Comparison

Steggy vs Snail

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

Head to head
About

Steggy

Features
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Make your next walk count. Steggy brings your steps, daily goal and walking progress together in one place. Connect Apple Health to see your activity, then give each day a little more purpose with quests, streaks and achievements. YOUR DAY, AT A GLANCE See your steps, distance and active calories. Check your daily goal and explore your activity by day, week or month. In the app, every day is a climb up Steggy's trail: reach your goal and the trail turns gold as Steggy plants his flag at the summit. A REASON TO KEEP GOING Complete daily quests, earn XP and level up. Reach your goal on consecutive days to build a streak, and unlock achievements along the way. PROGRESS CLOSE AT HAND Check your steps with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, or from the Apple Watch companion. EXTRA LARGE WIDGETS ON iOS 27 (PRO) Steggy's Trail: Steggy climbs toward your daily goal as you walk. Story: switch between day, week, month and year right on the widget. Daily Coach: your next move, today's quests and your level at a glance. Start with your next step. Some features require a paid Steggy Pro subscription. Apple Health access requires your permission. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Snail

Features
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A snail is coming for you. It hatched near you and it already knows where you are. It moves in a straight line, through buildings, through rivers, through anything in the way. It does not sleep and it never loses you. Walking is the only thing that holds it back. HOW IT WORKS The snail crawls toward your real location, day and night, whether the app is open or not. It starts at about two miles a day and gets faster every three days you survive. Every step you take pushes it back. Snail reads the step count your iPhone already records, so it does not matter where you walk or how fast. A walk to the mailbox counts. A shift on your feet counts. Most of each walk pushes the snail away, and the rest is banked for later. Driving away does not help. Only steps buy distance, and heading toward it is a very bad idea. If it reaches you, the game is over. Days survived is your score. A new snail hatches at 6am. WHAT YOU CAN SEE Far away, you only get a rough idea of where it is. The closer it gets, the more precisely you know. Inside a thousand feet, you see exactly where it is. SALT AND SHELL Salt freezes the snail for six hours. You start with one and earn another every week you survive. Shell pushes it back three miles. It costs five banked miles. IT TELLS YOU WHEN IT IS CLOSE A notification at one mile, at half a mile, and when it is on your street. A word in the morning and in the evening on how the day is going. PRIVACY No account, no sign up, no email address. No ads, no trackers, no purchases. Snail reads your step count from Apple Health and writes nothing back. Your location is used to play the game. Nothing is sold and nothing is shared. BATTERY Snail uses your location in the background, because the snail does not stop when you close the app. While it is far away, Snail checks your position rarely. It only checks often when the snail is close.

Screenshots

Steggy4 screens
Snail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Snail at none against Steggy's 2. Snail also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 days) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). 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. Steggy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Snail asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steggy ships an update every 8 days, Snail every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Steggy versus Snail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteggySnail
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB37 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAnatoli SamoilenkaKali Holding LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Steggy

Subscriptions2
  • Steggy Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Steggy Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
None

Snail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steggy free?
Steggy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Snail free?
Snail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Steggy or Snail have ads?
Neither Steggy nor Snail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steggy or Snail?
Steggy ships an update every 8 days, and Snail every 4 days. Most recently, Steggy was updated on October 24, 2026 and Snail on October 24, 2026.

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