Steptember

A step challenge with a wider definition of movement

Steptember is a Health & Fitness app for people taking part in the Steptember activity and fundraising challenge, whether alone, with friends or as part of a workplace team. It tracks progress towards a daily step target and turns a range of other activities into step equivalents, so participation is not limited to walking. Cycling, swimming and everyday physical activity can all count towards the same goal.

Built for shared motivation

The app puts personal progress alongside team activity. Leaderboards let participants compare results with colleagues and other members of their group, giving the challenge a clear social element without making it only about individual performance. That makes it a natural fit for organised workplace campaigns, while still giving individual users a straightforward way to see how active they have been.

Fitness tracking with a fundraising purpose

Steptember connects movement to support for people living with cerebral palsy, reflecting the role of its developer, Cerebral Palsy Alliance. Fundraising tools help participants share their campaign and monitor their target, so the app covers more than activity records. Health data connections can also reduce the need to enter every session by hand, depending on the device and services being used.

Who it suits

This is a good choice for users who want a time-limited fitness prompt with a group goal behind it, rather than a general-purpose tracker focused only on workouts or long-term statistics. Its broad activity conversion is useful for people with different routines and abilities. With a 4.28 rating from 1,475 reviews and more than 100,000 installs, Steptember has established a sizeable Android user base.