Survive The Snail vs Stepaw
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Survive The Snail
This app transforms your real-world walking into a thrilling survival game. Set daily step goals to outrun an immortal, ever-advancing snail. Engage in live chases, react to surprise events, and compete with friends to stay alive.
- Real-world walking as gameplay
- Live chase status tracking
- Custom daily step goals
- Surprise global snail events
- Activity and goal streak tracking
- Friend leaderboards and challenges
- In-app shop for survival items
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An immortal snail is coming for you. It never sleeps. It never stops. Every step puts distance between you. Slow down, and it starts closing the gap. Survive the Snail turns your real-world walking into a daily survival game. Set your step goal, build your lead, and keep moving before the snail catches you. Surprise snail events can suddenly speed it up—or slow it down—for everyone. FEATURES • Turn steps and walking distance into your lead over the snail • Follow live chase status as you move from safe to warning to danger • Set a custom daily step goal and earn a lead bonus when you reach it • React to surprise global events that temporarily change the snail’s speed • Track daily steps, distance, estimated active time, estimated calories, weekly activity, goal streaks, and days survived • Use Motion & Fitness pedometer data with your permission • Add friends, manage requests, and compare chase leads on friend and global leaderboards • Create challenges, invite friends, and compete in step, distance, shared-goal, or daily-elimination events • Unlock achievements for surviving, hitting goals, walking milestones, adding friends, and winning challenges • Use coins for shop items that pause, slow, or push back the snail, repair a streak, or recover after getting caught • Get optional notifications for chase danger, daily goals, activity refreshes, snail events, and shop effects Walk farther. Challenge your friends. Stay alive. How long can you survive the snail? Survive the Snail uses Motion & Fitness data only with your permission. Gameplay is intended for entertainment and motivation and is not medical advice.
Stepaw
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Stepaw is a step tracker and walking app that helps you stay active while supporting shelter animals. Track your daily steps, build healthy habits, reach your fitness goals, and make every walk more meaningful. Whether you're walking for fitness, weight loss, or daily health, Stepaw keeps you motivated with goals, streaks, achievements, and challenges. Every step contributes towards helping cats and dogs through our shelter partners. Features: • Accurate step tracker & pedometer • Daily step counter • Walking tracker with detailed statistics • Walking challenges and streaks • Friend leaderboard • Personal step goals • Apple Health integration • Clean and easy-to-use interface Stepaw works seamlessly with Apple Health to track your daily activity and help you build lasting healthy habits. Walk every day. Track your progress. Help shelter animals - one step at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stepaw at none against Survive The Snail's 3. Stepaw also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). 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
Both are free to download. Survive The Snail sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Stepaw asks for nothing beyond the download.
Survive The Snail ships an update every 6 days, Stepaw every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Survive The Snail | Stepaw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LKG Labs LLC | Ali Mirzayev |
In-app purchases
Survive The Snail
- 500 Coins$1.99
- 1,400 Coins$4.99
- 3,000 Coins$9.99
Stepaw
No in-app purchases









