Comparison

StepBy vs GlowVox

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

Head to head
About

StepBy

This app helps you manage personal workflows and tasks with a user-friendly, step-by-step approach. It allows you to create custom processes, execute them with focused guidance, and track your progress with detailed reports. An AI assistant can help generate your workflows.

Highlights
  • Custom SOP editor
  • Step-by-step execution mode
  • AI workflow creation
  • Progress tracking and reports
  • Branching steps for conditional logic
  • Local data storage
Features
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A checklist tells you what to do. StepBy helps you work through how to do it. Build reusable checklists and standard operating procedures for work, study and personal projects. Break a repeatable task into clear steps, follow the process with timers, and review what happened before your next run. BUILD A PROCESS YOU CAN REUSE Create actions, notes, sections and if/then branches. Add reference links and images, then use the canvas to see how your steps fit together. FOLLOW ONE STEP AT A TIME Choose a checklist overview or focus on the current step in the immersive view. Use timers to pace your work and record completion with a check, photo or number, depending on the step. LEARN FROM EACH RUN Review execution records, calendars, activity heatmaps and time trends. Look back at your path through the process and find steps you want to adjust. MAKE REPEATED TASKS EASIER TO START Set recurring plans with local reminders. Open a favorite SOP or task from a widget, then follow the process you prepared. TURN AN IDEA INTO STEPS Describe a goal to the built-in AI assistant to draft a structured SOP, then refine it through conversation. Share a process with a share code, or import one to adapt for yourself. START FREE Core execution and sync features are available in the free version. A one-time Pro purchase unlocks unlimited SOP creation, advanced statistics and AI features. Check the app for current entitlements. Step by step. Put your method into practice.

About

GlowVox

Features
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Your iPhone becomes a handheld LED sign — and a megaphone. GlowVox scrolls giant glowing text across the screen and, when you want it to, shouts that text out loud on a loop. Night market, concert crowd, airport arrivals, a proposal after dark: hold it up and people see you from the other end of the street. WHAT IT DOES • Full LED engine. Three marquee lanes, glitch, typewriter, strobe, neon glow, gradient shimmer and mic-reactive beats — with a built-in photosensitivity guard on the fast flashing. • Say it out loud. Text-to-speech loops your wording with sweet, deep or cartoon voice effects, or loops your own recording, with up to +6 dB of outdoor gain for a Bluetooth speaker. • Background music that knows its place. Loop a track behind the sign; the instant your shout-out starts the music ducks out of the way, then fades back when you stop. • Photo to LED dot matrix. Bright pixels become lamps, dark ones stay black — pets, logos and idol photos all light up. • Lock Screen pickup sign. A Live Activity keeps it on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, so the screen stays cheap on battery and you still never miss them. • Ready-made templates across six scenes: market stalls, fan chants, proposals, parties, airport pickups and everyday utility signs like queue numbers and parking. • Live variables. Put {time} or {date} in the text and it keeps itself current. • Fan-color glowstick. One tap turns the whole screen into your idol's color, pulsing in rhythm, with the name on top in high contrast. • Fill-in templates. Change the name or price and go; no rewriting the whole sign. • Landscape, upside-down and mirror modes, adjustable font, size, speed and blinking, and a searchable color library. • Hold-up lock. Freeze rotation and gestures while you hold the phone overhead, so nothing flips or pauses by accident. • Built for long shifts. All-day mode lowers the frame rate or switches to a clear still sign, and the app suggests it when the phone runs hot or Low Power Mode is on. • Flashlight: steady, strobe, SOS, or pulsing with the music. • Sync several phones. Nearby phones show the same sign in step, or become a remote: pause, next sign, brightness and one-tap shout. • Siri shortcuts jump straight into stall or cheer mode, a Home Screen widget relights your last sign, and one tap resumes your last playlist. • Export and share as GIF, video or screen recording — and export any recording as MP3. • Stop timer at 15/30/60/120 minutes, plus a low-battery prompt that offers a black-screen mode: the screen goes dark while the shout-out keeps going. PRIVACY, PLAINLY No developer servers. No data collection. No ads and no analytics SDKs. Your recordings and signs stay on your device. It is a one-time purchase: no subscription, no ads. The in-app purchase covers the full template, effect and motion library, text-to-speech and recording loops, background music, photo signs, GIF / video / screen-recording export, hosting a multi-phone sync, saving more than 3 signs, and playback without the watermark. Free users can preview a text-to-speech shout 3 times a day.

Screenshots

StepBy4 screens
GlowVox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GlowVox at every 2 days against StepBy's every 9 days. 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. StepBy sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and GlowVox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StepBy ships an update every 9 days, GlowVox every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
StepBy versus GlowVox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepByGlowVox
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer馨洁龙 郑亚娟 秦

In-app purchases

3 purchases

StepBy

One-time3
  • StepBy-Pro(lifetime)$2.99
  • StepBy - Upgrade to Pro+$2.99
  • StepBy-Pro+(lifetime)$4.99
1 purchases

GlowVox

One-time1
  • GlowVox ProFree

Questions

Is StepBy free?
StepBy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GlowVox free?
GlowVox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StepBy or GlowVox have ads?
Neither StepBy nor GlowVox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StepBy or GlowVox?
StepBy ships an update every 9 days, and GlowVox every 2 days. Most recently, StepBy was updated on November 7, 2026 and GlowVox on October 29, 2026.

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