Comparison

Steps vs Fastime

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 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.

Highlights
  • Automatic step tracking
  • Distance and calorie monitoring
  • Flights of stairs climbed
  • Daily goal setting
  • Daily, weekly, monthly totals
  • Background operation
  • Apple Health data import
Features
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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

About

Fastime

Features
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Fastime helps you track intermittent fasting, hydration, weight, steps, and progress in one simple app. Choose a fasting plan, follow your timer, log daily habits, and review your fasting history with clear insights. Fastime includes fasting reminders, water tracking, body metrics, achievements, challenges, and optional Apple Health sync for supported health data.

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
Fastime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fastime at none against Steps's 10. Fastime also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). On price and iOS requirement 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 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Fastime asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps ships an update every 9 days, Fastime every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Steps versus Fastime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsFastime
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (19K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings19K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPumpkin Computer Co., LLCKhaled Almelhem

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

Fastime

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Steps

Subscriptions8
  • 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
None

Fastime

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fastime free?
Fastime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Steps or Fastime have ads?
Steps shows ads; Fastime does not.
Which is updated more often, Steps or Fastime?
Steps ships an update every 9 days, and Fastime every 3 days. Most recently, Steps was updated on October 15, 2026 and Fastime on September 28, 2026.

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