Ancel vs StepChase
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ancel
Effortlessly track your food intake and weight progress with AI. Simply snap a photo, speak your meal, or type it in, and let the AI automatically log your nutrition. Build sustainable habits with personalized suggestions and reminders.
- AI-powered photo and voice food logging
- Smart text search with USDA database
- Weight tracking with trend lines
- Calorie and macro dashboards
- Meal history review and editing
- Personalized food suggestions and reminders
- Optional medication reminders
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Ancel makes food and weight tracking so fast it actually sticks. Instead of hunting through databases and weighing everything, just tell Ancel what you ate — snap a photo of your plate or a nutrition label, or say it out loud. Ancel's AI figures out the food, the portion, and the nutrition, and logs it in seconds. SNAP, SPEAK, OR TYPE - Photo logging — point the camera at your meal or a nutrition label - Voice logging — "two eggs and a slice of sourdough toast" - Smart text search backed by the USDA food database SEE YOUR PROGRESS - Weight tracking with clear trend lines — not just noisy daily numbers - Calorie and macro dashboards for today, this week, and beyond - Meal history you can review and edit any time BUILD ROUTINES THAT STICK - Time-of-day food suggestions based on what you actually eat - Daily routines and reminders to keep logging effortless - Optional medication reminders (including GLP-1 schedules) PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No ads, no data selling - Export or delete all of your data any time, right from the app Whether you're losing weight, maintaining, or just want to understand what you eat, Ancel removes the friction that makes tracking apps fail. Nutrition estimates are for informational purposes and not medical advice.
StepChase
Track your daily steps and engage in friendly competition with friends. Set goals, compare progress, and participate in challenges to stay motivated. Earn achievements and revisit your progress with personalized recaps.
- Step tracking with Apple Health integration
- Friendly competition with friends and groups
- One-on-one step duels
- Group step challenges
- Achievement and trophy system
- Home screen widgets for progress
- Personalized progress recaps
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Your steps. A little rivalry. StepChase is a step counter for your daily progress and friendly competition. Track your steps with Apple Health, chase your goal, and give your friends something to catch. No ads. No subscriptions. Personal tracking works without an account. MAKE EVERY STEP COUNT See your Day, Week and Month at a glance. Follow your goal, see how today compares with your usual activity, and spot the patterns behind your progress. Personal bests show how far you've come. GIVE YOUR FRIENDS SOME COMPETITION Connect with friends or create a private group. Compare steps, improvement or goal progress, see who's ahead, and look back at the podium when the day, week or month is done. Send a little Momentum with ready-made encouragement or a playful taunt. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED Invite a friend to a one-on-one duel. Pick the duration, wait for their acceptance, and see who comes out ahead. Ready for another go? Send a rematch. Join StepChase challenges and work toward the same step target. Everyone who reaches it finishes. Challenge leaderboards show participants anonymously unless they choose to share their name and photo for that challenge. BUILD SOMETHING TOGETHER Private group journeys turn everyone's steps into progress toward a common milestone. See how far you've come and who's helped along the way. MAKE ROOM FOR TROPHIES Earn achievements, unlock titles, and find your next milestone. Your trophy room keeps the wins you've earned in one place. YOUR PROGRESS, WORTH SHARING Revisit your completed weeks and months with personal recaps. Share the big picture while your private hourly details stay on your device. Today and Week Home Screen widgets keep your progress close between visits. YOUR STEPS. YOUR CHOICE. Apple Health access is optional and read-only. StepChase never writes to or changes your Health data. Flights Climbed, hourly patterns and step-based distance, calorie and active-time estimates stay on your device. Optional product analytics require your consent and exclude Health values. Notifications are optional too. Available in English, French and Spanish. Your move.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Ancel at 3 against StepChase's 1. Ancel also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ancel against 5.0 for StepChase. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | Ancel | StepChase |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Wonderboy Creative | Ryan Mohunlal |
In-app purchases
Ancel
No in-app purchases
StepChase
No in-app purchases
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