Release Notes

Home

• The streak card shows a snowflake and how many streak freezes you have left. It glitters while you have any, and sits gray and still at zero.
• Tapping the home quote advances it right away.
• Edit Main Screen is also inside the Steppers+ screen on your profile.

Tips

• Swipe through the tips in one category. On the last tip, a button opens the next category and cycles back to Steps.
• Tip drawings sit centered in their frame.

Stoons

• 28 more movies and 28 more Apple TV+ shows.
• Search sits at the bottom of Stoons. If nothing matches, Request Stoon? drafts an email to support with the name you typed.

Other updates

• Daily Challenges now include stair trials.
• Steppers+ is lifetime only.
• Body composition/Weight metrics/Health score is now available free.
• Pinned rank badges animate when you tap them.

Added tutorial screen in settings
Redesigned Challenges tab view
bug fixes and improvements

Introducing CHALLENGES.
Inspired by Solo Leveling anime.
Bug fixes for ranked.
Reward adjustments for ranked.
Customizable rings view.
Removed swipe up to edit view.
Improved overall happiness.

What's new in Steppers 1.6

(Introducing Ranked Mode) Opt in and climb from Bronze to Unreal. Your badge shows on the leaderboard, and the first time you reach a rank you earn shoeboxes.

(Ranked Road) Ranked Road shows where you are and what prizes are ahead. Season History and the Rank Chart are on the Ranked tab. A short intro explains how a day is scored.

(Rank-up) When you move up, the old rank fills to 100%, the screen flashes, and the new badge locks in. You can share it.

(Profiles) Share sits next to Edit Profile. The card includes your photo, today's steps, lifetime steps, and your rank. Friend profiles show their rank, or Unranked, and their Passport and Trophies open in a sheet.

Smaller changes- The shoebox count shows 99+ past 99. You can ask Siri for your steps, streak, rings, rank, and quests.

Rings have been removed as the data shows less than 0.2% of users engaged with the feature.

Adjusted common shoebox drop rates
Revamped Songs, Tv Show and Music soon image art
Fixed Stoon skip button

bug fixes and improvements

Steppers Saturday

• When the race ends, a popup shows your place, steps, and prize
• Animated shoebox for your reward (gray box if you didn’t place)
• Re-opt in or Dismiss — or turn on Auto Join to enter every Saturday automatically
• New prizes: 15 Legendary (1st), 15 Rare (2nd), 10 Common (3rd)
• You can join next Saturday as soon as this week’s race ends

Foods & fasting

• Edit Goal and Start Fast replace “Tap to edit”
• Live fast timer, 16h-style progress, stats (completed, longest, total)
• Quests and trophies for fasting
• Goals sheet (was Calorie Goal): set calories, macros, and fasting hours (12–24h presets or custom 8–72h)

Leaderboard

• Notification when you’re #1, #2, or #3 on daily, weekly, or monthly — includes your step count
• Tap Your Rankings numbers to jump to your row on that board

Home

• Smoother scrolling on the main steps page (less jump when the day title collapses)

Thanks for walking with us — keep stepping.

Improved button states
Improved voice chat function
bug fixes and improvements

Added Global Chat for Steppers+ users
Improved all chat type interactions for better stability and utility.
Restored missing Apple Watch app.

improved stats for widgets
new carousel feature for shoeboxes
redesigned steppers passport search
bug fixes and improvements

Revised the design of stoon boxes.
Introduced TV Shows, Books and Songs stoons.
Added toggle for location updates to steppers passport.
Added Steppers Saturday weekly challenge.
Added chat/rings/ edit tiles
Added live activity for Step passport

Stoons and Shoeboxes (NEW)

Collect shoeboxes that you can open up by getting 1,000 steps!
Shoeboxes contain XP and Stoons!
Stoons are movie art collectable pieces!
75 Stoons available now with support for more coming later!

Steppers Passport (brand-new feature)

Replaced the old "Stepped report" (Weekly Report) with a map-based exploration feature:

• Walk near beaches, parks, lakes (and now theme parks -Disney, Universal, SeaWorld, Funspot) to discover them as orange dots on a map - discovery requires actually walking (~100 steps), not driving past.
• Per-place step totals, visit counts, yearly archives (Steppers+ for past years), first-run intro splash.
• Waypoint detail cards with Navigate (Apple/Google Maps) + Share card; discovery notification that deep-links into the feature.
• Editable home tile; Firestore-synced; later polished (Liquid Glass controls, collapsible sheet, search button).

Medications (brand-new feature)

• New editable tile to track medications and schedule reminders (times × days of week) via local notifications.
• Add by typed search or camera OCR (reads the label, "No Results → Search by Name" fallback).
• Log doses Taken/Skipped, tile shows today's progress + next dose time. Local SwiftData storage. Requests notification permission when needed.

Apple Watch

• Flights climbed now tracked and shown on the watch (previously steps-only).

Fixes & improvements

• Trophies fix — friends trophies now show on their profiles (backfills the achievements subcollection).
• Leaderboard — fixed scroll-performance degradation on Monthly (lazy rows) and the boot-time tab-swap flash; removed the Yearly leaderboard (it didn't work).

Workouts

• Finishing a workout now shows your total reps, then sends your workout icon flying up to the calendar with a splash
• Share any past workout straight into a chat — swipe right or long-press on it
• Swipe left to delete a workout from your history
• Cleaner "Done" button — it's always tappable and is the single way to finish
• Tiles view redesigned into neat mini boxes

Main Screen Editing

• Fixed scrolling — you can now scroll anywhere on the page, including over the tiles
• Drag the new handle to reorder tiles, with smooth motion
• Added an orange Save button and a checkmark in the corner
• Swipe-down-to-save now needs a longer, more deliberate pull

Friends & Social

• New Requests tab to see all your sent and received friend requests in one place, with a dot when someone's waiting
• Tap a friend's profile picture to view it full-screen
• Fixed friends' activity rings showing the wrong step count

Other

• Various polish and stability fixes

yeah yeah, you wanna see what's new..... scroll down.

maps route view in sessions
better workout icons
redesigned dynamic goals
added weight quests
added intuitive reply functionality to chats
added top friends tile
added your rankings tile
added weight metrics tile
added voice messages to chats
added wallpapers

Bug Fixes aaaaand SIKE

NEW:

Workout Tile sessions view
Edit Workout screen sync
ZERO ADS commitment message in settings
Paywall flow improvements

Bug Fixes and Improv- sike

New Sessions data tile
New Add Workouts Flow
New Paywall UI
New Last Effort Notifications
New Streak FREEZE UI inside Streak Calendar
New Bible and customizable motivational quotes (tap and hold to customize)

EVENTS:

STREAK FREEZE (Save your streaks with Steppers+)
SESSIONS (Review dedicated steps sessions)

• New Weight widget — track your latest weight and recent trend right from your home screen. Tap to log a new entry instantly.

• Quote personalization — long-press the home-screen quote to toggle Bible verses, humor, or switch languages (English, Spanish, French, or follow your device).

• Smarter streak freezes — only one freeze can be used at a time, so a single rough patch won't burn through both monthly saves.

• Streak calendar now shows your remaining freezes at a glance.

• Skip button added on the onboarding Steppers+ screen.

• Subscribing to Steppers+ now takes you straight to the customization screen so you can pick your name color and badge right away.

• Polish across the board: smoother chat transitions, an iMessage-style chat input with iOS 26 Liquid Glass, tap-to-dismiss keyboard, and small UI cleanups in Foods and Workouts.

Thanks for stepping with us!

Improvements to CHATS
Redesigned history view for Workouts and Foods

Deprecated old messages system.

Introduced New CHATS system.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Addresses app crashing when sending taunts/messages
• Addresses app crashing when dynamic island/live activity hangs in background
• Fixes app inbox not displaying notifications

Streak Freeze, now easier to find

• Your remaining streak freezes live right inside the Steppers+ menu with a handy count.
• When a freeze saves your streak, tapping "Got it" now sends the snowflake flying into your streak tile with a frosty blue animation.

A proper Steppers+ welcome

• After subscribing (free trial, monthly, or lifetime) you'll see a custom celebration screen with your new perks fading in one by one. Tap View Benefits to jump straight into customization.
• The paywall got a fresh subtitle: "Join the Elite Experience."
• Added "and more exclusive features" to the paywall benefits list.
• Fixed a visual bug where the top of the paywall looked cut off when scrolling.

Profile upgrades

• Best Streak and Member Since stats are now tappable for extra context.
• New Permissions button in Profile → Settings deep-links you into iOS Settings so you can adjust Health, Notifications, Motion, and more anytime.
• The "Tap to expand" hint on Lifetime Steps / Distance is calmer now (pulses every 5 seconds instead of 2).

Bug fixes & polish

• Daily and Yearly leaderboards now load reliably — a silent error was previously hiding them.
• Live Activities and Dynamic Island now properly end when you close the app, so you won't see a stale activity lingering after exit.
• Back buttons and the profile avatar button are much easier to tap, especially on iPhone Pro Max — tap targets now meet Apple's recommended size.
• Preview Onboarding (Settings → Developer) now includes the splash screen so it fully matches the real first-launch experience.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Removed duplicate Steppers + button from user profile
• Fixed weight sync issue with missing permissions
• Added new feedback form inside user profile
• Workout rest timer & Personal Records: Get notified between sets and celebrate new PRs with a trophy
• Streak Freeze (Steppers+): 2 free passes a month auto-save your streak on missed days, with a snowflake animation when one gets used
• On This Day Last Year: A daily flashback to how many steps you crushed a year ago
• Yesterday's Recap: Get your previous day's total delivered at 8 PM
• Lock Screen Widget: Your rings, now on your lock screen
• Live Activities update faster: Turn on "More Frequent Updates" in iOS Settings → Steppers for real-time ring updates
• Send Feedback: New button on your Profile, right to our team
• Username & Display Name: 1 free change for everyone; unlimited (every 30 days) for Steppers+

• Tap the entire Active Minutes "Today" card to adjust your goal
• Shimmering Steppers+ and Advanced Analytics icons
• Refreshed Privacy settings
• More accurate Member Since dates
• Smoother leaderboard transitions between Monthly and Yearly
• Accurate friend counts on friend profiles
• Quieter leaderboard refresh
• Battle steps now carry across midnight
• Friend requests moved to the Notifications tab
• Polish and bug fixes
• Yearly Leaderboard is now live — see who's racking up the most steps across 2026
• Workout tracking screen fully black, no more gray bar at the top

Version 0.1.13

• Bug fixes
• Name change: Steppers: Steps & Friends > Steppers: Fitness - Zero Ads
• Apple Watch app: steps, quests, foods, and workouts on your wrist.
• New Workouts tab with Live Activity, calendar/tiles history, and Recents.
• Weight tracking with 10 playful input styles and a trend chart.
• Dynamic Goals tune your weekly targets to your actual week.
• Foods Report redesigned with macros, highlights, and vs-last-week.
• Custom Motivators and data export for Steppers+.
• Custom name color and badge color for Steppers+.
• Motivational quotes via ios notifications for Steppers+.
• Push alerts for battle requests, better Live Activities, friend-data leaderboard widgets, and a cleaner notifications tab.

Steppers v0.1.12 — Release Notes

Battles

• Battle durations are now 15 minutes and 30 minutes (previously 30 minutes and 1 hour)
• When a battle ends, you'll see a celebration screen with confetti, winner vs loser stats, a crown on the winner, and a fun randomized dismiss button
• Live battles on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island now update every second for real-time step tracking
• The Lock Screen battle widget is cleaner — removed the "Step Battle" label and centered the countdown timer
• Live activities now disappear immediately when a battle ends or is forfeited (previously lingered for 30 seconds)
• Friends in the battle menu now show their daily step count under their name
• Removed the online/offline text labels from the battle friends list — the colored dots say it all
• Long display names in the friends list are now neatly truncated instead of wrapping to a second line

Onboarding

• The welcome screen after onboarding now transitions smoothly with no flash of the main app
• Tapping "Welcome to Steppers" now reveals the app with a satisfying blur fade effect

Apple Watch

• Step count on the watch now updates much more frequently
• Steps refresh automatically every 30 seconds while the watch app is open
• Steps now load immediately when you raise your wrist — no need to open the phone app first

Notifications

• Fixed an issue where rapid notifications could silently replace each other
• General reliability improvements across all notification types

New Battle start animation!

Bug fixes:

Battles not starting or starting at daily step count

New features:

Battle history
Revamped STEPPED sheet style
Search to add Foods
UI hints
Messaging/Taunt limits for free users

Fixed profile picture not allowing custom images bug.
Fixed profile picture logic.
Added splash screen for Inbox tab.
Enhanced weight update flow.
Enhanced button accuracy logic.

Improved onboarding experience