Comparison

Soft Count vs StepVault

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

Head to head
About

Soft Count

Features
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Breathe at your own rhythm. Soft Count is a breathing app you can shape around yourself — from session length and breathing rhythm to visuals and haptics. Whether you want a one-minute reset or a longer, slower session, choose the rhythm that fits the moment: Natural, Relaxation, Zen, Resonant, or Calming. • Start right from a Home Screen widget with your preferred time and breathing rhythm • Choose 1, 3, 5, or 10 minutes • Change breathing rhythms during a session without losing your remaining time or progress • Use Focus Studio to adjust rings, markers, display layers, glow, thickness, size, rotation, and more in real time • Follow inhale, hold, exhale, and other breathing phases through haptic guidance • Set daily breathing reminders • Choose System, Light, or Dark appearance • Switch the app language from inside Soft Count, including support for right-to-left languages Soft Count is not here to force you into one prescribed way of breathing. It gives you the freedom to choose the breathing experience that feels right for you.

About

StepVault

Features
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Your steps tell a story. StepVault makes it easy to see it. StepVault turns the activity already recorded in Apple Health into a simple, beautiful view of your daily and historical movement. See how many steps you've taken today, then go further with totals for your week, month, year and all-time recorded history. STEP HISTORY • Today's steps at a glance • Weekly step totals • Monthly step totals • Year-to-date steps • All-time recorded steps • Historical daily activity ACTIVITY DETAILS View your: • Steps • Walking and running distance • Active calories • Exercise minutes • Flights climbed GOALS Set a daily step goal that works for you. Choose from quick presets or enter your own custom goal. Choose a distance goal and display your distances in either miles or kilometers. HISTORY & TRENDS Explore your activity across different time periods and quickly understand how your movement changes over time. PERSONAL RECORDS Discover your best days, goal streaks, lifetime totals and other activity milestones. TROPHIES Unlock achievements for daily step milestones, goal streaks and lifetime accomplishments. Repeatable achievements can level up as you earn them again. PRIVATE BY DESIGN StepVault reads activity information you choose to share through Apple Health. No StepVault account is required. Your activity. Your history. Your StepVault. StepVault is intended for general fitness and informational purposes and is not a medical application.

Screenshots

Soft Count4 screens
StepVault4 screens

Verdict

The call

Soft Count and StepVault are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Soft Count costs $1.79 and StepVault $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Soft Count versus StepVault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoft CountStepVault
Price$1.79$0.99 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMakoto FukuokaJoshua Marcum

In-app purchases

None

Soft Count

No in-app purchases

None

StepVault

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Soft Count free?
Soft Count costs $1.79, with no in-app purchases.
Is StepVault free?
StepVault costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Soft Count or StepVault have ads?
Neither Soft Count nor StepVault shows ads.

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