Step Social vs Pace Monster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Step Social
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Walk. Jog. Run. Rise together. StepSocial turns everyday movement into a motivating social experience. Connect Apple Health or Fitbit, track your steps automatically, reach daily goals, earn badges and compete for your place on dynamic leaderboards. Whether you are taking your first 5,000 steps, building a walking habit, training for your next challenge or chasing the number-one spot, StepSocial gives every step a purpose. TRACK YOUR DAILY MOVEMENT See today's steps, goal progress and recent performance in one clear dashboard. Understand how your activity compares with yesterday and your recent average, then keep the momentum going. CLIMB THE LEADERBOARDS ā WORLDWIDE RANKINGS REQUIRE A PAID SUBSCRIPTION Friends, region and country leaderboards are free for everyone. The worldwide leaderboard requires a paid Step Social Pro or Elite subscription. Compare daily, weekly, monthly and all-time step totals. Rankings change as the StepSocial community moves, so there is always another position to chase. EARN BADGES AND LEVEL UP Unlock achievement badges for step milestones, streaks, rankings and consistency. Follow your progress along a game-style journey and discover the next badge waiting up the road. CREATE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE GROUPS ā UNLIMITED GROUPS REQUIRE A PAID SUBSCRIPTION Bring together friends, family, colleagues, fitness clubs or local communities. Every account includes 1 group free of charge; unlimited groups require a paid Step Social Elite subscription. BUILD STEP CHALLENGES Create step challenges inside your groups and find out who can lead the pack. MAP YOUR ROUTE Plan a walking route, review the distance and estimated time, then start moving. Generate a new route whenever you want a fresh way to explore your local area. CREATE AND DISCOVER EVENTS ā CREATING EVENTS REQUIRES A PAID SUBSCRIPTION Browsing and joining events is free. Creating events requires a paid subscription: Step Social Pro (create 1 event) or Step Social Elite (create unlimited events). EVERYTHING YOUR MOVEMENT NEEDS ⢠Automatic step tracking through Apple Health or Fitbit ⢠Personal daily step goals ⢠Friends, region and country rankings ⢠Worldwide rankings ā requires a paid Pro or Elite subscription ⢠Daily, weekly, monthly and all-time leaderboards ⢠Achievement badges and rank progression ⢠Groups ā 1 included free; unlimited groups require a paid Elite subscription ⢠Group step challenges ⢠Route planning and walk tracking ⢠Events ā joining is free; creating events requires a paid Pro or Elite subscription STEP SOCIAL PRO & ELITE ā OPTIONAL AUTO-RENEWABLE SUBSCRIPTIONS Step Social is free to download and use. Optional auto-renewable subscriptions unlock the paid features listed above: ⢠Step Social Pro ā worldwide leaderboard and the ability to create 1 event. Ā£0.99 per month or Ā£9.99 per year. ⢠Step Social Elite ā everything in Pro, plus unlimited groups and unlimited events. Ā£1.99 per month or Ā£19.99 per year. Prices may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://stepsocial.app/privacy Just start moving. Download StepSocial and walk, jog or run your way up the rankings.
Pace Monster
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A monster is always behind you. Pace Monster turns your iPhone's step counter into a chase. A cute monster walks at your daily step goal, all day, every day. Every step you take keeps you ahead of it. Sit still too long and it closes in. If it catches you, you lose a heart. Lose every heart in one day and it evolves into something scarier, and your streak breaks. A walking game for anyone who wants a reason to move. No workouts. No sessions. No GPS. Just walk. HOW IT WORKS ⢠Pick your daily pace (2,000ā12,000 steps) and how many hearts you get each day ⢠Your iPhone's motion sensor drives the chase. Add the Home Screen widget and one glance shows how close it is ⢠Wear an Apple Watch? Allow Apple Health and your watch steps join the chase. The watch app and complication show the monster on your wrist ⢠The monster's face tells the story: oblivious when you're safely ahead, game face when it's gaining, genuinely scary when it's close ⢠Hit your daily goal and the monster falls asleep until tomorrow. Nothing catches you after that ⢠Win a day and it calms down a phase. Get wiped out and it evolves into a faster, meaner monster ⢠Every day lands on your streak calendar. Tap any day to see how it went, hour by hour BUILT TO BE FAIR ⢠Every 7-day streak earns a freeze token, and you can hold two. Sick, injured or traveling? Freeze the day and your streak survives ⢠Pause everything, any time, penalty-free ⢠Steps past double your pace earn nothing extra. This is a walking game, not a grinding game ⢠Walking is always enough. Running is never required ⢠Changes to your pace or hearts start tomorrow, so every day is played by the rules it started with YOUR DATA ⢠No account needed. No GPS ⢠Steps come from your iPhone's motion sensor and, if you allow it, from Apple Health (HealthKit), so Apple Watch steps count too. Pace Monster reads steps only, never writes to Apple Health, and processes them on your iPhone. Health data is never used for ads or shared with anyone ⢠Create an optional account (Sign in with Apple, Google or email) to back up your streak and settings for a new phone ⢠Export or erase everything from Settings ⢠Two short video ads and nothing more: one before you spend a freeze token, and at most one a day when you open your streak history. Never when you get caught, and pausing is always ad-free Choose your pace. Stay ahead. Don't get caught.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pace Monster at none against Step Social's 4. Step Social's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Step Social sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Pace Monster asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Step Social | Pace Monster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Daily | ā |
| Ads | No ā better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch ā better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Eat Lebo Franchasing Limited | George Green |
In-app purchases
Step Social
- Pro Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Elite Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- Pro Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year
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- Elite Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
Pace Monster
No in-app purchases









