Stepple vs Survive The Snail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stepple
This app features a virtual pet that grows and thrives based on your daily physical activity. Set personalized goals, track your progress through Apple Health, and watch your pet evolve through various life stages. It offers a forgiving system for missed days and encourages consistent movement.
- Virtual pet grows with movement
- Customizable daily step or calorie goals
- Integrates with Apple Health
- Pets evolve through life stages
- Forgiving system for missed goals
- Streak building and lifetime progress
- Collectible creatures with unique colors
- Home screen widget for progress updates
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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 goal that fits where you are right now, and watch your pet thrive as you move. Meet your goal and your Stepple gains hearts. Miss a day and they lose one, but a good walk tomorrow starts winning them back. START WHEREVER YOU ARE Choose a steps goal or an active-calorie goal, as small as a short daily walk or as big as marathon training. Stepple reads your steps, active calories and workouts from Apple Health, so walking the dog, a gym session, a bike ride or a flight of stairs all count. A hearts bar shows exactly how your pet is doing: thriving, content, tired, sick or critical. WATCH THEM GROW Every goal day brings your pet closer to their next form. Keep showing up and they grow from Baby to Teen, Adult, Prime and finally Elder, each stage with a new look and its own celebration. FORGIVING BY DESIGN One bad day won't break anything. A missed day costs a heart, and each goal day earns half a heart back. Your pet only reaches the end of their story after several missed days in a row, so there's room for a rough week, a trip or a sick day. Every evolution also earns credit toward a Streak Freeze, which can cover a missed day before it counts against you. BUILD A STREAK Hit your goal today, tomorrow and the day after, and watch your streak climb. Stepple tracks a streak for each pet and a lifetime streak across every pet you raise, so your progress carries on. A COLLECTION THAT FEELS PERSONAL 10+ creatures to discover, each with their own look and attitude. Every egg hatches in a randomly rolled color, so no two pets are alike, even of the same species. Keep hitting your goal to earn your next egg. Some pets unlock only through dedication: one after enough goal days, another at a long streak, and more waiting to be found. THE GARDEN & THE GRAVEYARD Pets you've moved on from live in a pixel-art garden, where you can visit them or bring one back. Pets whose story has ended rest in a graveyard, each tombstone marking their name and lifespan. Every pet you raise becomes part of your history. COMPETE WITH FRIENDS Join a leaderboard with friends and see who moves the most each week. Turn your pet and progress into a story-sized card and share it anywhere. EARN YOUR REPUTATION 20+ tiered accolades for running, swimming, cycling, yoga, hiking, strength training, dance and team sports. Your pet develops an Activity Trait that reflects how you like to move, plus 15+ achievements that stay with you across every pet. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN An animated pet lives in a free home screen widget, in small and medium sizes, reacting to your progress without opening the app. STEPPLE+ Go further with an optional subscription: • Premium pets and exclusive characters • Raise two pets at once • Hatch new pets faster • Host your own leaderboards • Live Activity tracking on your lock screen • Pixel-art scenes, custom hearts, pattern overlays and app icons Free players can still choose from 20+ heart colors and several background gradients. 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, 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
Survive The Snail
This app transforms your real-world walking into a thrilling survival game. Set daily step goals to outrun an immortal, ever-advancing snail. Engage in live chases, react to surprise events, and compete with friends to stay alive.
- Real-world walking as gameplay
- Live chase status tracking
- Custom daily step goals
- Surprise global snail events
- Activity and goal streak tracking
- Friend leaderboards and challenges
- In-app shop for survival items
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An immortal snail is coming for you. It never sleeps. It never stops. Every step puts distance between you. Slow down, and it starts closing the gap. Survive the Snail turns your real-world walking into a daily survival game. Set your step goal, build your lead, and keep moving before the snail catches you. Surprise snail events can suddenly speed it up—or slow it down—for everyone. FEATURES • Turn steps and walking distance into your lead over the snail • Follow live chase status as you move from safe to warning to danger • Set a custom daily step goal and earn a lead bonus when you reach it • React to surprise global events that temporarily change the snail’s speed • Track daily steps, distance, estimated active time, estimated calories, weekly activity, goal streaks, and days survived • Use Motion & Fitness pedometer data with your permission • Add friends, manage requests, and compare chase leads on friend and global leaderboards • Create challenges, invite friends, and compete in step, distance, shared-goal, or daily-elimination events • Unlock achievements for surviving, hitting goals, walking milestones, adding friends, and winning challenges • Use coins for shop items that pause, slow, or push back the snail, repair a streak, or recover after getting caught • Get optional notifications for chase danger, daily goals, activity refreshes, snail events, and shop effects Walk farther. Challenge your friends. Stay alive. How long can you survive the snail? Survive the Snail uses Motion & Fitness data only with your permission. Gameplay is intended for entertainment and motivation and is not medical advice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Stepple at none against Survive The Snail's shown. Survive The Snail's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Stepple sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Survive The Snail sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. 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 Stepple against 5.0 for Survive The Snail. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
Stepple ships an update every 3 weeks, Survive The Snail every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Stepple | Survive The Snail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Joseph DeGrand | LKG Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Stepple
Survive The Snail
In-app purchases
Stepple
- Stepple+$4.991 Month
- Stepple+7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Survive The Snail
- 500 Coins$1.99
- 1,400 Coins$4.99
- 3,000 Coins$9.99









