Comparison

Daystride. vs Step

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

Head to head
About

Daystride.

Features
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One number. One quiet ritual. Daystride is a small, quiet space for the one number that matters: today. Pedometer apps tend to grow into workouts, routes, training plans, badges, and weekly subscription stacks. Daystride does the opposite. One number. One chart. One feeling when the bar warms. THE WHOLE APP, ONE SCREEN Open Daystride and you see today's steps, a warm ring filling toward your goal, and a 7-day strip beneath. That's it. The bar warms when you cross. HISTORY WITHOUT HOMEWORK Week, month, year — three views, three taps. Past goals stick: change today's goal and yesterday stays evaluated against yesterday's. Future days render as ghost stubs and quietly wait their turn. THREE ACCENTS, ONE YOU'LL KEEP Pick once. Glow (warm coral into gold), Meadow (forest into citrus), or Sky (royal blue into seafoam). Ring, bars, particles — even your home-screen icon — retint instantly. WIDGETS FOR EVERY SURFACE Five iOS widgets: Home Small (ring + count), Home Medium (ring + 7-day mini histogram), and three Lock Screen sizes (Circular, Rectangular, Inline). They retint with your accent. PRIVACY BY ABSENCE • Reads steps from Apple Health. Never writes back. • No account. No login. No email collection. • No analytics. No third-party SDKs. • Zero outbound network calls. • Free, with no in-app purchases or subscriptions. The fastest way to be private is to never receive the data in the first place. Daystride has no backend, so there is nothing to leak, subpoena, or sell. TEN LANGUAGES English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish. REQUIREMENTS iPhone with iOS 17 or later. Reads from Apple Health. Made quietly in Luxembourg by TK Media.

About

Step

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Step-a-thon turns everyday walking into a fun, friendly challenge for your whole group. Record a walk and your steps are counted right on your phone, then added to your total on a live leaderboard. Climb the rankings, cheer on your teammates, and collect badges as you hit new milestones. Built for organized step-a-thon events — schools, workplaces, colleges, and community groups — Step-a-thon makes it easy to run a healthy, high-energy activity where everyone can take part. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Record your walks and count steps automatically using your phone's motion sensor • Watch a live leaderboard update as you and your teammates rack up steps • Join a team and compete together toward a shared goal • Earn badges as you reach new milestones • Track your personal progress over the course of the event FOR EVENT ORGANIZERS Administrators can set up events, manage participants and teams, and follow standings in real time — everything you need to run a smooth step challenge. PRIVACY FIRST Step-a-thon collects very little. Your phone's motion sensor is used only while you're recording a walk, and only the resulting step count is saved — never the raw sensor data. No location tracking, no ads, and no third-party analytics. Read our privacy policy at https://steps.eskoops.com/privacy. Lace up, start walking, and see how far your team can go.

Screenshots

Daystride.4 screens
Step4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Step at every 3 days against Daystride.'s fortnightly. Step also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daystride. ships an update fortnightly, Step every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Daystride. versus Step: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaystride.Step
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTun KelteschThought Bulb

In-app purchases

None

Daystride.

No in-app purchases

None

Step

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daystride. free?
Daystride. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Step free?
Step is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Daystride. or Step have ads?
Neither Daystride. nor Step shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daystride. or Step?
Daystride. ships an update fortnightly, and Step every 3 days. Most recently, Daystride. was updated on October 28, 2026 and Step on October 11, 2026.

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