Comparison

Trot vs Stepstakes

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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/

About

Stepstakes

This app encourages you to reach your daily step goals by rewarding you with entries into weekly prize drawings. Connect your health data to receive a personalized target and earn chances to win gift cards, gear, or cash.

Highlights
  • Personalized daily step targets
  • Earn entries for prize drawings
  • Win gift cards, gear, and cash
  • Connects with Apple Health
  • Weekly prize winner announcements
  • Free to play
Features
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Hit your daily step target. Earn entries. Win real prizes. Free to play, every single week. Stepstakes gives you a personalized daily step target based on your own walking history and rewards you for hitting it. Every day you reach your target, you earn an entry into that week's prize drawing. Hit all seven days and earn three bonus entries. Every Monday morning, we draw a winner. No gym. No gimmicks. No catch. Just walk like you already do. YOUR TARGET IS YOURS Your daily step target comes from your real walking data, not a generic goal. If your median is 4,800 steps, that's your target. If it's 12,000, that's yours. We meet you where you are. PRIZES EVERY WEEK Gift cards, gear, and cash prizes. New prizes announced every Monday. One winner drawn at random from all entries. Real prizes, real winners, every week. WAKE UP TO YOUR RESULTS Every morning you get a short email: steps walked, target hit or missed, entries banked, days left in the week. Open the app when you want, not because you have to. HOW IT WORKS 1. Connect Apple Health (takes 30 seconds) 2. Get your personalized daily step target 3. Walk and hit your target to earn entries 4. Every Monday, a winner is drawn Free to play. Must be 18+ and a US resident (excluding FL and NY). See Official Rules in the app for complete details.

Screenshots

Trot4 screens
Stepstakes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stepstakes at none against Trot's 2. Stepstakes also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). Trot's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and device support 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. Trot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Stepstakes 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 Trot against 5.0 for Stepstakes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trot ships an update fortnightly, Stepstakes every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Trot versus Stepstakes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrotStepstakes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB38 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJosh KarnofskyAround The Hoop Holdings, LLC

Customer experience

Trot

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stepstakes

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Trot

Subscriptions2
  • Trot Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Trot Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
None

Stepstakes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Trot free?
Trot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stepstakes free?
Stepstakes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Trot or Stepstakes?
Trot and Stepstakes are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Trot or Stepstakes have ads?
Trot shows ads; Stepstakes does not.
Which is updated more often, Trot or Stepstakes?
Trot ships an update fortnightly, and Stepstakes every 4 days. Most recently, Trot was updated on October 24, 2026 and Stepstakes on October 8, 2026.

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