Step vs Stepr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Step
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Step-a-thon turns everyday walking into a fun, friendly challenge for your whole group. Record a walk and your steps are counted right on your phone, then added to your total on a live leaderboard. Climb the rankings, cheer on your teammates, and collect badges as you hit new milestones. Built for organized step-a-thon events ā schools, workplaces, colleges, and community groups ā Step-a-thon makes it easy to run a healthy, high-energy activity where everyone can take part. WHAT YOU CAN DO ⢠Record your walks and count steps automatically using your phone's motion sensor ⢠Watch a live leaderboard update as you and your teammates rack up steps ⢠Join a team and compete together toward a shared goal ⢠Earn badges as you reach new milestones ⢠Track your personal progress over the course of the event FOR EVENT ORGANIZERS Administrators can set up events, manage participants and teams, and follow standings in real time ā everything you need to run a smooth step challenge. PRIVACY FIRST Step-a-thon collects very little. Your phone's motion sensor is used only while you're recording a walk, and only the resulting step count is saved ā never the raw sensor data. No location tracking, no ads, and no third-party analytics. Read our privacy policy at https://steps.eskoops.com/privacy. Lace up, start walking, and see how far your team can go.
Stepr
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Stepr is a step challenge app for friends, families and offices. Steps come straight from your iPhone, so nobody can type them in, and the last one walking wins. Create a league, share a six-letter code, and start. Every day the step goal rises a little. Meet it and you stay in. Miss it and you're out. The last one walking wins, and total steps break ties. Solo, duo or team lobbies, up to 100 players. COUNTED, NOT TYPED Steps come straight from your iPhone and Apple Health. There's no typing, so there's no cheating. Every player sees where the steps came from. PLAN THE DAY Tell Stepr how many times you want to walk and it fits walks around your calendar, then reminds you ten minutes before each one. Drag a walk on the timeline to move it; your calendar follows. WALK SOMEWHERE Pick a destination on the map and a little backpacker walks the real road there with every step you take, past stops with a story about each place. ALSO ⢠Free passes for a missed day, so a forgotten sync doesn't end your run ⢠Presets from a one-week sprint to a month-long climb ⢠Day-by-day history for every player and a live page for anyone with the code ⢠Playing is free and hosting is free. League Pro upgrades one league; Host Pro covers every league you host. OPTIONAL PURCHASES ⢠League Pro: one-time upgrade for one league (teams, up to 100 players, extra passes, season recap) ⢠Host Pro: auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription that makes every league you host Pro ⢠Supply Drops: three supply drops for the walking journey Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Host Pro renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your Apple ID subscription settings. Terms of Use: https://stepr.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://stepr.io/privacy
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Verdict
Step and Stepr are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters ā price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them ā neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Step ships an update every 3 days, Stepr every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Step | Stepr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days ā better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thought Bulb | Joseph Tung |
In-app purchases
Step
No in-app purchases
Stepr
No in-app purchases








