Comparison

Step Step vs IC Diary

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

Head to head
About

Step Step

Track your daily steps, workouts, and weight with a visually engaging night-sky dashboard. Earn medals, build streaks, and fill your moonlit ring as you move. Your health data remains private on your device.

Highlights
  • Daily step ring with live count and historical views
  • Adaptive streaks and streak protection shields
  • Medal cabinet with over 40 awards
  • Weight, body fat, and waist logging with trend lines
  • GPS workout recording with route, heart-rate, and elevation
  • Workout calendar and year heat map
  • Apple Watch app and widgets for Home/Lock Screen
Features
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The step counter that makes every day feel like a small mission. Step Step turns your walks, workouts and weigh-ins into a beautiful night-sky dashboard — streaks, medals and a moonlit ring that fills as you move. No accounts, no ads, and your health data stays on your iPhone. Step Step uses anonymous, opt-out analytics to help us improve the app. It never includes your health or personal data. FEATURES • Daily step ring with live count, weekly chart and month & year views • Adaptive streaks that score each day against the goal you had back then — raising your goal never breaks your past • Solar Flare Shields protect your streak on rest days, earned as your streak grows • Medal cabinet with 40+ awards: steps, streaks, distance, floors, workouts and hidden records • Log weight, body fat % and waist with a swipe dial, trend line and goal checkpoints • Record walks, hikes and runs with GPS route, heart-rate zones, splits and elevation • Workout calendar and year heat map for your full Apple Health history • Post-workout notes, photos, tags, effort rating and state of mind • Challenges: daily, weekly and monthly step missions APPLE WATCH & WIDGETS • Watch app with its own workout recorder and Smart Stack widgets • Watch face complications — see your steps right on your watch face • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: step ring, week bars, streak, weight and goals • Siri: ask for today's steps without opening the app APPLE HEALTH • Reads steps, workouts, heart rate and weight from Apple Health • Writes your weigh-ins and recorded workouts back — Health stays the source of truth PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account. No sign-up. No ads. • Your health data never leaves your device. Step Step uses anonymous, opt-out analytics to help us improve the app, and it never includes your health data. STEP STEP PRO Some features require Step Step Pro (subscription or one-time lifetime purchase): advanced trends and comparisons, all-time records, extra accent themes, multiple body-metric goals and unlimited workout goals. The core experience — steps, streaks, shields, medals, weight logging and the workout recorder — is free. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://step-step.app/privacy

About

IC Diary

Features
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IC Diary is a private diary created for people living with interstitial cystitis (IC), also known as bladder pain syndrome. It helps you track the symptoms, daily check-ins, treatment, observations, and flare-ups that shape life with IC. Log the details that matter to you, review your history, and use clear charts to notice personal patterns over time. Optional local reminders can help you keep a consistent routine. Export a backup or a CSV whenever you choose. Your interstitial cystitis diary stays on your device. IC Diary has no account, advertising, analytics, or cloud sync. IC Diary is a self-tracking tool for people with interstitial cystitis. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment and is not intended for emergencies. Always discuss symptoms and treatment decisions with a qualified healthcare professional.

Screenshots

Step Step4 screens
IC Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IC Diary at none against Step Step's 8. IC Diary also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). Step Step's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads and device support 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. Step Step sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. IC Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Step Step ships an update every 3 days, IC Diary every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Step Step versus IC Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStep StepIC Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB59 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGwilym JamesGeorgii Tcamaladze

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Step Step

Subscriptions3
  • Step Step Pro$2.991 Month
  • Step Step Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Step Step Pro Family7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time5
  • Solar Flare Shield$0.99
  • Shield 3-Pack$2.49
  • Shield Crate$3.99
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  • Step Step Pro — Lifetime$39.99
  • Step Step Pro — Family Lifetime$49.99
None

IC Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Step Step free?
Step Step is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IC Diary free?
IC Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Step Step or IC Diary have ads?
Neither Step Step nor IC Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Step Step or IC Diary?
Step Step ships an update every 3 days, and IC Diary every 2 weeks. Most recently, Step Step was updated on October 6, 2026 and IC Diary on October 2, 2026.

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