Comparison

Steps vs Siyan Stride

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

Head to head
About

Steps

This app tracks your daily walking distance and step count with a simple, visually engaging interface. Set personal goals and monitor your progress with changing colors, while also recording workouts and syncing with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Step and distance tracking
  • Goal setting with visual progress
  • Calorie tracking
  • Workout recording with GPS
  • Apple Health integration
  • Widgets for iPhone and Apple Watch
  • Siri and Shortcuts support
Features
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Track how far you walk and how many steps you take. Always on, works on all iPhones. Steps is a pedometer and activity tracker. It shows you just how much you're moving in a simple, elegant way. Set a goal. As you walk, the colors change to show your progress like a sunrise. No noise, no extra gadget to wear and nothing to distract you. Everyone should walk 10,000 steps every day for their health, but many of us don't go that far. With Steps, you can easily track how far you go every day, set a goal, and get moving! WHY STEPS: - Clear, uncluttered design and changing color tells you at a glance how far you've gone today - Easily set and adjust goals - Calorie tracking, customized for your body and activity - Track and share your full activity history - Going for a walk? Record a workout, measure your performance and track your route using GPS - Integrated with Apple Health to combine data from your Apple Watch or other connected devices, share workouts and more - Check in quickly from your Apple Watch or one of our Widgets on your iPhone - Stay up to date from the Lock Screen with our Lock Screen Widgets - Customize to match your style with themes - Siri and Shortcuts support. Try asking "Hey Siri, how many steps today?" ALWAYS ON, WORKS WITH THE PHONE YOU HAVE: - Always on and tracking, no need to press start and stop buttons - Works anywhere on your body - Works with any iPhone running iOS 14 or greater

About

Siyan Stride

This app helps adults 50+ build a daily walking habit with step tracking and virtual journeys. It offers a 'Care Circle' for family peace of mind and 'Groups' for social encouragement without competition.

Highlights
  • Step counting from Apple Health
  • Virtual walking journeys
  • Family 'Care Circle' for check-ins
  • Social walking groups without competition
  • Daily mood and energy check-ins
  • Large, readable text
  • 10 guided walking plans
Features
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Build a daily walking habit, and walk it together with the people you love. Siyan Stride is a friendly walking app made for adults 50 and over. It counts your daily steps from Apple Health, helps you build a gentle walking habit, and lets you walk famous routes around the world without leaving your neighbourhood. WALK THE WORLD FROM HOME: STRIDE JOURNEYS Your everyday steps carry you along 45 real routes: the Camino de Santiago, Kilimanjaro, the Kerala Backwaters, Napa to Sonoma, Cinque Terre, the Kumano Kodo and more. Collect a postcard at every landmark, fill your Passport with stamps, and finish with a certificate. Walk solo, or with your group, where everyone’s steps move you forward together. FAMILY PEACE OF MIND: CARE CIRCLE Invite a family member or caregiver to see your walking and daily check-ins, with your permission. They can send encouragement and a gentle ping, and you can send a quick “I’m okay” back. You decide what is shared, and you can change it or remove access at any time. WALK TOGETHER: GROUPS Start a walking group with friends or family. See who reached their goal today, send a cheer, and chat. No leaderboards and no competing, just encouragement. YOUR DAILY STEPS, MADE SIMPLE - A clear daily step count and goal, with your week at a glance. - Record a walk and note how you feel before and after. - A quick daily check-in for mood and energy. - A calm weekly summary you can share, plus a monthly Recap. - 10 walking plans that ease you in, week by week. - Badges that celebrate every milestone. - Large, readable text that follows your phone’s text size. PLANS - Free: steps, goals, all your walking history, all 10 walking plans, daily check-ins, the weekly summary, and one group of up to 10. - Premium: trends, a monthly Recap, adaptive goals, smart reminders, groups of up to 25, and audio for articles. - Premium Plus: everything in Premium, plus Stride Journeys. Try the first 10 miles of a journey before you subscribe. - Caregiver: everything in Premium Plus, including Journeys, plus Care Circle support for up to 5 loved ones. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Siyan Stride is a wellness app. It does not diagnose, treat or monitor any medical condition and is not an emergency service. Please check with your doctor before starting a new exercise routine. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://stride.siyanclinical.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
Siyan Stride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Siyan Stride at none against Steps's shown. Siyan Stride also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Steps's advantage is ratings volume (136K vs 23). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Steps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Siyan Stride sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Siyan Stride holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps has 136K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Steps's written reviews are positive against 100% of Siyan Stride's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps ships an update fortnightly, Siyan Stride every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Steps versus Siyan Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsSiyan Stride
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (136K ratings)5.0 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings136K — better23
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB73 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperYear of Code, LLCSiyan Clinical Corporation

Customer experience

Steps

All ratings134,392 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews1,635 reviews
Positive67.8%
Neutral8.5%
Negative23.7%

Siyan Stride

All ratings23 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Steps

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Steps not recording properly
  • App crashing or freezing
  • Incorrect step counts
  • Syncing issues with Apple Health

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to manually enter steps
  • Improve step counting accuracy
  • Enhance syncing with Apple Watch
  • Add more customization options
  • Improve history and data visualization

Siyan Stride

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Steps

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$3.99
6 purchases

Siyan Stride

Subscriptions6
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Plus Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Caregiver Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Premium Annual$39.991 Year
  • Premium Plus Annual$59.991 Year
  • Caregiver Annual$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Siyan Stride free?
Siyan Stride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Steps or Siyan Stride?
Siyan Stride is rated higher. Steps averages 4.8 out of 5 from 136K ratings, while Siyan Stride averages 5.0 from 23 ratings.
Do Steps or Siyan Stride have ads?
Steps shows ads; Siyan Stride does not.
Which is updated more often, Steps or Siyan Stride?
Steps ships an update fortnightly, and Siyan Stride every 8 days. Most recently, Steps was updated on November 14, 2026 and Siyan Stride on November 13, 2026.

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