Move-to-earn app Step App to shut down after four years

Step App will cease operations on Aug. 21, ending one of the sector’s best-known blockchain fitness experiments after four years. Dear Steppers, There's no easy way to say this — after four years of work, Step App is shutting down. We've been sitting with this decision for a while, and it's time to be straight with you. We are incredibly proud of what Step App achieved — not just as a product, but as a… pic.twitter.com/pswBrywfyS — Step App | The Future of Fitness (@StepApp_) August 5, 2026 Built around the move-to-earn model, the blockchain-based fitness application combines exercise tracking with token rewards and gamified gameplay. Users earn KCAL, its in-app rewards token, by walking, running, or exercising, while the FITFI token powers governance, staking, and other ecosystem functions. The platform also features NFT sneakers known as SNEAKs that influence gameplay and rewards, alongside services including a crypto wallet, staking, decentralized exchange, launchpad, token bridge, and wellness marketplace. Over its four-year run, Step App recorded more than 1 million downloads, logged billions of user steps, and forged partnerships spanning web2 and web3. With the platform set ...