Last updated: August 29, 2026
Answers to the questions we hear most about how StepOne works. If something here doesn’t cover it, reach out at support@morso.one — see Contact us below.
StepOne is a walking app built around small, real-life tasks instead of raw step counts. You pick the kinds of things you want to do more of — Trip Types like Creativity, Physical, Housework, Hygiene, Study, Hobby, and Social — and the app hands you one small “Trip” at a time: something like taking a short walk, doodling for two minutes, or stretching your arms. Complete it, and its distance is added to Your Journey.
No. Distance in StepOne is a metaphor for progress, not a GPS measurement. Each Trip is worth a set distance regardless of whether it involves moving your feet — StepOne doesn’t use HealthKit, your location, or any pedometer to track you. It’s up to you, honestly, to do the small thing and mark it done.
Trip Types are the categories you choose from — Creativity, Physical, Housework, Hygiene, Study, Hobby, and Social. They determine what kinds of Trips get shown to you. You can change which Trip Types you’re following at any time from Settings → Trip Types.
Completing a Trip adds its distance to Your Journey and moves it out of your queue. Discarding a Trip skips it without counting toward your progress — if you change your mind, discarded Trips can be restored from the category they came from. Either way, a new Trip takes its place.
Your Journey is your running total distance, made up of everything you’ve completed. It’s organized into milestones — real-world distances with a bit of flavor, like The Local Block (0.5 km) or The Central Park Loop (3.1 km) — grouped into larger phases (The Local Footsteps, The City Crossings, and so on) so progress always feels like it’s heading somewhere.
No. You can skip registration and use StepOne as a guest — your Trip Types, progress, and milestones are saved right on your device. Creating an account is only needed if you want that progress to follow you to another device or survive a reinstall.
As a guest, everything lives locally on your device only. Signed in, your Trip Types, distance, milestones, and any discarded Trips sync to your account via Firebase, so switching phones or reinstalling won’t lose your progress. You can register at any point after starting as a guest without losing what you’ve already done.
You can register with an email and password, or sign in with Sign in with Apple or Google Sign-In. Whichever you choose, we only collect what’s needed to create and secure the account — see our Privacy Policy for the specifics.
Yes, once you’re signed in. Your Trip Types, distance, milestones, and discarded Trips are kept in sync automatically — there’s nothing to export or import manually.
If you turn on reminders in Settings → Notifications, StepOne will nudge you at a morning or evening time you choose, so a small Trip doesn’t slip your mind. These are scheduled locally on your device — they don’t go through a push server, and we never see or collect them. If notifications aren’t working, check that they’re allowed for StepOne in the iOS Settings app.
Yes, any time, from Settings → Trip Types. Switching categories doesn’t erase your existing progress on Your Journey — it just changes which Trips you’ll be shown going forward.
From Settings → Account → Delete Account. This permanently removes your account and all of Your Journey, and can’t be undone. See our Privacy Policy for exactly what that deletes.
Yes.
Yes. The full source code is public at github.com/gzyjason/StepOne under the MIT License, so you’re welcome to read exactly how it works, verify our claims yourself, or fork it.
StepOne is published by MorSo and built and maintained by a single independent developer, Ziye Gao. There’s no separate support team — the contact address below reaches the developer directly.
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Still have a question? Email support@morso.one and we’ll get back to you. For how your data is handled, see our Privacy Policy; for the rules of using the app, see our Terms and Conditions.