Comparison

Step City vs Koshio

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

Head to head
About

Step City

Features
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Step City is a walking tracker and pedometer that turns daily steps into a city you can explore. Set goals, build streaks, and follow your progress with clear activity insights, weekly trends, pace views, and milestone tracking. World lets you browse your step history visually, Goal keeps your targets in focus, and Pulse reveals patterns in consistency and rhythm over time. Connect Apple Health to use your real step count, or start with sample data and explore every screen right away. Step City reads step count only.

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Koshio

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Koshio turns your run into a game of territory. Start a run, go around a block, a park or a whole neighbourhood, and come back to where you started. The moment you close the loop, everything inside it turns your colour on the map. Run over someone else's territory and you take it from them. Then they can come and take it back. HOW IT WORKS 1. Start a run. The map follows your route live. 2. Close the loop. Return to your starting point and the area inside becomes yours. 3. Defend it. Your territory stays on the map until another runner claims it. RUN WITH A CLUB Start a club or join one. Clubs have their own announcement board, their own events and their own member rankings. Organise a run, see who says they are coming, and check them in on the day with the attendance table. KNOW WHERE YOU STAND You have a rank in every city you run in, and a rank in your country. Territory helps, but every run counts towards your score even when you claim nothing. IN THE APP - Live map showing who owns what, and how big it is - Clubs, events and an attendance table - City and country leaderboards - Friends, so you can filter the map to just the people you know - Notifications when your territory is taken, when someone mentions you, and before an event starts - Run history with route, distance, time and calories, and charts of your progress - Cheat protection: every run is checked on the server against speed, distance and movement data, so nobody claims a neighbourhood from a car - Turkish, English and German BACKGROUND LOCATION Koshio needs your location while a run is recording, including when your screen is off or you switch to another app, because the loop has to be tracked without gaps. Continued use of GPS in the background can shorten battery life. Location is only recorded while a run is active, and you can stop it at any time. Koshio is for running outdoors. Watch the traffic, watch your footing, and never enter somewhere unsafe just to claim it. info@koshio.app

Screenshots

Step City4 screens
Koshio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Koshio at 16.4 against Step City's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Step City versus Koshio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep CityKoshio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size13 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRozga WojciechBERK SADIKOGLU

In-app purchases

None

Step City

No in-app purchases

None

Koshio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Step City free?
Step City is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Koshio free?
Koshio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Step City or Koshio have ads?
Neither Step City nor Koshio shows ads.

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