Plyko vs StepGate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plyko
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Plyko is the workout and nutrition tracker for people who actually train. Log every set, track every meal, and let the AI do the arithmetic. TRAIN • 812 exercises, every one illustrated, with form cues in six languages • Sets, reps, weight, RPE, warm-up and drop sets, supersets, trisets and circuits with a hands-free timer • A keypad built for the gym: big keys, minus and plus by your own increment • Records detected on every set, six one-rep-max formulas, a plate calculator • 15 ready-made programs (StrongLifts 5x5, 5/3/1, PPL, nSuns, GZCLP and more) and multi-week plans with progression and deloads • Machine brands and cable attachments logged as their own variants, with their own history and records • Cardio for 20 machines and movements, with the fields each one needs • Rest timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and an Apple Watch app that runs a session on its own EAT • Calorie and macro targets that follow your training days, rest days and refeeds • 7,470 foods that work offline, plus Open Food Facts, barcodes, restaurant chains and branded products • Custom foods, saved meals, recipe scaling, water, steps and fasting stages • Ten micronutrients whenever the food carries them (Pro) • Apple Health both ways: steps, weight, active calories and workouts from your other apps in, finished workouts out WITH THE AI COACH (PLYKO PRO) • Plate scan: photograph your meal, get the items and their macros • Label scan: any nutrition table, in any language • Fridge scan: three recipes from what you actually have • AI recipes, recipe import from any URL, and a 7-day meal plan with its grocery list • Voice logging: say what you ate • An AI coach that writes a session from your history, and a multi-week plan from a short questionnaire • A weekly review every Sunday, with the coach's note Every quota is visible in the app, with live counters. No hidden limits. PROGRESS • History calendar, weekly muscle map, volume and time under tension • Body weight, body fat and measurements with trend charts • 97 achievements, strength ranks, monthly seasons and leaderboards with friends • 22 themes PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Local first: your data lives on your phone. Sign in to sync it to servers in Paris, encrypted in transit. • No ads, no tracking, no data selling. Delete your account from inside the app. • Photos sent to the AI are processed and discarded, never stored. • Six languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese and Italian. PLYKO PRO Everything above that says AI or Pro. €8.99 a month or €79.99 a year, with a 14-day free trial (reduced quotas during the trial). Cancel any time in your Apple ID subscriptions. Made in France. Support: support@plyko.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://plyko.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://plyko.app/privacy
StepGate
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Lock the apps you overuse until you've walked your steps. Make yourself one promise: steps before scrolling. StepGate keeps it for you. HOW TO USE STEPGATE: 1) Pick the apps you want locked 2) Set your daily step goal 3) Walk. Hit the goal and they open* A real lock on the apps you doomscroll. It lifts when you hit your steps, so your screen time is earned, not assumed. Not a reminder you can swipe away. StepGate uses Apple's Screen Time to block them for real: a digital detox that costs a walk instead of willpower. Your steps come from Apple Health, so the pedometer is already running. There's no account and no sign-up, and because you pick your apps in Apple's own picker, StepGate never sees which ones you chose. Rest days, active hours and a pause switch are built in. Rigid systems get deleted. Questions or ideas: https://stepgate-omega.vercel.app/support NOTE: StepGate is a habit tool, not medical or fitness advice. Steps are read from Apple Health and Motion & Fitness (read-only). App blocking uses Apple's Family Controls framework with individual authorization: you managing yourself. Requires iOS 17 or later. *STEPGATE PLUS IS REQUIRED TO GATE APPS. Already using StepGate before Plus existed? It stays free for you. TERMS: https://stepgate-omega.vercel.app/terms PRIVACY: https://stepgate-omega.vercel.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Plyko at 3 against StepGate's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Plyko sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and StepGate sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Plyko ships an update every 5 days, StepGate every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plyko | StepGate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nathan Theret | Kush Daga |
In-app purchases
Plyko
- Plyko Pro Monthly14 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Plyko Pro Yearly14 Days trial$69.991 Year
StepGate
- StepGate Plus$2.997 Days
- StepGate Plus$6.991 Month
- StepGate Plus7 Days trial$15.991 Year
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- StepGate Plus7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- StepGate Plus Lifetime$79.99









