Comparison

CareInsight vs Stepwise

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

Head to head
About

CareInsight

Features
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CareInsight turns health data already on this iPhone into a clear picture of your recent days — so you walk into an appointment prepared, not guessing. Connect the Health app. Steps, sleep, heart and body numbers fill a private record on this device. Nothing leaves the iPhone until you ask for an optional AI overview. WHAT YOU SEE (FREE) • How your recent days compare with your usual • Steps today, last night’s sleep, resting heart rate and HRV • A readiness score from sleep, heart and HRV — not a medical score • An estimated vitality age next to your age • Activity, heart, sleep and body trends over 7, 30 or 90 days • Apple Watch glance of today’s picture WHAT PRO ADDS (LIFETIME, ONE PAYMENT) • An AI overview with questions to take to your clinician • Ask about the data already on this iPhone • Pay once. Keep Pro on this Apple ID. Pay once — keep Pro. The App Store shows the local price (about €8–10). CareInsight is not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat, or check medications. It does not replace your clinician. Privacy: health data stays on this iPhone unless you request an AI overview, which sends a limited, pseudonymised excerpt to xAI. Published by Bumblly. Privacy Policy: https://bumblly.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Stepwise

Features
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Your steps. One huge number. Nothing else in the way. Stepwise is a step counter for people who just want to know how far they have walked today — without dashboards, feeds, sign-ups, or a tutorial to sit through. Open it and the number is already there, big enough to read at arm's length. WHAT YOU GET • Today's steps, huge and instant Your step count fills the screen in a clean, rounded typeface you can read in a glance while walking. The number animates as it climbs, so you can watch it move. • Draw your steps on your own map Tap the orange Record button and a blank map fills in behind you as you walk, one road at a time. It keeps recording with the screen locked, and a Live Activity on your Lock Screen shows your time, distance and steps, with a Stop button. See how many new roads you have found, save the walk to My map, and watch it grow. Show faint streets or a colorful map under your trail, or keep it blank. • Distance, automatically in your units Right below your steps you get the distance you have covered, in kilometres or miles depending on your region. No settings to dig through. • A daily goal that actually celebrates you Set any goal from 1,000 to 100,000 steps. Hit it and the screen bursts into confetti — once a day, when you have earned it. Not a badge buried in a profile tab. • Home Screen widget Small, medium, or large. Your step count sits on your Home Screen and stays current, so most days you never need to open the app at all. • Hour-by-hour stats Tap Stats for a clean bar chart of today and yesterday, broken down by hour. See when you actually move — the morning commute, the afternoon slump, the evening walk — and compare today against yesterday at the same hour. • Light and dark, your call Follow your system appearance or lock it to light or dark from the menu. BUILT ON APPLE HEALTH Stepwise reads your step count from Apple Health, so it counts the steps your iPhone is already recording — including the ones you took before you installed it. There is no separate tracker running in the background and no extra battery drain from a second counter. If you carry your phone, your steps are counted. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no email • Your step history stays on your device • Location is used only while you record a walk, and your trails stay on your device • Read-only access to Health — Stepwise never writes to your Health data • Everything is saved only on your device, and ads follow your tracking choice WHO IT IS FOR If you have tried a fitness app and quit because it wanted your weight, your goals, your notifications and your subscription before showing you a single number — this is the opposite of that. Stepwise does one thing. Walk, glance, done. Whether you are working toward 10,000 steps a day, keeping a walking habit alive, getting back on your feet after an injury, or just curious how far you actually go in a day, Stepwise keeps the number in front of you and stays out of your way. GETTING STARTED Open Stepwise and allow access to your steps in Apple Health Tap the gear icon and set your daily step goal Add the widget to your Home Screen: long-press anywhere, tap +, search for Stepwise That is the whole setup. There is no step four. Requires an iPhone with step data in Apple Health. Recording a walk uses Location. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/yoav-sabag-policy-ios/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/yoav-sabag-policy-ios/privacypolicy

Screenshots

CareInsight4 screens
Stepwise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CareInsight at none against Stepwise's shown. CareInsight also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases 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. CareInsight sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Stepwise sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CareInsight ships an update daily, Stepwise every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
CareInsight versus Stepwise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCareInsightStepwise
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTim GrootesYoav Sabag

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CareInsight

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$8.99
1 purchases

Stepwise

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is CareInsight free?
CareInsight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stepwise free?
Stepwise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CareInsight or Stepwise have ads?
Stepwise shows ads; CareInsight does not.
Which is updated more often, CareInsight or Stepwise?
CareInsight ships an update daily, and Stepwise every 3 weeks. Most recently, CareInsight was updated on October 29, 2026 and Stepwise on October 25, 2026.

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