Comparison

Fitness Reframed vs Gulliver Steps

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

Head to head
About

Fitness Reframed

This app transforms your daily steps into progress on virtual journeys, from real-world trails to fantasy worlds. Connect your health data to track your movement and earn in-app currency to unlock new destinations. Walk at your own pace and explore diverse landscapes.

Highlights
  • Step-driven progress on 25+ journeys
  • Walk real trails or fantasy realms
  • Earn and spend in-app currency
  • Tap-to-expand journey cards
  • Connects with Apple Health
Features
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Every step is a step somewhere. Fitness Reframed turns the steps you already take, on a treadmill, on a sidewalk, on a hike, into progress along long-distance journeys. Walk the perimeter of the moon. Cross a coast-to-coast trail. Climb a fantasy mountain. Trek through worlds inspired by the games and shows you love. Connect Apple Health and Fitness Reframed only counts steps you take from this moment forward, no past history, no surprise leaderboards. You pick the journeys, you walk at your pace, the world moves under your feet. KEY FEATURES • Step-driven progress across 25+ legendary distances, real trails, fantasy realms, sci-fi rings, planetary loops • Earn units as you walk, spend them on new locations or top up your balance • Tap-to-expand journey cards with steps walked, steps remaining, and pace • Built for left- or right-handed use Walking is the world's oldest journey. Fitness Reframed just gives it somewhere to go.

About

Gulliver Steps

Features
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Gulliver Steps is a pedometer that turns your daily walking into Gulliver's voyages. Every step you take moves the journey forward: set sail on the Antelope, wake up tied down in Lilliput (where your 1 step counts for 12), cross the giants' fields of Brobdingnag (where 12 of yours count for 1), pass under the flying island, and reach Luggnagg - the last port your sea chart can name. The chart ends there. The country doesn't. Beyond the false destination lies the one land Gulliver visited that your maps can only misspell: Yedo, Nangasac - 長崎. Unlock The Unknown Port and walk the readable country - the harbor of Nagasaki, the country of horses, and the long walk home. 42,000 steps, door to door. FEATURES • Steps counted on your iPhone - no account, no ads, no data collection • 12 chapters illustrated with public-domain engravings and ukiyo-e prints (Grandville, Rackham, Hiroshige, the Nagasaki school) • Lines quoted letter-for-letter from the 1735 text of Gulliver's Travels • Scale conversion: watch your steps count twelvefold in Lilliput • 10 collectible keepsakes along the road, from a pocket telescope to the key to Redriff • Apple Watch app: your voyage on your wrist • One one-time purchase opens the second half. No subscriptions. The chart is sepia. The sea past Luggnagg is indigo. Walk until the letters change.

Screenshots

Fitness Reframed4 screens
Gulliver Steps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Fitness Reframed at daily against Gulliver Steps's every 2 months. Fitness Reframed also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Fitness Reframed sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Gulliver Steps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fitness Reframed ships an update daily, Gulliver Steps every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Fitness Reframed versus Gulliver Steps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFitness ReframedGulliver Steps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB13 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperNoah PerkinsRIEKO NAITO

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Fitness Reframed

One-time6
  • 100 units$0.99
  • 250 units$1.99
  • 800 units$4.99
Show 3 more
  • 2000 units$9.99
  • 5000 units$19.99
  • 10000 units$34.99
1 purchases

Gulliver Steps

One-time1
  • The Unknown Port$2.99

Questions

Is Fitness Reframed free?
Fitness Reframed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gulliver Steps free?
Gulliver Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fitness Reframed or Gulliver Steps have ads?
Neither Fitness Reframed nor Gulliver Steps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fitness Reframed or Gulliver Steps?
Fitness Reframed ships an update daily, and Gulliver Steps every 2 months. Most recently, Fitness Reframed was updated on November 5, 2026 and Gulliver Steps on November 10, 2026.

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