StepStella
Virtual Walk Around the Earth
StepStella is an anonymous walking journal. It moves your virtual position across the globe by the distance you walked yesterday. Once a day, choose a direction and leave a short message. Each record becomes a star on a 3D globe, and your days connect into a constellation.
- iPhone
- iOS 17 or later
- Free
- No ads or in-app purchases
Coming soon to the App Store
Features
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One record a day
Yesterday's steps and walking distance (midnight to midnight) come in from Apple Health. Choose a direction, and your virtual position moves that far. Add a message of up to 140 characters.
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A constellation on the globe
Your records connect like a constellation on a 3D globe. Milestones run from your first marathon distance to a full trip around the Earth (40,075 km).
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Journey Neighbors
See anonymous public records from travelers near your virtual position. Distances appear only as rough ranges, like "Within 1 km."
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Streak
Days with 0 steps keep your streak going too, as long as you record them. The longer your streak, the more directions you can choose from, and the wider the area searched for Journey Neighbors. Once a month, Streak Freeze protects your streak for one day.
How it works
- Sign in with Apple and allow StepStella to read your steps and walking distance from Apple Health. Your journey starts at the center of your starting city.
- Once a day, open the app. Choose a direction, write a short message, and decide whether to share the record on the public feed.
- See your constellation grow on the globe, and read records from your Journey Neighbors.
Only today's record can be deleted, because today's position continues from your previous record.
Privacy
- No names or profile photos. Other people see you only as a random anonymous ID. We don't ask for your Apple Account email or name.
- Your exact location is never saved. StepStella reads your device location only once, when you sign up, to find your starting city. You don't have to allow it. Our server saves only an approximate location (usually the center of your starting city). StepStella doesn't read your location when you record, and doesn't track your location in the background.
- StepStella only reads from Apple Health. It never writes to it. It saves only yesterday's total steps and distance. If you share a record on the public feed, other people can see its steps, distance, and message.
Requirements
- An iPhone with iOS 17 or later
- An Apple Account, to sign in with Apple
- Access to Apple Health. Without it, your steps are recorded as 0.
- An internet connection. You can't record offline.
- Languages: English, Korean, and Japanese