Step It Up vs mostly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Step It Up
This app tracks your daily steps, distance, stairs climbed, and active calories burned. It offers insights into your progress over time and allows for customization. Compatible with iPhone and Apple Watch, it provides a privacy-first approach to monitoring your activity.
- Track daily steps, distance, and stairs
- Monitor active calories burned
- View trends and insights for progress
- Set daily step goals and track exercise minutes
- Syncs with Apple Watch and Watch face complications
- Home Screen Widgets for quick activity glance
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Track Your Steps, Distance, and Workouts — Right from Your iPhone or Watch. Step It Up helps you stay active and motivated by tracking your steps, distance walked or run, flights of stairs climbed, workouts, active calories burned, and more. Built for iPhone and Apple Watch, it's a sleek and privacy-first way to stay on top of your daily movement. That big orange ring on your Home screen isn't just decoration — it's your whole day. Steps, miles, floors, and how close you are to today's goal, updated in real time. Hit it, and Step It Up tells you so. Step It Up also checks the weather so you don't have to. It'll nudge you toward the best window to get outside, and tell you why — so you're never guessing whether it's worth lacing up. Step It Up isn't just about daily numbers — it's about progress over time. With built-in trends and insights, you can see your weekly average, how many days you hit your goal, and whether you're trending up or down over the last month, so you can build habits that actually stick. Running, cycling, walking — Step It Up records your workouts properly: pace, heart rate, calories, and distance live, with a clean history you can view as a list or on a map. Not sure what your step goal is or how this week compares to last? Just ask. Step It Up's built-in AI answers in plain language, right where you're already looking. Features: • View your daily steps, distance, flights climbed, and steps from the past hour. • Get a weather-smart nudge for the best time to walk. • Set a daily step goal and track your weekly exercise minutes. • Adaptive Step Goal that changes based on your activity, so you're always ready for a challenge or to take a break. • Record workouts — running, cycling, and walking — with live pace, heart rate, and calories. • Explore Insights and Trends to see how your fitness has changed over time. • Check your full History to review previous days' data. • Ask Step It Up's about your stats, goals, and more with built-in support for Apple Intelligence. • Built-in coach powered by Apple Intelligence to give you motivation as you go through your day. • Add Home Screen Widgets in a variety of sizes to quickly glance at your activity. • Syncs with Apple Watch, including support for Watch face complications so your data is always at a glance away. • Integration with Apple Weather so you always know when the weather is best to beat your goal. • Integration with Apple Music so you can have your playlist ready for your next workout. • Workout tracker with your step goal always visible so you can see how far you are from your goals. • Ability to upload your workouts to Strava. Step It Up is yours for good — one price, no subscription. Buy it once and get every feature, every update. Thank you for checking out Step It Up — I hope it helps you move a little more each day. — Casey
mostly
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Most days is enough. Not every day. Set a weekly goal like 4 out of 7 days. Hit it most days, rest when you need to. Your progress never resets to zero. mostly is enough. Other habit apps count consecutive days — miss one and the 90-day count goes to zero. Research shows the all-or-nothing model creates anxiety and guilt, the opposite of what builds habits. mostly replaces counters with weekly targets. No punishment for being human. HOW IT WORKS • Set a weekly target from 1 to 7 days for each habit (4/7 by default) • Check in each day with a single tap • See "2 more to go" on the way and "Goal reached" when you arrive. Week over? "See you next week" • Each week is a fresh start. Last week was tough? Clean slate. ENCOURAGEMENT OVER PUNISHMENT • No counters. No resets. No shame. • Rest days are part of the plan, not something to feel bad about • Quiet encouragement when things get tough • Progress matters more than perfection • Great for ADHD, anxiety, or anyone who wants a gentler approach GREAT FOR ANY HABIT • Morning routine, sleep, water, healthier eating • Gym, running, yoga, walking • Meditation, reading, journaling, studying • Quitting smoking, skincare, language learning SIMPLE & PRIVATE • Clean interface, no gamification, no social features • Your data stays on your device, with optional iCloud sync • Export your data anytime as JSON Lally et al. (2010) found that habit formation takes about 66 days on average, and missing occasional days doesn't derail the process. Consistency over time beats daily perfection. mostly is enough. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getmostly.app/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Step It Up at Free against mostly's $4.99. Step It Up also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Step It Up is free to download; mostly costs $4.99 up front. Step It Up sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and mostly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Step It Up ships an update monthly, mostly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Step It Up | mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (824 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 824 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bean's Bytes, LLC | 昊天 吴 |
Bugs and requests
Step It Up
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashing or disappearing from Apple Watch
- Incorrect distance and calorie tracking
- Inability to set or save user preferences
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to track weight and other fitness metrics
- Competitive features like challenges with friends
- More customization options for step goals and reminders
mostly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Step It Up
- Step It Up Plus$4.99
mostly
- Lifetime$59.99









