Comparison

Gait vs StepRight

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

Head to head
About

Gait

This app tracks your daily steps, distance walked, average pace, and floors ascended/descended. It prioritizes privacy and utilizes the M7 co-processor on iPhones for efficient activity monitoring. Simply pull down to refresh your step count.

Highlights
  • Step counting
  • Distance tracking
  • Average pace calculation
  • Floors ascended/descended
  • Privacy-focused design
  • M7 co-processor utilization
Features
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Gait counts your steps on your iPhone. That is the whole idea. ONE SOURCE, ONE NUMBER Most step counters merge readings from your iPhone, your Apple Watch and Health, then show a total that matches none of them. Gait reads the motion sensor in your iPhone and nothing else. One number, nothing to reconcile. NO HEALTH PERMISSION. NO ACCOUNT. NO ADS. Gait never asks for access to Health, because it never needs it. There is no sign-up and no cloud. Your steps stay on your phone. TODAY AT A GLANCE A trail of footprints fills as you walk, and the arc at the end of it is your goal. Underneath: distance, walking speed, cadence and floors climbed, live from the same sensor. A GOAL THAT FITS Choose 5,000, 8,000, 10,000 or 12,000 steps. The trail redraws to match. Built for iPhone and iPad, in light and dark. Gait is free and always has been. If it earns a place on your home screen there is a tip jar, and that is the only thing it will ever ask you for. WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU WALK, NOT JUST HOW MUCH? Gait Pro adds your full history and the eight walking measurements Apple Health records, including walking speed, step length, walking asymmetry and walking steadiness.

About

StepRight

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Step Right makes walking feel like a game you actually want to play. Watch your progress fill a beautiful animated ring, chase daily streaks, unlock milestones, and celebrate goal-hit moments with a confetti burst. It's the friendliest way to build a walking habit — and it's completely free with no ads, ever. TODAY, AT A GLANCE A big animated progress ring shows your daily goal at a glance. Below it, live tiles surface everything that matters: • Steps, distance, average speed, and current walking speed • Calories burned and goal progress • Elevation gained and lost, from the barometer • A "since midnight" activity breakdown — walking, running, stationary, sleeping, driving • Current streak with the classic fire icon • Milestone seals at 2.5k, 5k, 7.5k, 10k, 15k, and 20k steps TRENDS THAT ACTUALLY TELL A STORY Beautifully animated bar charts across four ranges — Week, Month, 6 Months, and Year — with a goal line, best-day trophy, and a side-by-side comparison against the previous period. Track your progress over time and see whether you're trending up. AUTOMATIC WALK CAPTURE Turn on auto-capture and Step Right quietly organizes every walk you take, using HealthKit workouts and step-sample gaps. Each walk shows step count, distance, duration, elevation, and a source label so you know exactly where it came from. RECORD A WALK WITH GPS Start a walk and Step Right follows along with a live map, real-time route polyline, current pace, elevation, and step count. When you stop, everything is saved with a mappable route you can revisit later. WALK HISTORY, GROUPED BY DAY Every walk lives in a clean, day-grouped list. Tap any walk to see its route on the map, plus the full stats panel — steps, distance, duration, average speed, ascent, and descent. PRIVACY-FIRST Step Right reads from Apple Health on your device. Nothing leaves your phone — no accounts, no cloud, no tracking, no data collection. Your walks and steps are yours. COMPLETELY FREE. NO ADS. No subscriptions. No paywalls. No in-app purchases. No ads. Just a delightful, thoughtfully designed step tracker built for people who love to walk. Download Step Right and turn every step into progress worth celebrating.

Screenshots

Gait4 screens
StepRight4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StepRight at none against Gait's 1. StepRight also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 days). On price, ads, device support 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. Gait sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. StepRight asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gait ships an update every 6 days, StepRight every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Gait versus StepRight: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGaitStepRight
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKai KunzeRoland Fernandez

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Gait

One-time1
  • Coffee$1.99
None

StepRight

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gait free?
Gait is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StepRight free?
StepRight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gait or StepRight have ads?
Neither Gait nor StepRight shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gait or StepRight?
Gait ships an update every 6 days, and StepRight every 3 days. Most recently, Gait was updated on September 7, 2026 and StepRight on September 2, 2026.

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