Comparison

Farther vs HolySteps

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

Head to head
About

Farther

This app analyzes your walking behavior over weeks and months, providing a "Walking Baseline" and "Lifestyle Band" to understand your long-term movement patterns. It focuses on trends rather than daily goals, using your Apple Health data with a privacy-first design.

Highlights
  • Walking Baseline calculation
  • Lifestyle Bands for context
  • Long-term trend tracking
  • Privacy-first design
  • Daily movement analysis
Features
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Farther helps you understand your walking behavior over time. Most step apps focus on daily goals, streaks, and isolated high-step days. Farther looks beyond individual days to reveal the walking patterns that emerge over weeks and months. Using your Apple Health step data, Farther analyzes your recent movement history and calculates your Walking Baseline, a number that reflects your overall walking behavior. Your baseline is placed within a Lifestyle Band, helping you understand where your long-term walking pattern sits today and how it changes over time. Features: • Walking Baseline based on long-term movement patterns • Lifestyle Bands that provide context for your activity level • Daily movement analysis - steps(as of now) • Trend tracking across weeks and months • Privacy-first design using your Apple Health data Farther is not designed around streaks, badges, or daily pressure. It is designed to help you understand how you move through life. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

HolySteps

This app transforms daily walks into biblical journeys by tracking your steps along routes inspired by Bible events and places. Explore historical paths, reach milestones, and learn about Scripture as you stay active.

Highlights
  • Biblical route discovery
  • Step tracking for progress
  • Milestone achievements
  • Learn biblical history
  • Reflect on Scripture
  • Free sample route
Features
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Walk the roads of the Bible with BibleSteps — a step-tracking app that turns your everyday walks into meaningful biblical journeys. Whether you are walking through your neighbourhood, exercising on a treadmill, or exploring outdoors, your steps move you forward along routes inspired by events and places from the Bible. DISCOVER BIBLICAL ROUTES Follow journeys connected to the life of Jesus and other important biblical events. Reach milestones along the way and learn more about the places, people, and stories associated with each route. TRACK YOUR STEPS BibleSteps uses your daily walking progress to move you along the selected route. See how far you have travelled and how many steps remain until the next milestone. WALK, LEARN, AND REFLECT Turn an ordinary walk into an opportunity to stay active, explore biblical history, and reflect on meaningful stories from Scripture. FREE ROUTE The Road to Emmaus is available for free, allowing you to experience the core BibleSteps journey without a subscription. BIBLESTEPS PRO Subscribe to BibleSteps Pro to unlock all other biblical routes and continue exploring new journeys and milestones. Walk with purpose and experience the stories of the Bible one step at a time. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://historicalstepscounter.github.io/BibleSteps/privacy.html

Screenshots

Farther4 screens
HolySteps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Farther at 6 against HolySteps's 2. HolySteps's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Farther sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and HolySteps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Farther against 5.0 for HolySteps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Farther ships an update every 10 days, HolySteps every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Farther versus HolySteps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFartherHolySteps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChetan DhowlagharTIMUR MEZHETDINOV

Customer experience

Farther

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

HolySteps

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Farther

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.491 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$49.99
2 purchases

HolySteps

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Yearly$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Farther free?
Farther is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HolySteps free?
HolySteps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Farther or HolySteps?
Farther and HolySteps are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Farther or HolySteps have ads?
Neither Farther nor HolySteps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Farther or HolySteps?
Farther ships an update every 10 days, and HolySteps every 9 days. Most recently, Farther was updated on November 10, 2026 and HolySteps on November 8, 2026.

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