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://syedabdalahmedshah.github.io/paceDebtPrivacyPolicy/

Screenshots

Stepa4 screens
PaceDebt4 screens

Verdict

The call

Stepa and PaceDebt are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Stepa sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and PaceDebt sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Stepa versus PaceDebt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepaPaceDebt
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB101 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSocialClimb Marketing LTDSyed Abdal Ahmed Shah

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Stepa

Subscriptions3
  • Stepa Pro · Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Stepa Pro · Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Stepa Pro · Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Stepa Pro · Lifetime$49.99
1 purchases

PaceDebt

Subscriptions1
  • PaceDebt Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Stepa free?
Stepa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PaceDebt free?
PaceDebt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stepa or PaceDebt have ads?
Neither Stepa nor PaceDebt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stepa or PaceDebt?
Stepa ships an update every 6 days, and PaceDebt every 6 days. Most recently, Stepa was updated on October 24, 2026 and PaceDebt on October 12, 2026.

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