Stepwise Go vs Tact
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Stepwise Go
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Stepwise helps you stay consistent with your daily activity by showing your step progress in a clean, motivating way across iPhone and Apple Watch. Today - Live step count with circular progress toward your daily goal - Distance (km or miles) and active calories at a glance - Weekly comparison โ see if you're up or down from last week History - Bar charts for the last 7 days, 30 days, and full year - Goal line and 7-day rolling average trend on the 30-day chart - Personal records: best day ever, best day this month, best week Streaks - Consecutive days at or above your goal, shown on iPhone and Apple Watch - Milestone badges at 7, 14, 30, and 100 days Notifications (all optional) - Goal reached, evening nudge, streak milestones, weekly summary Apple Watch - Glanceable complications for watch faces - Home screen widgets in small and medium sizes Stepwise uses Apple Health as the sole source for step data โ no account required, no data leaves your device.
Tact
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Ever had to stop running because of your knees? That's not giving up โ it's changing direction. Brisk walking lets you train seriously without wearing down your joints, but Apple Watch has never given outdoor walking a real pace target. Intervals were built for running only, and even that wasn't great. Tact fills that gap. We designed it to stay quiet during your workout. If you're holding your target pace, your screen and your wrist stay silent. Only when you drift does your wrist tap out a 10-second rhythm to bring you back โ then it goes quiet again. Not a trainer that keeps talking, but one that signals only when you need it. That signal is vibration, not sound. Built so you can feel your pace through your wrist alone, no earbuds needed, even in noisy surroundings. Pace itself is calculated from your walking rhythm, not GPS, so it holds steady even when the signal wavers. And when conditions are genuinely too uncertain to judge, it waits quietly instead of forcing a guess. Key features: โข Pace-target intervals for outdoor walking โ something Apple Watch has never offered โข Silent by default, a 10-second vibration only when you drift โ coaching without the nagging โข Joint-friendly brisk-walking interval programs in 3 levels โ Easy, Balanced, Challenge โข Personalized stride learning that gets more accurate the more you walk โข Set up once on iPhone, start with a single tap on your Watch โข Heart rate, steps, and distance logged automatically to Apple Health โข One-time purchase, no subscription โ pay once, use forever Built for people who want to walk seriously, without straining their knees.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stepwise Go at none against Tact's 1. Stepwise Go also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Tact sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Stepwise Go asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stepwise Go ships an update every 2 days, Tact fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Stepwise Go | Tact |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days โ better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 โ better | 26.2 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kjetil Andersen | Sungjun Lim |
In-app purchases
Stepwise Go
No in-app purchases
Tact
- Tact Tier1$4.99









