StepUp Pedometer Step Counter vs QuickCal
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
QuickCal
This app helps you quickly log your meals and track daily calorie intake. Build a custom food library and reusable meals for efficient logging. View your history and enjoy offline functionality without any advertisements.
- Custom food library
- Reusable meal builder
- One-tap calorie logging
- Daily calorie tracking
- History view
- Offline functionality
- No ads
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QuickCal is a fast and simple calorie tracker designed for people who want to log meals in seconds. Features: • Create your own food library • Build reusable meals • One-tap calorie logging • Track daily calorie intake • View your history • Works offline • No ads • Optional one-time Lifetime Unlock
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: QuickCal at none against StepUp Pedometer Step Counter's shown. QuickCal also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). StepUp Pedometer Step Counter's advantage is ratings volume (145K vs 1) and chart position (#39 vs unranked). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. StepUp Pedometer Step Counter sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month and QuickCal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
QuickCal 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 145K ratings behind it against 1, 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 QuickCal's.
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter ships an update every 3 days, QuickCal daily. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StepUp Pedometer Step Counter | QuickCal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (145K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 145K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #39 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pratik Stephen | Aleksandar Stefanov Petkov |
Customer experience
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter
QuickCal
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
QuickCal
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
QuickCal
- QuickCal Lifetime Unlock$4.99
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