Comparison

Fish Steps vs Sunlight

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

Head to head
About

Fish Steps

This app transforms your daily walks into a virtual aquarium experience. Your steps fill a virtual tank, keeping your fish alive and thriving. Reach your step goals to unlock new fish and decorations, encouraging an active lifestyle.

Highlights
  • Real-time step tracking
  • Virtual aquarium simulation
  • Unlockable fish and decorations
  • Daily streaks and achievements
  • Home screen widget
Features
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Your steps keep your fish tank filled. Fish Steps turns your daily walk into a living aquarium. Every step you take fills your tank with water. Stop moving, and it slowly drains. Let it run dry, and your fish don't make it. Set a daily step goal, watch your tank thrive when you hit it, and unlock new fish and decorations as you rack up miles. From tiny guppies to a great white shark — the more you walk, the more you unlock. Features — Real-time step tracking via Apple Health — Tank drains when you fall behind, fills when you walk — Unlockable fish and decorations — Daily streaks and achievements — Home screen widget

About

Sunlight

Features
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Make sunlight part of a healthier daily rhythm. Sunlight combines local UV forecasts with your recorded Time in Daylight to help you plan outdoor time, follow your habits, and understand changing conditions throughout the day. See UV clearly • Check the current UV index, category, temperature, and local conditions. • Follow the hourly UV forecast from morning through sunset. • Read practical sun-safety and UV-protection guidance. • Use your current location or choose a city manually. Choose a better time outside • Find a preferred outdoor window based on hourly UV and your schedule. • See how conditions change before and after the daily peak. • Set forecast-aware reminders for useful moments. Record your daylight habit • Read Time in Daylight from Apple Health with your permission. • Start and stop manual outdoor sessions when you need them. • Combine overlapping Health and manual records without double-counting. Understand your patterns • Review weekly and monthly daylight trends. • Explore timing, consistency, source coverage, and daily evidence. • Follow habit progress and useful context from four Home Screen widgets. Personal, private, and optional Sunlight does not require an account. Apple Health access is read-only. Manual sessions, preferences, and the optional self-reported skin response profile stay on your device. There are no ads or third-party analytics. Sunlight Pro unlocks outdoor planning, daylight tracking, personalization, reminders, Trends, and three advanced widgets. Choose monthly access or a one-time lifetime purchase. Both unlock the same Pro features. Important Sunlight is for general wellness, informational, and planning purposes only. UV forecasts come from Apple Weather. Time in Daylight and manual sessions represent recorded outdoor time, not guaranteed direct sunlight. Personal UV exposure context, skin-response ranges, and Vitamin D sunlight opportunity are qualitative or modeled estimates—not direct sensor measurements, medical advice, diagnoses, treatment, precise Vitamin D production, exact burn timers, or guarantees of safe exposure or safe tanning. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Fish Steps4 screens
Sunlight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sunlight at none against Fish Steps's shown. Fish Steps's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Fish Steps sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Sunlight sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fish Steps ships an update daily, Sunlight weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Fish Steps versus Sunlight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFish StepsSunlight
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHENRY DONALDSON CHIPMAN子涵 王

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Fish Steps

One-time10
  • Jellyfish Jungle$0.99
  • Reef Hunters$0.99
  • Tropics Bundle$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Aquarium Favorites$0.99
  • Arctic Wonders$0.99
  • Deep Sea Wonders$0.99
  • Salmon Box$0.99
  • River Wonders$0.99
  • Predator Pack$0.99
  • Empty Tank Refill$0.99
2 purchases

Sunlight

Subscriptions1
  • Sunlight Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Sunlight Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Fish Steps free?
Fish Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sunlight free?
Sunlight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fish Steps or Sunlight have ads?
Fish Steps shows ads; Sunlight does not.
Which is updated more often, Fish Steps or Sunlight?
Fish Steps ships an update daily, and Sunlight weekly. Most recently, Fish Steps was updated on October 19, 2026 and Sunlight on October 10, 2026.

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