StepHive vs Don Quixote Steps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
StepHive
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StepHive turns your daily walk into something social, motivating, and a little bit joyful. Track your steps, map your routes, get friendly AI feedback on every walk, and stay connected with the friends who keep you moving ā on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Whether you're chasing a step goal, getting back in shape, or simply love a good walk, StepHive helps you show up every day ā together with your hive. WALK & TRACK ⢠See today's steps, calories, weather, and weekly, monthly, and yearly progress at a glance ⢠Map every walk with live GPS ā distance, time, pace, elevation, and heart rate ⢠Pause your walk to chat with a neighbor without hurting your time or pace ⢠Follow your walk live on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island ⢠Snap geotagged photos along the way ā they pin to your route map and save to your Photos ⢠Walk a favorite route again and compare your time and pace ON YOUR WRIST ⢠Check your step ring and start a walk right from your Apple Watch ⢠Track a whole walk on the watch ā route, distance, time, heart rate, and calories ⢠Leave your phone at home; your walk syncs back to your iPhone when you're reunited SMART & PERSONAL ⢠Get warm, personalized feedback on each walk ā your pace, effort, and progress ā with AI powered by Apple Intelligence, right on your iPhone and completely private ⢠See how your walking pace compares for people your age ⢠Track your weight over time with a simple trend chart WALK WITH FRIENDS ⢠Add friends with a simple invite code ⢠See yourself ranked alongside them on a friendly daily leaderboard ⢠Cheer each other on with quick, personal messages ⢠Watch friends' live walks on the map with Friends on the Move STAY MOTIVATED ⢠Build a daily-goal streak and earn achievement badges ā from your first walk to a full year ā with a little confetti when you hit your goal ⢠Gentle daily reminders to get your steps in ā rotating, never naggy ⢠Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets showing your steps and goal progress ⢠Set your own step goal and personal goals MADE FOR WALKERS ⢠A free Music tab ā pick a favorite album, a playlist, or your most-played songs from a card and tap to play ⢠Friendly guidance on pace and healthy walking by age ⢠Fully available in English and Spanish WALK SAFER ⢠Choose safety contacts and share your location with one tap if you ever need help ⢠(StepHive is not a replacement for your phone's Emergency SOS) FREE TO WALK StepHive is free to download and use ā steps, friends, leaderboard, streaks, music, AI walk analysis, weight tracking, the Apple Watch app, reminders, and widgets are all free. Unlock GPS route mapping ā track and map your walks, see your pace, save your history, and add photo waypoints ā with a single one-time purchase. YOUR DATA, YOUR CALL StepHive only reads the health data you allow, and never shares it without you. Location is used solely to map your walks while you're walking. AI walk analysis runs privately on your device. Lace up, invite a friend, and join the hive.
Don Quixote Steps
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Don Quixote Steps is a pedometer that turns your daily walking into the two great sallies of Don Quixote. Every step you take moves the story forward: leave the study where a gentleman read himself into knighthood, ride out at dawn, get dubbed in a castle that is really an inn, charge the giants that are really windmills, and end the First Part the way the book ends it - in a cage, on an ox-cart, homeward. The cage is not the end. In the Second Part, the strangest adventure of all begins: the First Part has been published, and everyone you meet has read you. Unlock The Third Sally and walk the printed world - the Cave of Montesinos, Sancho's island that has no sea, the Knight of the White Moon on the beach at Barcelona, and the long road home to your own name. 44,000 steps, cover to cover. FEATURES ⢠Steps counted on your iPhone - no account, no ads, no data collection ⢠13 chapters illustrated with Gustave Dore's engravings (1863), public domain ⢠Spanish lines quoted letter-for-letter from Cervantes's text (Project Gutenberg edition) ⢠Two worlds, one road: the sun-baked plain of Part One, the paper-and-ink world of Part Two ⢠10 collectible keepsakes, from a bookmark to last year's nest ⢠Apple Watch app: the knight's road on your wrist ⢠One one-time purchase opens the Second Part. No subscriptions. The plain is ochre. The book is white. Walk until you are printed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: StepHive at monthly against Don Quixote Steps's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. StepHive sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Don Quixote Steps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
StepHive ships an update monthly, Don Quixote Steps every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | StepHive | Don Quixote Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly ā better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | David Ramer | RIEKO NAITO |
In-app purchases
StepHive
- Unlock GPS Routes$2.99
Don Quixote Steps
- The Third Sally$2.99
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