Stepler vs Edge Rewards: Rewards for Steps or Rewards for Workouts? (UK 2026)

Apps that reward you for moving come in two broad types. Some count your steps. Others count your training. Stepler is one of the best-known step apps in Europe, and it is available in the UK right now. Edge Rewards is our own programme, and it takes the other route: any workout you log will earn points, with steps on top.

This is a fair comparison, not a takedown. We checked Stepler's own website and its UK App Store listing at the time of writing, and we have hedged anything we could not confirm. One thing to be clear about from the start: Edge Rewards is not live yet. Founding members on the waitlist get early access from Sunday 1 November 2026, and the public launch is Saturday 7 November 2026. So the Stepler half of this article describes an app you can download today, and the Edge half describes what Edge Rewards will do at launch.

What is Stepler, and how does it work in the UK?

Stepler is a free walking rewards app from a Swedish company, Stepler AB. It is listed on the UK App Store and on Google Play, and Stepler says more than 10 million people have joined. It reads your step count from Apple Health or Google Health Connect, and its website also lists Fitbit and Apple Watch support. You walk, you open the app, and your steps are there.

Stepler runs on two currencies, which is the bit that confuses most newcomers:

• Points. Stepler's website gives the rate as 1 point for every 1,000 steps. You can add more through walking milestones, a daily bonus for watching a short advert, streaks, leaderboards and inviting friends.
• Diamonds. You can convert the same day's steps into Diamonds. Stepler's help pages say you need at least 2,500 steps to convert, you can convert several times a day, the most you can convert is 20,000 steps a day, and you have to do it before midnight. Diamonds also come from tasks, partner games and surveys.

Two small rules are worth knowing. Stepler says it can only import steps from the last 7 days, so you need to open the app at least once a week. And because Diamonds only convert from today's steps, the app rewards a daily check-in more than a weekly one.

What can you redeem on Stepler, and what does it cost?

Stepler's listing says points and Diamonds can be redeemed for gift cards, products, exclusive offers and cash-out options, and the app also runs giveaways where you use points to enter prize draws. What is on the shelf can differ by country and changes over time, so it is worth browsing the UK marketplace before you set your heart on one reward. Some rewards need Diamonds as well as points.

On cost, Stepler is free to download and free to earn with. It is supported by adverts. There is an optional one-off Ad-Free purchase, listed at around £7.99 on the UK App Store at the time of writing, which Stepler says can also be unlocked with Diamonds. A separate subscription called Coach is listed as available in Sweden only, so it does not apply in the UK.

Reviews are worth a balanced read. The UK App Store rating is strong, at around 4.6 out of 5 from a few hundred ratings when we checked. Reviews elsewhere are more mixed. Happy reviewers like getting gift cards for walking they would do anyway. Less happy ones tend to say that earning from steps alone is slow, and that games, surveys and adverts do a lot of the heavy lifting. Your experience will depend on how much you walk and how much time you want to spend in the app.

What is Edge Rewards, and how will it work?

Edge Rewards is a free rewards programme inside the Edge app. The idea fits in one line: get rewarded for moving. It launches publicly on 7 November 2026, with founding-member early access from 1 November 2026. Until then, treat everything below as a description of how it will work, not a review.

• Workouts. 1 point per minute of any logged workout, up to 50 points a day.
• Steps. 2.5 points per 1,000 steps, up to 25 points a day.
• Daily cap. The two combine up to 50 points a day, with no roll-over to the next day.
• Monthly reset. Points go back to zero at the end of each calendar month, so you earn and spend within the month.

Any logged workout will count. That includes sessions you enter by hand and sessions imported from Strava, Apple Health, Garmin and Coros. A run, a strength session, a HIIT class and a mobility session all earn in the same way, by the minute.

Points will be spent in an in-app marketplace on real products from partner brands. Expect a mix of free items and discounts across categories such as coffee and drinks, gels, snacks and bars, protein and supplements, and apparel and gear. Those are examples of categories, not a list of what will be in stock. As a rough guide, about a week of training earns a free coffee.

Every member will be able to earn and redeem for free. Edge Pro, which costs from £19.99 a month with a free 7-day trial, will earn faster with Double XP, will have no daily cap, and will get exclusive prizes and secret offers.

How do Stepler and Edge Rewards compare side by side?

Prices and features change, so check each app for current details. Accurate at the time of writing.

What actually counts: steps only, or any workout?

This is the real difference between the two. Stepler measures steps. A walk counts, and so does a run, because a run is a lot of steps. But as far as we can tell from Stepler's own pages, a strength session, a swim, a bike ride or a yoga class will not add much, because none of them add many steps.

Edge Rewards will start from the workout instead. Here is how three ordinary days would look. For Stepler we have used only its published step rate, before any bonuses, milestones or Diamonds, so the real total could be higher.

A word of caution on reading that table. A Stepler point and an Edge point are not worth the same thing, so you cannot compare the numbers directly. What the table does show is the shape of each system. On Stepler, the gym session adds almost nothing on its own. On Edge Rewards, it will be the main event.

What are the honest downsides of each?

• Stepler. It is built around steps, so training that is not walking or running earns little. It is funded by adverts, and some of the faster ways to earn are games and surveys, not movement. Two currencies and a convert-before-midnight rule take a few days to get used to.
• Edge Rewards. It is not live yet, so nobody can review it, and that includes us. Points reset to zero every calendar month, so you cannot save for a year towards one big reward. Free members have a 50-point daily cap, and nothing rolls over. And you need to log or import your workouts, which is one more step than a pure step counter asks of you.

Which one should you choose?

Start with how you actually move in a normal week.

• You mostly walk. Stepler is a reasonable choice, and you can start today. It asks for nothing more than opening the app.
• You run, lift, do HIIT or mix all three. Edge Rewards is designed for you, because every minute of a logged workout will count, not only the steps inside it.
• You want something right now. Stepler is live. Edge Rewards opens to founding members on 1 November 2026 and to everyone on 7 November 2026.
• You cannot decide. You do not have to. The two apps do different jobs, and there is nothing to stop you keeping a step app for your walking and using Edge Rewards for your training.

One last thought. A reward is a nudge, not a reason. The best programme is the one that makes you a little more likely to get out of the door on a wet Tuesday. If counting steps does that for you, brilliant. If seeing a run or a strength session turn into points does it, Edge Rewards is for you.

This article is general guidance, not medical advice. If you are new to exercise, returning from injury, pregnant, or managing a health condition, speak to your GP before starting, and see a physio for any niggle that does not settle.