Comparison

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter vs StepCrush

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

Head to head
About

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter

This app makes walking fun and social by letting you track steps, join challenges with friends, and compete on leaderboards. It automatically monitors activity and integrates with various wearables, offering a motivating way to stay active together.

Highlights
  • Automatic step, distance, floor, and calorie tracking
  • Social challenges and leaderboards with friends
  • Syncs with Apple Health and popular wearables
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports
  • Private groups for up to 15,000 people
  • Motivational bots and widgets
  • Mystery Mode for hidden step counts
Features
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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

About

StepCrush

This app motivates users to increase their daily movement through gamified team challenges and friendly competition. It focuses on habit formation with features like streaks, awards, and team-based goals to encourage sustained activity.

Highlights
  • Team-based step challenges
  • Gamification (streaks, awards)
  • Goal-based earned discounts
  • Team vs team competition
  • World rankings
  • Movement habit formation
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Looking for a fun way to stay active? Turn your daily walks into friendly competitions with friends, family, coworkers, and teammates. StepCrush transforms everyday walking into team step challenges that keep everyone motivated. Build healthy habits, maintain step streaks, climb leaderboards, and compete together in fun, social fitness challenges that make it easier to stay active every day. Whether you’re challenging friends, organizing a family competition, or running a workplace wellness challenge, StepCrush makes every step count. Why StepCrush? Most step trackers simply count your steps. StepCrush keeps you motivated by turning walking into a social game built around accountability, teamwork, and friendly competition. Key Features: • Team Step Challenges: Create teams and compete head-to-head to see who can walk the most each day or week. • Friends, Family & Coworkers: Invite the people you know and stay motivated together through shared goals and friendly rivalry. • Leaderboards & Rankings: Track team versus team performance, celebrate milestones, and climb the friend and global rankings. • Step Streaks & Achievements: Build consistency, unlock awards, and keep your streak alive every day. • Boosts & Rest Days: Strategically use boosts to help your team or take a well-earned rest day without breaking momentum. • Character Progression: Meet your goals consistently to level up your character; but don’t slack off, or you might start to devolve. • Automatic Step Tracking: Securely sync your daily steps using your phone's built-in sensors or wearable, so you can focus on the competition instead of tracking manually. Whether you call it a pedometer, a step counter, or a walking tracker, StepCrush is built to make fitness social, competitive, and genuinely fun. Download StepCrush today and start your first team step challenge! Terms of service: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter4 screens
StepCrush4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: StepCrush at none against StepUp Pedometer Step Counter's shown. StepCrush also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%). StepUp Pedometer Step Counter's advantage is ratings volume (151K vs 7) and chart position (#31 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. StepUp Pedometer Step Counter sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month and StepCrush sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StepCrush 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 151K 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 StepCrush's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter versus StepCrush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepUp Pedometer Step CounterStepCrush
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (151K ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings151K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#31 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB60 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPratik StephenTindrels LLC

Customer experience

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter

All ratings150,417 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews1,523 reviews
Positive73.1%
Neutral7.5%
Negative19.4%

StepCrush

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

StepCrush

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter

Subscriptions5
  • Support StepUp$1.001 Month
  • Support StepUp2 variants$2.001 Month
  • Support StepUp$6.001 Year
Show 2 more
  • Support StepUp$10.001 Year
  • Support StepUp$12.001 Year
One-time4
  • Support StepUp$5.00
  • Support StepUp$15.00
  • Support StepUp$20.00
Show 1 more
  • Support StepUp$25.00
3 purchases

StepCrush

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Extra Life$0.99

Questions

Is StepUp Pedometer Step Counter free?
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StepCrush free?
StepCrush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, StepUp Pedometer Step Counter or StepCrush?
StepCrush is rated higher. StepUp Pedometer Step Counter averages 4.8 out of 5 from 151K ratings, while StepCrush averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do StepUp Pedometer Step Counter or StepCrush have ads?
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter shows ads; StepCrush does not.
Which is updated more often, StepUp Pedometer Step Counter or StepCrush?
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter ships an update every 3 days, and StepCrush every 3 days. Most recently, StepUp Pedometer Step Counter was updated on November 12, 2026 and StepCrush on October 30, 2026.

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