Trot vs Stepple
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trot
This app uses a virtual pet dog to encourage you to walk more. Your pet's mood and reactions are tied to your real-time step count, motivating you to reach daily goals and maintain streaks. It offers insights into your activity and gentle reminders to keep moving.
- Real-time step tracking
- Interactive virtual pet companion
- Daily step goal setting
- Activity streaks and milestones
- Walking history insights
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Gentle activity reminders
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Meet your new virtual pet. Trot pairs you with a playful dog that reacts to your steps in real time. The more you walk, the happier your pet gets. Reach your daily goal and your pet lights up. Go a while without moving and your pet gets a little antsy, eager for the next walk. Every walk also moves your pet forward. Hit your goals and your dog levels up through playful ranks and earns collectible achievements you can look back on. Trot is a step counter that actually makes you want to move. KEY FEATURES • Real-time step tracking - Syncs with Apple Health and your iPhone's motion sensors for accurate, instant step counts. • A pet that reacts to you - Your pet's mood shifts through the day with your activity: happy, excited, sleepy, or antsy, all based on how much you have moved. • Daily goals - Set a step goal that fits you and follow it on a friendly dashboard with steps, distance, flights climbed, and active time. • Streaks - Build a daily walking streak and watch it grow. Trot celebrates every milestone with you. • Progress and achievements - Level up your pet as you walk and collect achievements for streaks, big days, distance, stairs climbed, sunrise, and weekend walks. Every new badge lands with a celebration. • Insights and trends - Review recent walks by day and week for free. Trot Pro unlocks your full walking history plus Month and Year Trends. • Home and lock screen widgets - Keep your pet and your progress one glance away (Trot Pro). • Gentle reminders - Get a friendly nudge when your pet is antsy for a walk, and a celebration the moment you reach your goal. TROT PRO Upgrade to Trot Pro for an ad-free experience, full walking history, Month and Year Trends, Home and Lock Screen widgets, and every challenge pack. The annual plan starts with a free trial. Real-time step tracking, daily goals, Week Trends, leveling, and the Everyday Habits achievement collection are free. Extra challenge collections are also available as one-time purchases, and anything you unlock stays yours. PRIVACY FIRST Your health data stays on your device. Trot reads your steps, distance, flights climbed, and active energy from Apple Health to bring your pet to life, and none of it leaves your iPhone. We never sell your data. Privacy Policy: https://lambertapps.com/trot/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://lambertapps.com/trot/terms.html EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Stepple
This app features a virtual pet that thrives as you meet your daily activity goals. Syncs with health data to track progress, offering a forgiving system for missed days and rewarding consistent effort with unique creatures and achievements.
- Virtual pet grows with movement
- Customizable daily calorie goals
- Syncs with Apple Health
- Forgiving system for missed days
- Unlockable creatures and achievements
- Home screen widget
- Activity Traits reflect workout style
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Stepple is the little pet that grows when you move — even a walk around the block is enough. Hatch an egg, pick a daily calorie goal that fits where you are right now, and watch your pet thrive as you move. Whether you're taking your first walk in years or training for a marathon, every step and every workout counts. Meet your goal and your Stepple gains hearts. Miss a day and they lose some — but a solid walk tomorrow brings them right back. START WHEREVER YOU ARE Stepple is built for anyone trying to move more. Pick a goal you can actually hit — it can be as small as a short daily walk. Beginners can cruise to their goal on steps alone. Experienced users can crush it with runs, lifts, cycling, or yoga. Either way, your pet is rooting for you. YOUR HEALTH IS THEIR HEALTH Stepple syncs with Apple Health to read your active calories, steps, workouts, flights climbed, sleep, and walking distance. Your daily goal is simple: burn enough active calories to keep your pet alive — and every step and every workout you log counts toward that goal, whether you're walking the dog, hitting the gym, or climbing a flight of stairs. A hearts bar shows exactly where your pet stands — thriving, content, tired, sick, or critical. FORGIVING BY DESIGN One bad day won't break anything. A missed day costs a heart, but tomorrow's walk earns half a heart back. Your pet only reaches the end of their story after several skipped days in a row — plenty of room to recover from a rough week, a busy trip, or a sick day. BUILD A STREAK Hit your goal today, tomorrow, and the day after — and watch your streak climb. Stepple tracks a per-pet streak and a global lifetime streak across every pet you raise, so even if one ends, your legacy carries on. A COLLECTION THAT FEELS PERSONAL 10+ unique creatures to discover, each with their own look and attitude. Every egg hatches with a randomly rolled color, so no two pets are alike — even of the same species. Some pets unlock only through dedication: one after earning enough goal days, another at a long streak milestone, and more surprises waiting to be found. EARN YOUR REPUTATION 20+ tiered accolades track running, swimming, cycling, yoga, hiking, strength training, dance, and team sports. Your pet develops an Activity Trait that reflects your dominant workout style — a living fingerprint of your fitness identity. Plus 15+ global achievements that persist across every pet you raise. MAKE IT YOURS 10+ pet color palettes, 20+ heart colors, and multiple free background gradients to start. Stepple+ subscribers unlock additional premium species, exclusive pixel-art backgrounds, parallax depth motion, custom heart shapes, glyph pattern overlays, and custom app icons. HOME SCREEN WIDGET An animated pet sprite lives on your home screen — watch it react to your daily progress without opening the app. Small and medium widget sizes included, free. THE GARDEN & THE GRAVEYARD Retired pets live in a pixel-art garden — tap any pet to revisit their story, or bring one back from retirement to keep going. Pets whose story has ended rest in a graveyard with tombstones marking their name, species, and lifespan. Every pet you raise becomes part of your permanent history. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no sign-up, no ads. Your Apple Health data is read on your device to care for your pet and isn't shared anywhere — unless you turn on optional social features like leaderboards or friend sharing, which publish activity stats (like steps and goal progress) through Apple's CloudKit. You're always in control of what you share. --- STEPPLE+ SUBSCRIPTION Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase. Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://stepple.fit/terms Privacy Policy: https://stepple.fit/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Stepple at none against Trot's shown. Stepple also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Trot's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Trot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Stepple sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Trot against 5.0 for Stepple. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Trot ships an update fortnightly, Stepple every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 16, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trot | Stepple |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josh Karnofsky | Joseph DeGrand |
Customer experience
Trot
Stepple
In-app purchases
Trot
- Trot Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Trot Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
Stepple
- Stepple+$4.991 Month
- Stepple+7 Days trial$39.991 Year





