StepUp Pedometer Step Counter vs THE LAB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter
This app is a social pedometer that encourages users to be more active by tracking steps, distance, and calories. It allows users to compete with friends and colleagues in step challenges, fostering motivation and healthy competition. The app integrates with various wearables and health platforms, offering a battery-efficient way to monitor daily activity and achieve fitness goals.
- Automatic step tracking
- Distance and calorie monitoring
- Social step challenges
- Real-time leaderboards
- Goal setting and achievements
- Battery-efficient design
- Syncs with Apple Health and other wearables
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StepUp makes walking surprisingly fun with friends! Hit your goals, build streaks, join challenges, cheer each other on and walk more together! And StepUp is completely FREE! No subscription needed. No features locked behind paywalls. TRACK YOUR ACTIVITY - Automatically track steps, distance, floors & calories burned - Use just your phone, or sync with wearables - See daily, weekly, monthly & yearly progress - Step up solo or with friends, whatever moves you! BETTER WITH FRIENDS - Get family, friends & colleagues moving together - See daily, weekly & monthly leaderboards - Cheer, taunt, chat and encourage each other - You control who can see your steps FREE STEP CHALLENGES - Great for friends, families, walking & run clubs, offices, teams, schools, gyms & communities - Private groups for a few friends or up to 15,000 people - Group chat to keep the friendly banter going - Set start & end dates, or keep it ongoing - Group admins can export detailed step reports - Hide today’s step counts until tomorrow with Mystery Mode WORKS ACROSS PHONES & WEARABLES - Compete across iPhone, Android & different wearables - See steps on the Apple Watch app & complications - Sync with Apple Health and most wearables like Apple Watch, Fitbit, Garmin, Oura, WHOOP, Withings, Mi Band, Amazfit, Google Fit & Samsung Health STAY MOTIVATED EVERY DAY - Crush your daily goal at your own pace - Build streaks & keep them going with Rest Days - Keep your steps visible with widgets - Set personal records & celebrate achievements - See your country & global ranking - Look back on monthly & yearly StepUp Recaps - Share your walking stats on beautiful photos BOTS KEEP YOU ON YOUR TOES Compete with our walking bots for extra motivation - Try to beat Active Bot or take it easy with Chill Bot - Beat your steps from this time yesterday with Yesterday Bot STOP SCROLLING, START STROLLING! We’re built to move and connect. Join over 10 million people stepping up on StepUp! Invite your friends, get moving and see who gets the most steps today! Contact: team@thestepupapp.com Terms: http://www.thestepupapp.com/terms Privacy: http://www.thestepupapp.com/privacy
THE LAB
This app provides a fitness hub with three distinct workout concepts: Strength, Cycle, and Sweat. It fosters a community-driven environment that integrates fitness, creativity, and personal growth, encouraging users to push beyond perceived limits. Seamlessly connect your favorite health devices and apps for comprehensive goal tracking.
- Three fitness concepts: Strength, Cycle, Sweat
- Community and creativity integration
- Connects with Apple Health, Fitbit, Garmin, and more
- Comprehensive fitness goal tracking
- Inclusive and empowering environment
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Designed with high-performance living in mind, The LAB is about people. A unique hub offering 3 different fitness concepts, Strength, Sycle & Sweat. An ecosystem blending fitness, creativity, and community all in an inclusive space. Here, you’ll discover there are no such things as limits in all areas of life. For the people, by the people. Connect all your favorite apps and devices (Apple Health, Fitbit, Garmin, MapMyFitness, MyFitnessPal, Polar, RunKeeper, Strava, Swimtag and Withings) to track your fitness goals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: THE LAB at none against StepUp Pedometer Step Counter's 10. THE LAB also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). StepUp Pedometer Step Counter's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (137K vs 7). On price, 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
Both are free to download. StepUp Pedometer Step Counter sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. THE LAB asks for nothing beyond the download.
THE LAB holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StepUp Pedometer Step Counter has 137K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of StepUp Pedometer Step Counter's written reviews are positive against 100% of THE LAB's.
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter ships an update every 3 days, THE LAB monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StepUp Pedometer Step Counter | THE LAB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (137K ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 137K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #28 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pratik Stephen | LAB STUDIOS MEN PHYSICAL FITNESS CLUB CO |
Customer experience
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter
THE LAB
Bugs and requests
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter
Reported bugs
4 issues- Steps not updating correctly
- Randomly adding extra steps
- Unable to add friends
- Frequent app crashes
Requested features
5 requests- Add Apple Watch support
- Implement a chat feature
- Allow changing step length settings
- Provide more detailed leaderboard information
- Add option to change daily start/end time
THE LAB
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter
- Support StepUp$1.001 Month
- Support StepUp2 variants$2.001 Month
- Support StepUp$6.001 Year
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- Support StepUp$10.001 Year
- Support StepUp$12.001 Year
- Support StepUp$5.00
- Support StepUp$15.00
- Support StepUp$20.00
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- Support StepUp$25.00
THE LAB
No in-app purchases
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