Comparison

Farther vs Sabel

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 habits over weeks and months, not just daily steps. It calculates a 'Walking Baseline' and places it within 'Lifestyle Bands' to show your long-term activity patterns. It's designed for understanding movement without daily pressure.

Highlights
  • Walking Baseline calculation
  • Lifestyle Bands for context
  • Long-term trend tracking
  • Privacy-first design
  • Apple Health integration
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

Sabel

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Lifting isn’t the hard part. The planning is. Sabel handles the plan. You do the work. Pick one of four programs: GZCLP or 5/3/1 for Beginners to get stronger, or Full Body or Push Pull Legs to build muscle. Enter where you’re starting, or tap “I do not know” to start light. Sabel works out every session’s weights, sets and reps. Tap each set as you lift. Finish, and your next weight is already planned. Miss a day and the plan waits for you. TRAIN AND KEEP TRACK • Follow any of the four included programs. • Record sets, reps and weights, with exercise substitutions when needed. • Use rest timers and supported Lock Screen controls. • Review completed workouts and pick up an unfinished session. • Export complete file backups and import them into an empty app. • Optionally back up to your own private iCloud account and restore from it. • Optionally record workouts in Apple Health on iOS 26 or later. LOG YOUR FOOD • Search more than 22,000 foods from Livsmedelsverket and Open Food Facts. • Log by the portion, like 1 egg or 1 bar, or by the gram. • Quick add, recent foods, favourites and copy yesterday's meal. • Type your own calorie, protein, carbs and fat target. • Your food log stays on your iPhone and is never included in iCloud backup. APPLE HEALTH — OPTIONAL Sabel uses HealthKit to connect to Apple Health. With your permission, it saves strength-training workouts, heart rate and active energy, and reads heart rate and active energy to show BPM and workout summaries. Live heart rate requires a supported paired sensor. Recording is off by default and requires iOS 26 or later with Health support. You can plan and log workouts without connecting. YOUR TRAINING. YOUR DATA. Train offline with your workout log stored on your device. Export your training data and choose whether to connect Apple Health. iCloud backup is optional and off until you turn it on in Settings. It keeps your training in your own private iCloud account, and Apple Health data is never included. No app account is required. This version is free to download and use, with no in-app purchases or subscriptions. Contains data from Open Food Facts, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). © Open Food Facts contributors.

Screenshots

Farther4 screens
Sabel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sabel at every 2 days against Farther's every 4 months. Sabel also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.6). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Farther ships an update every 4 months, Sabel every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Farther versus Sabel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFartherSabel
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChetan DhowlagharCARL BERTIL GEORG ELELID

In-app purchases

None

Farther

No in-app purchases

None

Sabel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Farther free?
Farther is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sabel free?
Sabel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Farther or Sabel have ads?
Neither Farther nor Sabel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Farther or Sabel?
Farther ships an update every 4 months, and Sabel every 2 days. Most recently, Farther was updated on October 18, 2026 and Sabel on October 9, 2026.

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