Comparison

Steps vs Walkabout

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

Walkabout

This app tracks your daily steps using your device's motion processor. It helps you understand your activity levels and encourages you to walk more for improved health and reduced risk of chronic diseases.

Highlights
  • Daily step tracking
  • M7 Motion processor integration
  • Health benefits of walking
  • Activity level insights
  • Encourages more walking
Features
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"A walkabout is a rite of passage where young male Aborigines would go on a journey for six months in search of their ancestors path." In todays society most people work behind desks, which is not healthy at all. I could count myself to that category. This is why i made this App. With the help of the new M7 Motion processor you will now realize how many steps you make a day. In my case it helped me realize that I have to go for a walk more often in order to stay healthy. The usual desk job guy only makes about 1500 steps a day! People walking 10000 steps a day, burn between 2000 and 3500 calories. Sport medics and scientists confirmed that walking 10000 steps a day will help you lower your blood pressure, and decreases the risk of diabetes, stroke and heart attack significantly! So go ahead and check your steps daily! Or even better go on a walkabout :-)

Screenshots

Steps4 screens
Walkabout3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Steps at every 9 days against Walkabout's every 28 months. Steps also leads on ratings volume (19K vs 21). Walkabout's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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 and Walkabout sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Steps holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steps has 19K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 49% of Steps's written reviews are positive against 50% of Walkabout's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steps ships an update every 9 days, Walkabout every 28 months. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Steps versus Walkabout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepsWalkabout
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (19K ratings) — better4.4 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews48.9% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19K — better21
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 28 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPumpkin Computer Co., LLCDaniel Kiefer

Customer experience

Steps

All ratings19,322 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral4.2%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews609 reviews
Positive48.9%
Neutral11.7%
Negative39.4%

Walkabout

All ratings21 ratings
Positive81.0%
Neutral14.3%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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

Walkabout

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
Show 5 more
  • 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
1 purchases

Walkabout

One-time1
  • Remove the ADs$0.99

Questions

Is Steps free?
Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Walkabout free?
Walkabout is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Steps or Walkabout?
Steps is rated higher. Steps averages 4.6 out of 5 from 19K ratings, while Walkabout averages 4.4 from 21 ratings.
Do Steps or Walkabout have ads?
Both Steps and Walkabout show ads.
Which is updated more often, Steps or Walkabout?
Steps ships an update every 9 days, and Walkabout every 28 months. Most recently, Steps was updated on October 16, 2026 and Walkabout on October 16, 2026.

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