Comparison

Steps Journey vs StepTally

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

Head to head
About

Steps Journey

Features
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Steps Journey turns your daily steps into a lifelong walk across the world — with gorgeous Home and Lock Screen widgets, a living goal ring, and the deepest, most private step trends on the App Store. Every number is read from Apple Health and processed entirely on your iPhone. No account. No servers. No ads. Nothing ever leaves your device. YOUR LIFETIME JOURNEY • Every step you have ever taken adds up to one great journey: 100 real routes, from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Camino de Santiago — all the way to the Moon • Climb a beautiful illustrated trail map and see how far you have come • Conquer a route and the moment is celebrated with fireworks, dated the day you did it POSTCARDS FROM YOUR JOURNEY • Every conquered route earns a hand-stamped souvenir postcard, postmarked with your conquest date • 100 collectible scenes: alpine lakes, lighthouses, night trains, deserts, the Moon • Flip them over, build the collection, share your favorites WIDGETS, YOUR WAY • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets in every size • A Journey widget that walks toward your next destination • Steps, distance, or flights — with week bars, a sparkline, or just the ring • Themed per widget, with an optional one-tap refresh A LIVING GOAL RING • An animated ring that wraps past 100%, just like you'd hope • Day streaks with a customizable flame — and a weekly rest day that protects them • A pace ghost shows where you usually are by this hour • An end-of-day projection tells you if you're on track MAKE IT YOURS • 20+ hand-tuned themes plus a build-your-own gradient studio • Six alternate app icons • Your theme flows everywhere — app, widgets, and share cards DEEP TRENDS • Monthly, yearly, weekday, and hourly charts, records, and lifetime totals • A calendar heatmap of your entire history • Health correlations: steps vs. sleep, resting heart rate, and weight • Walks detected automatically, a Year in Steps recap, CSV export WALK WITH FRIENDS • Challenge a friend with a simple shareable code — no accounts involved • Optional Game Center leaderboards, strictly opt-in PRIVACY YOU CAN TRUST • 100% on-device: your health data never leaves your iPhone • No account, no analytics, no third-party SDKs • No push notifications, ever ONE-TIME PRO UNLOCK — NO SUBSCRIPTION The heart of the app is free: the goal ring, streaks, widgets in every size, the entire Journey with its map and postcards, and your share card. Steps Journey Pro is a single one-time purchase — pay once, yours forever, shareable with your family. Pro unlocks the full theme collection and gradient studio, Pro ring styles, health correlations, the complete trends dashboard and heatmap, and every milestone. Download free, see your steps in seconds, and walk somewhere extraordinary.

About

StepTally

Features
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StepTally brings back the step challenges you loved — leaderboards, streaks, and step Bingo — for you and your friends. Three ways to play • Leaderboard — most steps over the challenge wins. Presets like Weekday Hustle and Weekend Warrior set it up in one tap. • Streak — hit the daily goal every day. Longest unbroken run wins. • Bingo — a 5×5 card of step tasks. First line or full blackout, your choice. Join with one link Create a challenge, share the link or 6-character code, and friends join instantly — no accounts to hunt down, no friend requests. Steps from Apple Health Whatever you track with — Apple Watch, iPhone, or a third-party wearable that writes to Health — counts. Honest numbers Every participant's total shows when it was last synced. Scores are computed on our servers, not on anyone's phone, and late syncs still count during the grace window. Earn badges Eight badges for streaks, wins, and milestones. Your personal stats — current streak, longest streak, lifetime steps and distance — live on your profile. Your steps stay yours StepTally reads step count and walking distance only, to power your challenges. Never ads. Never sold. Disconnect anytime in Settings. StepTally is free with no ads.

Screenshots

Steps Journey4 screens
StepTally4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StepTally at none against Steps Journey's 1. StepTally also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, 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. Steps Journey sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. StepTally asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps Journey ships an update every 2 weeks, StepTally every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Steps Journey versus StepTally: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteps JourneyStepTally
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.2 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert ErwinPandurang Yachwad

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Steps Journey

One-time1
  • Steps Journey Pro$2.99
None

StepTally

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steps Journey free?
Steps Journey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StepTally free?
StepTally is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Steps Journey or StepTally have ads?
Neither Steps Journey nor StepTally shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steps Journey or StepTally?
Steps Journey ships an update every 2 weeks, and StepTally every 4 days. Most recently, Steps Journey was updated on October 6, 2026 and StepTally on October 24, 2026.

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