Comparison

Yep vs Steps Journey

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

Head to head
About

Yep

This app offers a minimalist approach to step tracking, focusing on a simple yes or no answer to whether you met your daily goal. It avoids complex data displays to reduce anxiety and obsession, providing a calm and straightforward alternative to data-heavy fitness trackers.

Highlights
  • Simple daily step goal check
  • Connects with Apple Health
  • Automatic goal setting and adjustment
  • Discreet daily check-in notifications
  • Customizable themes and icons (Yep Plus)
  • Home Screen widget
Features
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Most step apps are designed for data enthusiasts. However, Yep is tailored for everyone else. Unlike other apps, Yep doesn’t offer dashboards, charts, streaks, or hourly breakdowns that can cause anxiety or obsession. Its sole purpose is to provide a simple yes or no answer to whether you met your step goal for the day. That’s the entire app’s functionality. If numbers-heavy fitness trackers leave you feeling anxious, obsessed, or ready to quit, Yep is the calm and straightforward alternative you’ve been seeking. How Yep Works - Connect Apple Health: Yep quietly reads your steps in the background without any fuss. - Open the App: You’ll be presented with a single question: “Did you hit your steps today?” and an honest answer. - No Math, No Menus, No Guilt: Yep sets your step goal for you. If you’re unsure about how many steps you should walk, Yep calculates a sensible starting goal based on your activity and gently adjusts it each week. You never have to think about the exact number, although it’s available in Settings if you’re curious. - A Friend, Not an Alarm: Yep sends a single daily check-in notification. - Gentle Nudge: Instead of being a nag, Yep provides a gentle nudge. You can tap Yep or Nope directly from the notification. - Quietly Yours: Yep is designed to be discreet and unobtrusive. Customize Your Experience: Yep Plus offers handpicked color themes, alternate app icons, and a Home Screen widget, so the day’s answer is always within reach. Yep Plus — One Price, Forever: Try Yep Plus for free for 3 days without any commitment or card required. After that, you can keep Yep Plus for a single one-time payment, eliminating the need for subscriptions or monthly fees. Your Data Stays Yours: Yep reads from Apple Health to perform its task and nothing more. Your health data remains secure and stays on your device. Walk a Little, Get Your Answer, Get on with Your Day: Yep provides a simple and straightforward way to track your steps and get your daily answer, allowing you to continue with your day without any unnecessary stress. Yep. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Steps Journey

Features
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Steps Journey turns your daily steps into a lifelong walk across the world — with gorgeous Home and Lock Screen widgets, a living goal ring, and the deepest, most private step trends on the App Store. Every number is read from Apple Health and processed entirely on your iPhone. No account. No servers. No ads. Nothing ever leaves your device. YOUR LIFETIME JOURNEY • Every step you have ever taken adds up to one great journey: 100 real routes, from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Camino de Santiago — all the way to the Moon • Climb a beautiful illustrated trail map and see how far you have come • Conquer a route and the moment is celebrated with fireworks, dated the day you did it POSTCARDS FROM YOUR JOURNEY • Every conquered route earns a hand-stamped souvenir postcard, postmarked with your conquest date • 100 collectible scenes: alpine lakes, lighthouses, night trains, deserts, the Moon • Flip them over, build the collection, share your favorites WIDGETS, YOUR WAY • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets in every size • A Journey widget that walks toward your next destination • Steps, distance, or flights — with week bars, a sparkline, or just the ring • Themed per widget, with an optional one-tap refresh A LIVING GOAL RING • An animated ring that wraps past 100%, just like you'd hope • Day streaks with a customizable flame — and a weekly rest day that protects them • A pace ghost shows where you usually are by this hour • An end-of-day projection tells you if you're on track MAKE IT YOURS • 20+ hand-tuned themes plus a build-your-own gradient studio • Six alternate app icons • Your theme flows everywhere — app, widgets, and share cards DEEP TRENDS • Monthly, yearly, weekday, and hourly charts, records, and lifetime totals • A calendar heatmap of your entire history • Health correlations: steps vs. sleep, resting heart rate, and weight • Walks detected automatically, a Year in Steps recap, CSV export WALK WITH FRIENDS • Challenge a friend with a simple shareable code — no accounts involved • Optional Game Center leaderboards, strictly opt-in PRIVACY YOU CAN TRUST • 100% on-device: your health data never leaves your iPhone • No account, no analytics, no third-party SDKs • No push notifications, ever ONE-TIME PRO UNLOCK — NO SUBSCRIPTION The heart of the app is free: the goal ring, streaks, widgets in every size, the entire Journey with its map and postcards, and your share card. Steps Journey Pro is a single one-time purchase — pay once, yours forever, shareable with your family. Pro unlocks the full theme collection and gradient studio, Pro ring styles, health correlations, the complete trends dashboard and heatmap, and every milestone. Download free, see your steps in seconds, and walk somewhere extraordinary.

Screenshots

Yep4 screens
Steps Journey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Steps Journey at every 2 weeks against Yep's every 2 months. Yep's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). 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. Yep sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Steps Journey sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yep ships an update every 2 months, Steps Journey every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Yep versus Steps Journey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYepSteps Journey
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMSW Digital LLCRobert Erwin

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Yep

One-time1
  • Yep Plus$2.99
1 purchases

Steps Journey

One-time1
  • Steps Journey Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Yep free?
Yep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Steps Journey free?
Steps Journey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Yep or Steps Journey have ads?
Neither Yep nor Steps Journey shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yep or Steps Journey?
Yep ships an update every 2 months, and Steps Journey every 2 weeks. Most recently, Yep was updated on October 25, 2026 and Steps Journey on October 28, 2026.

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