Comparison

Stepado vs PaceBuddy

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

Head to head
About

Stepado

Features
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Walk more. Explore more. Unlock your world. Stepado turns your daily steps into an adventure. Every route you walk is recorded on your own map — and the more you move, the more of the world you reveal. It's the fun way to hit your step goal: not by staring at a number, but by exploring. EXPLORE & UNLOCK YOUR MAP As you walk, Stepado uncovers the streets and areas you've been. Watch your personal map light up over time and turn your city into a world worth discovering. The fog clears wherever your feet take you. TRACK EVERY STEP Accurate step, distance, and calorie tracking powered by your iPhone's motion sensors. See your daily progress at a glance and stay motivated to reach your goal. PLAN SMART ROUTES Let Stepado suggest walking loops from your location for your exact step goal — pick one, tweak it, and head out. Or draw your own route by tapping the map. See distance, time, calories, and how much new ground you'll unlock before you go. RECORD YOUR WALKS Start a walk and Stepado follows your path live with GPS, then saves the route, distance, and steps so you can look back on every adventure. SET A GOAL THAT FITS YOU During setup, Stepado uses your body metrics to estimate your stride and calories, so your distance and energy numbers are personalized — not generic. YOUR STATS, BEAUTIFULLY Review your steps, distance, calories, and explored areas in a clean, motivating dashboard designed to keep you coming back. WHY YOU'LL LOVE STEPADO • A gamified reason to walk more every day • A personal map that grows with every step • Smart, goal-based route suggestions • Accurate step, distance & calorie tracking • Personalized to your body and your goal • Clean, distraction-free design Stepado is built for people who want to move more, see their progress, and rediscover the world right outside their door — one step at a time. Lace up. Step out. Explore. Subscription required for full access. Pricing shown in the app. Privacy Policy: https://checkered-provelone-ca3.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-Stepado-38e7311cc41380ebbfaae187c96b1094 Terms of use: https://checkered-provelone-ca3.notion.site/Terms-of-Use-Stepado-38e7311cc41380da9bdac7b70e1696ab EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PaceBuddy

This app acts as a personal running coach, allowing you to race against your past performances on familiar routes. It provides real-time feedback on your pace and distance, with advanced features for accurate tracking on varied terrain and integration with smartwatches.

Highlights
  • Race against past runs or personal bests
  • Live ahead/behind pace feedback
  • Falling-behind alerts (vibration, beep, spoken)
  • Accurate distance and elevation tracking
  • Calorie calculation with climbing cost
  • Apple Watch standalone workouts
Features
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Everyone has a route they do over and over — the same loop, the same hill, the same trail. PaceBuddy is built on one idea: on that route, the only pace worth chasing is your own. It replays your last run beside you, second by second, and tells you whether you're ahead or behind and by how far. Race your last attempt, or your best. RACE YOURSELF, NOT A STRANGER • Live ahead/behind against your own past run on the same route • Choose your last run or your personal best as the target • Works even if you start the loop from a different point each day • Falling-behind alerts by vibration, beep, or spoken callout • Distance announcements at every kilometre or mile • Lap splits with distance, time, pace and calories BUILT FOR REAL TERRAIN • Elevation from the barometer, not GPS altitude — far more accurate on hills • Distance from GPS Doppler speed with step-based stride calibration, so it holds up under tree cover and on switchbacks • Calories that account for the metabolic cost of climbing, not just distance • Heart-rate zones when you wear an Apple Watch APPLE WATCH, WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR IPHONE • Standalone workouts — leave the phone at home • Create routes on your wrist; they sync back automatically • Live heart rate and heart-rate zones • Lap splits and alerts on the watch too PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads — ever • No subscription. One purchase, yours forever • No account, no sign-up, no tracking, no analytics • No third-party SDKs PaceBuddy has no servers and makes no network connections. Your workouts, routes and settings stay on your devices — aside from heart-rate and workout data you choose to sync through Apple Health. TRY IT FIRST PaceBuddy is free for 14 days, with everything unlocked. After that, a single one-time purchase keeps it. No subscription, no renewal, and the workouts you recorded stay readable either way. A NOTE ON HOW IT WORKS Pace coaching compares you to your own history on a given route, so it appears from your second workout on that route onward — a first run has nothing to race yet. Workouts under 100 m are treated as accidental starts and discarded.

Screenshots

Stepado4 screens
PaceBuddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PaceBuddy at none against Stepado's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Stepado sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and PaceBuddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Stepado versus PaceBuddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepadoPaceBuddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.016.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartin LorerShahab Karimi

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Stepado

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
1 purchases

PaceBuddy

One-time1
  • Unlock PaceBuddy$6.99

Questions

Is Stepado free?
Stepado is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PaceBuddy free?
PaceBuddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stepado or PaceBuddy have ads?
Stepado shows ads; PaceBuddy does not.

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