StepFox vs I Really Did Walk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StepFox
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Every entry saves steps, estimated distance, and a workout. Walking and brisk walking use Walking; running uses Running. AI Steps saves your confirmed total as segmented entries; Single entry saves one entry. The total stays unchanged, and segments are estimates. Quick step entry • Enter a number or use quick adjustment buttons • Choose walking, brisk walking, or running • Set an earlier completion date and time • Review estimated start, completion, and duration before saving • See estimated distance and duration • Add a mood and optional note • Browse one week and one day at a time, or jump to a date • Edit steps, mood, and note; the matching Health samples update • See daily StepFox totals and mood summaries • Add body weight for per-entry energy and today’s subtotal • View 7- or 30-day estimated-energy charts • Clear a date; free users watch a rewarded ad first • Small and medium widgets show today’s total and additions • Widgets include mood-based encouragement • Widgets follow the selected fox and scene • Lock Screen widgets show compact step information Keep going with Challenges • Add 500, 1,000, 5,000, or a custom amount to today’s Health total • Get an on-device notification at the goal, then continue higher • Optionally show progress on the Lock Screen and supported Dynamic Island • Challenges read today’s total but never add or change steps Clear HealthKit boundaries • Only steps are read. Steps, walking + running distance, and workouts are saved. Height and weight are not read. • Every entry saves steps, estimated distance, and a workout. Walking and brisk walking use Walking; running uses Running. • Height, weight, speed, calories, mood, and notes stay locally in StepFox. Estimated distance and activity times are saved to Apple Health with the entry. • Mood and notes never enter Health or leave the device • StepFox explains where to enable step access when needed • It never reads body weight or writes estimated energy to Health • Deletion affects only samples created by StepFox, never other sources Ads do not block core features The free version shows banners on Add Steps, Challenges, Energy, and Records, plus a dismissible interstitial after every third successful Health write. A rewarded ad gives one ad-free hour and is required before a free user clears a day. Entry and Challenges still work if ads fail or tracking is denied. Walk, level up, and meet foxes • Entry days raise the local fox level and unlock more foxes • Some foxes are Pro exclusive • Home keeps information left and the fox right; it reacts after saving • Progress never uses HealthKit step totals StepFox Pro Monthly and yearly auto-renewable subscriptions remove ads and unlock every fox. Core Health entry, records, and Challenges stay free. • Monthly: NT$50, renews monthly • Yearly: NT$390, renews yearly (NT$32.5/month average) • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation • Renewal is automatic unless disabled at least 24 hours before the period ends; the account is charged within those final 24 hours • Manage or cancel in App Store account settings Personalized ads are disabled. Steps, activity, speed, challenge goals, and HealthKit content are not sent to advertising or analytics services. Distance, speed, duration, and energy are estimates, not sensor or medical measurements. Energy includes only StepFox entries, not steps recorded automatically by iPhone or Apple Watch. StepFox offers no diagnosis or treatment advice. Privacy Policy: https://israynotarray.dev/app/stepnote-privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
I Really Did Walk
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Log the walks your phone missed. You left your phone at home, or the battery died, or you spent half an hour on the treadmill — Health has no idea. I Really Did Walk lets you add those steps back in. ■ One thing, done well Enter a step count, pick Today or Yesterday, and it's saved to Health. Walking distance is estimated from your height, so it always matches your step count. No account, no cloud, no ads, no subscription. ■ Honesty is the whole point Every entry you log is marked as manually entered — you can see exactly which entries are yours and when you logged them, right inside Health. We never disguise them as automatically detected data. After you log, the app tells you how much today's total in Health actually changed. If you wear an Apple Watch, steps from the same stretch of time don't add together, so the real increase can be smaller than what you entered — we show that honestly, and let you decide whether to top up the difference. ■ No double counting By default, logging automatically avoids any time already covered by existing step data, so what you add never stacks on top of steps you already have. ■ Log it in seconds ・Home screen widget: today's progress at a glance ・Control Center button: one tap logs your usual amount ・Shortcuts and Siri: "Log 3,000 steps with I Really Did Walk" ■ Watch it add up A daily goal ring, a 7-day bar chart, a streak counter. Every time you log, a little sprout pops up and joins your crew. ■ Your data stays on your device This app doesn't collect anything, doesn't upload anything, has no analytics, and runs no servers. Every step goes straight into your own Health app — we can't see it, and we don't want to. ■ One more thing This is a logging tool, not a pedometer — it doesn't detect your movement automatically. Every entry is something you typed in yourself. Your iPhone and Apple Watch already track steps automatically; this app is for the ones they missed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: I Really Did Walk at none against StepFox's 2. I Really Did Walk also leads on ads (none vs shown). StepFox's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. StepFox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. I Really Did Walk asks for nothing beyond the download.
StepFox ships an update every 4 days, I Really Did Walk every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StepFox | I Really Did Walk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RUEI HUNG SHIU | Zhaoming Xiao |
In-app purchases
StepFox
- StepFox Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- StepFox Pro Yearly$11.991 Year
I Really Did Walk
No in-app purchases








