Questions about Stepluma

Stepluma is a private iPhone app for viewing your steps, history, goals and personal movement patterns locally on your device.

No. Stepluma works without a user account, sign-in or backend — both with the free tier and with the full unlock.

No. Stepluma contains no advertising, neither for free use nor with Stepluma Full.

Yes. Stepluma is free to download and use with the full Stepluma Free feature set.

Stepluma Full is a one-time, non-consumable in-app purchase that unlocks additional long-term analysis and advanced features.

No. Stepluma Full is planned as a one-time App Store purchase — no subscription, no monthly or yearly payment and no hidden premium tiers.

The planned launch price in Germany is 4.99 € one-time. Availability and a buy button become active only once Stepluma is on the App Store.

Yes. The actual App Store price can differ from the planned German price depending on your country or region.

Free includes Today, steps, daily goal, distance and floors (when available), 7-day history, a basic goal, streak, basic insights, basic achievements, daily and near-goal notifications, basic widgets, light/dark mode, CSV export, backup/restore, delete-all and basic share cards.

Full unlocks 30-day and yearly views, heatmaps, all-time records, deeper personal patterns, Personal Range, time-of-day and weekday patterns, Walk Check details, weekday goals, build plans, advanced widgets, PDF reports and additional share designs.

Once Stepluma is available, purchase happens exclusively through the Apple App Store, inside the app. This website does not process payment data.

Yes, a valid previous purchase can be restored through Apple's StoreKit/App Store system. No Stepluma account is required.

If Apple reports the Full unlock as no longer valid, Stepluma falls back to the free feature set. Your locally stored activity data is not automatically deleted.

No. Stepluma does not use GPS and records neither locations nor routes.

No. Stepluma does not use HealthKit.

No. Stepluma does not automatically upload your activity history to a Stepluma server. An export you start yourself is subject to the privacy terms of the destination you choose.

With your permission, Stepluma reads step values provided by iOS through Core Motion.

Data can be missing when the iPhone was not carried, permission was disabled or iOS has not yet provided values.

Any available distance is an estimated iPhone/Core Motion distance, not a GPS-accurate route.

Partial data does not automatically mean zero steps. Stepluma treats incomplete or missing periods cautiously.

Yes. Goals and build-up plans support your personal rhythm and are not medical targets.

No. They are personal orientation, not diagnosis or medical advice.

No. Stepluma does not show an artificial age number.

You intentionally start a roughly three-minute walking session and can then review it in the context of your personal movement.

No. Walk Check is not a medical measurement and does not assess illness or physical capacity.

You turn an achievement, streak or weekly result into a Stepluma card and share it through the native iOS share sheet, in an app you choose yourself.

No. A share card is generated locally. Only when you choose "Share" does iOS open the system-wide share sheet, and you decide the destination.

No. Stepluma has no public profile, no feed, no global leaderboard, no chat and no server challenges. Sharing happens through apps already on your iPhone.

Widgets show selected Stepluma values from a locally protected App Group area on the Home or Lock Screen.

iOS controls background update timing. Briefly opening the app can make current data available.

Yes. Change them in Stepluma or in iOS Settings at any time.

Stepluma supports CSV, PDF and share export plus local backup and restore.

Only when you start an export or backup yourself and then choose a destination.

Local Stepluma data can be deleted in the app. Files or backups exported before are not automatically deleted from other locations.

Create a local backup on the old device, keep it safe and select it for restore on the new device.

Email tshfm78@gmail.com directly. There is no contact form or support account.