Oz Steps vs Five Foot Way
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Oz Steps
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Oz Steps is a pedometer story app inspired by the public-domain Oz book. Your real steps move Dorothy along a short story route from Kansas to the Emerald City, with silver shoes, curious companions, and small collectible relics appearing as your step count grows. The first half of the walk ends at the green gate. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks Return Road, the second half of the route: the Witch's road, the Golden Cap, Glinda, and the final walk back home. The paid route is designed as a story extension, not a subscription or external service. Features: - Pedometer progress through a literary story route - The first half of the Oz walk - Optional Return Road unlock for the second half - Original English app text written for this app - Public-domain book-inspired Oz framing - Silver shoes, not movie-specific ruby slippers - No account, no ads, no tracking, no location collection
Five Foot Way
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Walking is good for you. It can also be a bit boring. Five Foot Way gives every step somewhere to go. Choose a building, then get on with your day. The steps you walk go straight into the building site on your island, and you watch it rise: a bare plot, then scaffolding, then walls, and finally a finished building with its lights coming on. YOUR WALK, IN BRICKS ⢠Steps come from your iPhone and Apple Health, including your Apple Watch ⢠Progress is measured against your own usual pace, so a good day for you is a good day for your city ⢠Build one thing at a time, and see exactly how far each walk got it A CITY WORTH WALKING FOR ⢠Kopitiams, kampung houses, a mosque, an Art Deco cinema, a town hall, glass towers, a Ferris wheel and many more, each modelled for itself ⢠Homes bring residents, and residents carry your island from Village to Town, City and Metropolis ⢠Each era unlocks new things to build ⢠Residents have things to say about what you build, and what they wish you would DAY AND NIGHT ⢠The island follows your own clock ⢠After dark the windows, street lamps and signs light up ⢠A relaxed soundtrack for mornings, sunny afternoons, evening lamps and starlit nights ALWAYS WITH YOU ⢠A Home Screen widget shows your city and today's progress without opening the app ⢠Save a picture, or a video of your island growing, to your photo library PRIVATE BY DESIGN ⢠No account, no ads, no tracking ⢠Your step data never leaves your iPhone ⢠Free, with nothing to buy Five Foot Way is named after the covered walkways in front of Malaysia's and Singapore's shophouses, where towns have always been walked, not driven.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Five Foot Way at none against Oz Steps's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Oz Steps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Five Foot Way asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Oz Steps | Five Foot Way |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RIEKO NAITO | YEONG JIE KHOO |
In-app purchases
Oz Steps
- Return Road$2.99
Five Foot Way
No in-app purchases









