DigSTEP vs StepQuest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
DigSTEP
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Walk. Dig. Reveal. Turn every step you take into a treasure hunt. Your real-world steps power a pickaxe that slowly cracks open a rock ā and when you hit your goal, a hidden gem is revealed. The walk you were going to do anyway finally pays off. ā HOW IT WORKS ā ⢠Walk. Your steps (read securely from Apple Health) chip away at the rock, stage by stage. ⢠Dig. Watch the rock crack across multiple stages as your daily steps add up. ⢠Reveal. Reach your goal and pull out the gem hiding inside. ⢠Collect. Every gem lands in your collection ā 10 gems across 4 rarities, from common Rose Quartz and Citrine to legendary Moonstone and Diamond. Can you find them all? ⢠Share. Export your reveal as a video or photo card and show off what you dug up. ā WHY YOU'LL KEEP WALKING ā ⢠A real reason to hit your step goal every day ā your "silly little walk" is now excavation work. ⢠Stock your extra steps and set a new rock whenever you're ready. ⢠Home Screen widget shows your rock, your day count, and your progress at a glance. ⢠Light & dark themes, with optional automatic switching by time of day. ā OPTIONAL UPGRADES (IN-APP PURCHASES) ā DigStep is free to play. If you want rarer finds, faster: ⢠Silver & Gold Stones ā guarantee higher-rarity gems on a dig. ⢠Gold Stones can even turn a word you "bury" into an AI-crafted gem, fossil, or relic. ⢠Silver Plan / Gold Plan ā auto-renewable monthly subscriptions for unlimited premium stones (Gold also unlocks the stats dashboard). ⢠Stats Dashboard ā a one-time unlock for monthly stats and personal bests. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://digstep-api.itella.workers.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://digstep-api.itella.workers.dev/privacy ā PRIVATE BY DESIGN ā ⢠Your collection and progress stay on your device. Step data is read from Apple Health and never leaves your phone. ⢠No account. No social feed. Just you, your steps, and what you dig up. Crystal lover, step-counter, or just someone who wants a reason to move ā DigStep turns walking into something worth opening. Note: Gem descriptions and "meanings" are for entertainment and inspiration only and are not health, wellness, or financial claims.
StepQuest
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Your hero is only alive while you keep walking. StepQuest exists to make a daily walking habit something you actually keep. Not with another streak badge or a reminder you learn to ignore, but by turning your step count into a roguelite RPG where a character's survival is the thing at stake. -= How It Works =- You pick a daily step goal, and it locks in for the whole adventure, so you set your own difficulty. Every day you hit it, your character earns XP and levels up. Every day you miss, you lose a heart. Run out of hearts and the run is over. Steps come straight from Apple Health, so there is nothing to log by hand. You walk, the game keeps score. -= Missing a Day Is Survivable, Not Free =- Six days in a row earns a rest day, and your next miss is forgiven automatically. A full seven day streak regenerates a heart. Blue hearts, earned only from the hardest quests, absorb a missed day as a last resort. Use all of it and a run can last months. Ignore it and five bad days end everything. -= Death Is Not a Reset =- When the last heart goes, your level resets, but your gold and your avatar collection are permanent. You cash out gold based on how long you survived, spend it on cosmetics, and start the next run with everything you have collected. A bad run costs you progress, never your collection. -= Your Steps Are the Currency =- More than 140 avatars across five styles: standard, casual, edgy, fantasy, and cyberpunk. Every one of them is priced in gold, and walking is what earns it. The rarest take real distance to reach, so your character ends up wearing the ground you covered. -= Quests Worth Chasing =- Daily, weekly, monthly and legendary quests. A perfect month. Half a million steps in a single run. A hundred consecutive days. -= On Your Wrist and Home Screen =- An Apple Watch app, a Watch complication, Home Screen widgets and Lock Screen widgets keep today's steps and your remaining hearts one glance away, so you always know how close the day is to costing you a heart. Raise your wrist or glance at a locked phone, no need to open the app. No accounts. No sign up. Just your steps. Disclaimer: StepQuest is free to play and shows ads. Optional in-app support tiers grant bonus gold and remove ads. Nothing you can buy affects your hearts, your step goal, or your progress.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: StepQuest at 3 against DigSTEP's 1. StepQuest also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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
Both are free to download. DigSTEP sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and StepQuest sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | DigSTEP | StepQuest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Every 3 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | daiya hatoma | Adam Golczak |
In-app purchases
DigSTEP
- Silver Plan$1.991 Month
- Gold Plan$5.991 Month
- Silver Stone$0.99
- Gold Stone$1.99
- Stats Dashboard$2.99
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- Silver Stones x5$5.99
- Gold Stones x5$9.99
StepQuest
- Toss a Coin$1.99
- Tavern Round$2.99
- Squire's Tribute$4.99
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- Royal Benefactor$9.99
- Legendary Patron$19.99





