Steps vs Bear Walking Pal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steps
This app automatically tracks your daily steps, distance, calories burned, and stairs climbed in the background. Set personalized daily goals for activity and monitor your progress over time with clear historical data. It's designed for effortless use and battery efficiency.
- Automatic step tracking
- Distance and calorie monitoring
- Flights of stairs climbed
- Daily goal setting
- Daily, weekly, monthly totals
- Background operation
- Apple Health data import
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See your steps, distance, stairs, calories, and progress over time — automatically. Steps is a simple, easy-to-use step tracker that helps you stay active without extra setup. It tracks your daily activity in the background using Apple Health, so you can check your progress anytime without needing to start a workout or keep the app open. Set daily goals for steps, miles walked, flights climbed, and calories burned. Then track your progress throughout the day and build a routine that keeps you moving. Customize Steps with bold themes and app icons to make the app feel like yours. Why people love Steps: • Automatic step tracking — no setup needed • Simple, clean design • Steps, distance, flights climbed, and calories burned • Daily goals for steps, miles, stairs, and calories • Daily, weekly, and monthly totals • Historical activity imported from Apple Health • Theme and app icon customization • Designed to run quietly in the background Over a million downloads and counting. Terms of Use: https://pumpkincomputer.com/steps/terms
Bear Walking Pal
This app encourages daily walking by tracking your steps, distance, and calories burned with a cute bear companion. Earn collectible rewards and view detailed statistics to stay motivated on your fitness journey.
- Accurate step tracking
- Apple Watch companion app
- Voice walking journal
- Motivational bear character
- Collectible rewards
- Home screen widgets
- Detailed statistics
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Make every walk feel a little more rewarding. Bear Walking Pal is a friendly step counter built around Tom the Bear. Check your daily movement, work toward a goal, and enjoy a small celebration when you get there. The clean design keeps your progress easy to read while Tom adds a little warmth to every day. DAILY STEP COUNTER • See steps, distance, estimated calories burned, and flights climbed from available motion and Apple Health data • Choose a daily target of 4,000, 7,000, 10,000, or 15,000 steps • Compare today with your average and review daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly trends TOM, YOUR WALKING COMPANION • Watch Tom’s mood change as your day progresses • Tap Tom to see him dance • Celebrate when you reach your daily goal • With Premium, collect Ddakji designs as a fun record of your achievements IPHONE AND APPLE WATCH • Check your steps from Apple Watch complications • With Premium, create walking notes from your wrist • With Premium, start a voice note using Double Tap on compatible Apple Watch models running watchOS 11 • Add Home Screen widgets for an at-a-glance view on iPhone VOICE WALKING JOURNAL Capture an idea, observation, or memory without stopping your walk. Speak naturally and Bear Walking Pal transcribes your voice into a daily note. Walk Notes are available on iPhone and Apple Watch with Premium. PROGRESS AT A GLANCE • Review your walking history in clear charts • Explore achievements in the Premium calendar • Set walk reminders and receive a notification when you reach your goal PREMIUM FEATURES The optional Premium Upgrade includes Calendar View, the Ddakji collection, Walk Notes, and iCloud backup. Bear Walking Pal uses HealthKit to integrate with Apple Health. Step and activity estimates can vary according to your device, permissions, available data, and how the device is carried. Take a walk with Tom today and give each step a little more personality. Questions or feedback: bearwalkingpal@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Bear Walking Pal at none against Steps's shown. Bear Walking Pal also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 49%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Steps's advantage is ratings volume (19K vs 64). 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
Both are free to download. Steps sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Bear Walking Pal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bear Walking Pal holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps has 19K ratings behind it against 64, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Steps's written reviews are positive against 64% of Bear Walking Pal's.
Steps ships an update every 9 days, Bear Walking Pal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steps | Bear Walking Pal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (19K ratings) | 4.8 (64 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.9% of reviews | 63.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | 64 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pumpkin Computer Co., LLC | EUIHYUNG JUNG |
Customer experience
Steps
Bear Walking Pal
Bugs and requests
Steps
Reported bugs
3 issues- Steps not accurately counted
- App freezes or lags when opening
- Steps/distance data resets or disappears
Requested features
4 requests- Add option to track calories burned
- Provide weekly/monthly step history
- Allow conversion between steps and distance (miles/km)
- Implement a premium version to remove ads
Bear Walking Pal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Steps
- Steps Pro Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Steps Pro Weekly3 Days trial3 variants$1.997 Days
- Steps Pro Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
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- Monthly Pro3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Steps Pro Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Steps Pro Yearly3 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Steps Pro Yearly3 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Steps Pro Annual$79.991 Year
Bear Walking Pal
- Premium Upgrade$1.99
Questions
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