Tend Garden vs BloomStep

Tend is a quiet companion for the small things you want to keep doing. Plant up to five habits. Each one is a plant. You tend it daily; it grows. Miss a day and your plant rests, but it never dies — there's no streak to break, no guilt to carry. Over weeks and months, your daily care becomes a small living garden. Proof that you showed up. WHY TEND IS DIFFERENT Most habit apps police you. They count your failures with red X's, broken streaks, and shame metrics. Tend was built from the opposite intuition: that consistency is a soft thing. The people who keep habits aren't being yelled at by an app — they've built a small, kind relationship with the practice. Tend reflects your effort back as something beautiful, not as numbers. WHAT'S INSIDE • 12 hand-drawn plants — cactus, fern, sunflower, lavender, bonsai, monstera, tulip, cherry blossom, clover, wheat, rose, bamboo • 5 growth stages — from seedling to in bloom • A continuous garden where your plants share earth and sway with their own rhythms • Soft sparkle and growth animation when you tend • Time-aware greetings that change with your day • Light and dark mode, with full Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support • Local-only — no accounts, no cloud, no tracking, no ads DESIGN PHILOSOPHY • Gentleness over guilt • Visible cumulative effort • Small surface, deep care (5 habits, intentional) • Privacy by default • No streaks. No leaderboards. No challenges. No notifications by default. WHO TEND IS FOR: The person who has tried four habit apps and quietly deleted them all because they felt judged. The person who wants their morning practice to feel like a small ritual, not a task on a checklist. The person who is gentle with everyone except themselves, and could use software that models kinder self-talk. The person who likes plants, or calm, or both. PRIVACY: Tend collects nothing. Your habits live on your device. No analytics. No accounts. No third parties. Ever. PRICE: Tend is free, forever. No subscriptions, no premium tiers, no in-app purchases gating the experience. The garden is the product. Made with care for people who deserve to be kinder to themselves.

Go outside. Take a walk. Let each step count. BloomStep is a gentle outdoor walking companion. Use Apple Health data to bring your steps, walking distance, and active time into one place. Set a daily step goal, turn movement into visible progress, and let a virtual garden grow as a calm reward for getting outside. WALK OUTSIDE, ONE STEP AT A TIME • Turn step count and walking distance into in-app energy • Set a daily step goal and track your progress • Collect unclaimed walking energy for up to seven days • Review daily activity, weekly totals, streaks, and calendar history RECORD WALKS AND RUNS OUTDOORS • Start an outdoor walking or running session with location tracking • See your route, distance, and duration while you move • Pause, resume, and save completed routes to your activity history • Keep your active session visible with a Live Activity CHALLENGES, CHECK-INS, AND BADGES • Complete weekly and monthly step-goal challenges for extra rewards • Claim daily check-in rewards and streak milestones • Unlock achievements for steps, active days, energy, plants, and blooms • Earn badges for monthly challenges and consistent 30-minute walks GROW A GARDEN THAT REWARDS YOUR WALKS • Choose from eighteen plant varieties and nurture each through five growth stages • Unlock and collect six garden scenes • Earn coins through walking goals, check-ins, challenges, and achievements • Create a full-bloom milestone card with your activity summary STAY IN YOUR RHYTHM • Add a Home Screen widget for today's steps, progress, and plant growth • Choose gentle walking reminders that suit your routine • Explore your activity history and celebrate milestones DESIGNED WITH PRIVACY IN MIND BloomStep reads Apple Health step count, walking distance, and exercise time to show your progress and create in-app energy. Location is used only while you record an outdoor walk or run to draw your route. Your Health data stays on your device and is never used for advertising. OPTIONAL PURCHASES You can earn coins as you use BloomStep. Optional coin packs and a full content unlock are available for users who want to unlock plants and garden scenes sooner. PRIVACY & TERMS Privacy Policy: https://sunheihei.github.io/app-policie/bloomstep-privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://sunheihei.github.io/app-policie/bloom-step-terms-of-use.html Start with one small step outside. Keep walking, and let your progress grow with you.