E vs StepBeats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
E
Track outdoor exercises with GPS and connect to compatible treadmills via Bluetooth. Record workout history, share fitness data, and enjoy intelligent treadmill features.
- GPS tracking for outdoor exercises
- Treadmill compatibility via Bluetooth
- Workout history tracking
- Fitness data recording
- Intelligent treadmill features
- Fitness data sharing
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E-Running is an integrated fitness APP with a fully featured GPS tracking service for outdoor exercises. Compatible with numerous brands of treadmills, E-Running can help track your workout history and record your statistics. Enjoy the fun of the next level treadmill intelligence! Record and share your fitness data while on the treadmill ! To sync with a treadmill, E-Running must be supported by Bluetooth BLE4.0 on iOS devices. The use of this software requires iPhone4S or better. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
StepBeats
Transform your body movements into music while running and exercising. This app uses real-time sensor data to detect your pace and generate drum beats, bass, and pad sounds. Record and share your unique musical creations.
- Music generation from body movement
- Real-time sensor data integration
- Customizable sound layers (drums, bass, pads)
- Visual feedback effects
- Music recording and sharing
- Promotes exercise through music
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Step Beats is an App than can create music from users body movement when running and doing other sports, by real-time detection of the user's running state, running speed and various sports features collected by sensors, and follow the user's pace to play Drum Beats, Bass Sound Layer, Pad Sound Layer, Override Remix Auditory Feedback, and also the feedback of visual effects. Users can record and share music. With Step Beats, everyone can run out of his life rhythm. This time in the UGC era, it greatly satisfied the users’ creation and desire of sharing, not only in a interesting and musical way that to promote exercise, but also in the way of creating unique music. It also gave music lovers a new way to create ideas, through running to carry out the idea of "input" and music "generation". Privacy Policy: https://takeasnaprace.wixsite.com/stepbeats-privacy Terms of Service: https://takeasnaprace.wixsite.com/stepbeats-term
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: StepBeats at 50% against E's 0%. E's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. StepBeats sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. E asks for nothing beyond the download.
E holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of E's written reviews are positive against 50% of StepBeats's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | E | StepBeats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 257 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fitshow (Xiamen) Infomation Technology Co., Ltd. | Hangzhou EnjoyMusic Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
E
StepBeats
In-app purchases
E
No in-app purchases
StepBeats
- StepBeats Premium$4.991 Month
