The Outstep blog
Guides to step challenges, walking apps and keeping a competition fair, whether it's friends, family or the whole office.
- Best Apps for a Workplace Step Challenge (2026): Prices ComparedThe best apps and platforms for an office step challenge in 2026, with published prices for 100 and 500 people, team challenge support, and cheat controls.
- Best Step Challenge Apps 2026: Compete With Friends on iPhone and AndroidThe best apps for a step challenge with friends or family in 2026, compared on price, group size, challenge formats, pass alerts and cheat protection.
- Best Walking Apps 2026: The Right Pick for Every Kind of WalkerThe best walking apps of 2026 by use case: step counting, routes and trails, guided walks, rewards, and competing with friends. Prices checked October 2026.
- How to Stop Cheating in a Step Challenge (2026 Guide)How people cheat in step challenges, from typed-in Apple Health steps to phone shakers, and the rules and app settings that stop it. With Apple and Android documentation.
- Outstep vs StepUp: Which Step Challenge App Should Your Group Use?StepUp is free with ads and holds huge groups. Outstep adds live pass alerts, more challenge formats and cheat protection. An honest comparison, checked October 2026.
- Outstep vs Stridekick: Private Step Challenges Without the PaywallStridekick's free challenges are public and capped at 7 days. How Outstep compares on privacy, price, challenge formats and cheat protection. Checked October 2026.
- StepUp Alternatives 2026: 6 Step Challenge Apps Worth Switching ToLooking for a StepUp alternative? The best step challenge apps for team challenges, pass alerts, fewer ads and fairer competitions, compared October 2026.
- Stridekick Alternatives 2026: Free Private Step Challenges AgainStridekick's free challenges are now public and capped at 7 days. The best Stridekick alternatives for private, longer step challenges with friends, family or work.