Comparison

StepCore vs ActivArt

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

Head to head
About

StepCore

This app tracks your daily steps and converts them into earned food rewards. It provides meal ideas based on your activity level without any pressure or guilt. Enjoy your progress and the treats you unlock by simply walking.

Highlights
  • Step tracking
  • Food rewards system
  • Meal ideas
  • Progress visualization
  • No sign-ups
  • No ads
Features
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StepCore is your no-pressure step buddy that turns walking into rewards. Instead of stressing over calories, you just move, and your steps unlock food you’ve “earned” for the day. Hit your goal, treat yourself. Walk more, unlock more. It quietly tracks your steps using your iPhone’s Health app, shows your progress, and even gives you meal ideas from different cuisines based on what you’ve achieved. No sign-ups. No ads. No guilt. Just walk… and enjoy what you’ve earned.

About

ActivArt

Transform your workout data into visually appealing posts and videos. This app integrates with your photos and activity trackers to create shareable content, with options for animated videos and route visualizations. Start for free with a regenerating allowance of creations.

Highlights
  • Transform workout stats into art
  • Create posts with photos or new scenes
  • Add distance, time, pace, and elevation
  • Save custom styles
  • Add logos and branding
  • Generate animated workout videos
  • Create on-device route videos
Features
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YOU DID THE WORK. MAKE IT WORTH SHARING. Your workout already has a story. ActivArt matches it with photos on your phone, places distance, time, pace or elevation inside the scene, remembers your style, and creates a share-ready post without prompts or design work. It is free to start, with no credit card. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose a run, ride, hike, swim, gym session or other workout. 2. ActivArt finds photos taken during that workout, or you add one yourself. 3. Pick a style and the stats you want to show. 4. Create, save and share. MORE THAN A FILTER • Transform a real photo while keeping the moment recognisable. • Create a new sports scene when you did not take a photo. • Put distance, time, pace, elevation and other stats inside the artwork. • Save a signature look for future workouts. • Add your club logo, team crest or sponsor logo to every image, or put just your logos on the original photo. • Keep creating on a free allowance that refills on its own. START FREE ActivArt is free to start, with no credit card and no payment details. One sign-in is all we ask for before your first creation, and your free plan then includes an allowance of images, animated videos and on-device route videos that refills automatically. Premium adds larger allowances and can remove the ActivArt mark. ANIMATED VIDEO Turn a workout into a short animated video. Create a clip straight from your activity with no photo, or bring an image you already made in ActivArt to life. ROUTES IN MOTION Turn GPS data into animated map, elevation and 3D route videos. Videos are created on your device and ready for Stories, Reels or your training group. WORKS WITH YOUR TRAINING Works with Strava, Apple Health, Intervals.icu, manual activities, shared workout screenshots and FIT files. Intervals.icu can connect your training from Garmin, Wahoo, COROS, Polar, Suunto, Zwift and more. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Photos you choose are sent for processing only when you ask for a transformation. ActivArt does not use your photos or activity data for model training. Strava data is used only to create the result you request and is never used by ActivArt for model training. Route and elevation videos are created on your device. SUBSCRIPTION ActivArt Premium is an auto-renewable subscription billed monthly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://activart.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://activart.app/privacy

Screenshots

StepCore4 screens
ActivArt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StepCore at none against ActivArt's 2. StepCore also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.2). ActivArt's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ActivArt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. StepCore asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ActivArt holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
StepCore versus ActivArt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepCoreActivArt
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB82 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAnurag AgarwalJoao Silva

Customer experience

StepCore

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ActivArt

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

StepCore

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ActivArt

Subscriptions1
  • ActivArt Premium$5.991 Month
One-time1
  • Custom Logos Unlock$4.49

Questions

Is StepCore free?
StepCore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ActivArt free?
ActivArt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, StepCore or ActivArt?
ActivArt is rated higher. StepCore averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while ActivArt averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do StepCore or ActivArt have ads?
Neither StepCore nor ActivArt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StepCore or ActivArt?
StepCore ships an update every 4 days, and ActivArt every 4 days. Most recently, StepCore was updated on October 31, 2026 and ActivArt on November 5, 2026.

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