# Steppa vs Stompers: A Free Daily Step Race or a Staked Challenge

> Steppa vs Stompers: a free, silly daily step race with friends and items, or a challenge where everyone stakes and finishers split the pool.

Source: https://playsteppa.com/blog/steppa-vs-stompers/
Published: 2026-10-20
Author: The Steppa Team, Steppa (https://playsteppa.com)

## Key Takeaways

- Stompers is a free daily race with friends: the most steps by 9pm local time wins, and nobody stakes or wins money.
- On Steppa everyone who reaches the daily goal on every day wins a share of the pool, so friends can all win together.
- Stompers adds items such as a bat that knocks a rival back about 750 steps; Steppa counts only the steps Apple Health recorded.
- Stompers works on iPhone and Android and lets them play together; Steppa is iPhone only.
- Choose Stompers for a playful race with no money; choose Steppa when you want each person's stake on the line.

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For a free, silly daily race with friends where nobody pays in and nobody loses money, Stompers is hard to beat, and it works across iPhone and Android. For a challenge where each friend puts in a stake and everyone who hits the goal every day splits it, Steppa is the one to pick.

Both apps turn steps into a game with the people you know, which is why they get compared. The rules pull in opposite directions, though: Stompers crowns one winner a day, while Steppa lets the whole group win if everyone walks. Steppa publishes this blog, so the Stompers details here come from its own site, help pages and App Store listing.

## Steppa vs Stompers at a glance

| | Stompers | Steppa |
| --- | --- | --- |
| How you win | Most steps by 9pm local time, every day | Reach the daily goal on every day of the challenge |
| Winners | One per day | Everyone who finishes |
| Money | None staked or won | Each player stakes; finishers split the pool |
| Extras | Items like bats, dynamite and bananas | None; Apple Health steps only |
| Cost | Free; Super Stompers and coin packs optional | Stake plus a service fee at join |
| Phones | iPhone and Android, in the same game | iPhone only |
| Minimum age | 13 | 18 |
| App Store rating (Oct 2026) | 4.8 from about 13,000 ratings | 4.6 from about 1,700 ratings |
| Best for | Playful daily races with family and friends | Friends who want money riding on a goal |

## A race against friends

Stompers was designed by Soren Iverson and Josh Rozin. You connect Apple Health or Android's Health Connect, build an avatar called a Stomper, and add friends or a group chat. A new game starts every day, and whoever has logged the most steps by 9pm local time wins.

The items make it chaotic. They refill about every two hours: a bat knocks a rival back about 750 steps, dynamite moves you forward, and a thrown banana can help or hurt whoever it hits. InsideHook's reviewer said a winning day was around 20,000 steps. Steps after 9pm don't count unless you pay for Super Stompers.

## A goal everyone can reach

Steppa does not rank you against your friends. Everyone in a challenge has the same daily step goal, and you finish by reaching it on every day, midnight to midnight in your own time zone. If all six of you finish, all six get their stakes back. If one person misses a day, their stake goes to the others.

You can create a challenge for your group with an invite code: 5 to 180 days, a goal of 5,000 to 50,000 steps, and a stake of $10 to $1,000 each. Steppa's official challenges, which usually last a week or two, are there if your friends are not.

## What it costs

Stompers is free to play. Super Stompers adds 24-hour counting for $4.99 a week, $9.99 a month, or $39.99 or $59.99 a year on the App Store, and coin packs cost $1.99 to $13.99. The Android version shows ads. Whatever you spend, nothing comes back as prize money.

Steppa costs a stake and a service fee, and the stake can come back with more. A made-up example: six friends each stake $10 on a 5-day private challenge, and five of them finish. The $60 pool splits five ways, $12 each. Each finisher paid a $0.90 service fee when joining (for most players $0.50 plus 4% of the stake, shown before you pay), so they are $1.10 up. The friend who missed a day is out $10.90. Steppa takes nothing from the pool itself.

## Steps, fairness and time zones

Both apps read health data rather than counting steps themselves. Stompers uses Apple Health or Health Connect only, so a tracker counts if it shares steps with one of those. Some App Store reviewers say friends in different time zones see their games end at different times, and that aiming an item is slow in a big group.

Steppa reads Apple Health on your iPhone, including an Apple Watch, Garmin, Fitbit, Oura or Whoop that syncs there, and refuses steps typed in by hand. Each player's day runs on their own clock. Results settle at 12:00 UTC two days after the last day, so a late sync has time to arrive, and winnings go to your balance for a payout to PayPal or a US bank account. A standard US bank transfer carries no Steppa fee, and PayPal, which also works outside the US, shows any fee before you confirm.

## Who each one suits

Stompers is the better pick if you:

- want a free daily game with no money involved
- have friends or family on Android, or anyone under 18
- enjoy sabotage items and a little chaos

Steppa is the better pick if you:

- want everyone in the group to be able to win together
- like the idea of each person's stake keeping them honest
- all use iPhones with steps in Apple Health

Paid play on Steppa depends on local law, and it is available where its [Terms](https://legal.playsteppa.com/terms) allow.

Our guide to the [best step challenge apps](/blog/best-step-challenge-apps/) covers more ways to compete with friends, and the [comparison hub](/blog/steppa-alternatives-and-comparisons/) gathers all of our Steppa comparisons.

## Frequently Asked Questions

**Can you win money on Stompers?**
No. Stompers has no pot, no stake and no prizes, and its daily winner gets bragging rights on the scoreboard. You can pay for extras, such as the Super Stompers subscription or coin packs, but nothing you pay comes back as winnings. On Steppa each player stakes money, and the people who reach the daily goal on every day of the challenge split the whole pool.

**Is Super Stompers worth it?**
It depends on when you walk. Without it, steps after 9pm local time do not count toward the day's game, so an evening walker loses out. Super Stompers turns on 24-hour counting and costs $4.99 a week, $9.99 a month, or $39.99 or $59.99 a year on the App Store. Steppa counts the full day, midnight to midnight in your own time zone, with no add-on needed.

**Can friends on Android play with me?**
On Stompers, yes: it reads Apple Health on iPhone and Health Connect on Android, and both can play in the same game. Steppa is iPhone only, so every friend in a Steppa challenge needs an iPhone with steps flowing into Apple Health. If your group is split between phones, Stompers is the one everyone can join.

**Do Stompers items change who wins?**
They can. A bat knocks a rival back about 750 steps, dynamite moves you forward, and a thrown banana can help or hurt its target, according to Stompers' site and InsideHook. Items refill about every two hours, so the person who walked most is not always the day's winner. Steppa has no items: you finish if Apple Health shows you reached the goal every day.

**How old do you have to be?**
Stompers' terms set the minimum age at 13, and its App Store age rating is 9+, so teenagers can join a family game. Steppa is for adults 18 and over because money is staked, and paid play depends on local law. Steppa is available where its Terms allow, so a family game with younger children fits Stompers better.

## Sources

- [Stompers on the App Store (rating, Super Stompers and coin prices), read October 2026](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6477849675)
- [Stompers official site (daily game, items), read October 2026](https://stompers.com/)
- [Stompers help (9pm cut-off, items, trackers, cross-platform play), read October 2026](https://stompers.com/help)
- [Stompers terms of use (minimum age), read October 2026](https://stompers.com/terms)
- [InsideHook: How Many Stomps Do You Average Per Day? (items, winning days), read October 2026](https://insidehook.com/wellness/stompers-walking-app)
- [Steppa on the App Store, read October 2026](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/steppa-step-challenges/id6755126064)
- [Steppa Terms and Conditions](https://legal.playsteppa.com/terms)