Who said step challenges have to be friendly?
Turn your daily steps into a friendly race.
Bara is a social step challenge app built for the people you actually walk
with. Pick a race length, invite your friends, and let your steps do the
running.
HOW IT WORKS
- Create races lasting 1, 3, 7, or 14 days
- Invite friends and set the number of walkers
- Live leaderboards update automatically from Apple Health step data
- Join public and featured daily races and watch your placement update live
PLAY WITH POWER-UPS
Collect playful power-ups and add a twist to the race:
- Slow a friend's pace for a while
- Rewind a little of someone's recent progress
- Borrow a few steps from the walker ahead of you
- Leave a surprise along the trail
- Briefly hide the leaderboard from another walker
It's all lighthearted and temporary. Every walker keeps their own real step
count in Apple Health.
RACE YOUR WAY
- Keep races completely casual, or
- Play team races and multi-day tournament brackets with friends
- Top finishers earn bonus coins from Bara. Races are always free to enter.
EARN AND CUSTOMIZE
Earn coins by walking, racing, keeping streaks, completing daily goals, and
inviting friends.
Spend them on:
- Hats
- Sunglasses
- Shoes
- Capybara cosmetics and new characters
- Power-ups from the shop
Plus collect daily rewards including coins, accessories, and power-ups.
Coins are a virtual, in-game currency. They cannot be purchased, have no
real-world value, and are used only for cosmetics and power-ups inside Bara.
DESIGNED TO BE FUN, NOT STRESSFUL
Walk at your own pace. Race friends casually or push for the top of the
leaderboards while exploring a cozy illustrated hiking world with your
customizable capybara companion.
PRIVACY FIRST
Bara reads only your step count from Apple Health. It does not access heart
rate, calories, sleep, workouts, distance, or location.
This app changed my life. Haven’t taken walks in years until I downloaded this app. Great way to compete with friends online, track your steps, and stay in shape!
Absolutely phenomenal, life changing app
dognamedHoney
I have run marathons and 100 milers with all of the basic running apps. However, I have never experienced anything as amazing as Bara — step challenges. Please download if you are considering a fitness app 🙏
Fun game with friends
Chakko18
Great way to get steps in while having a friendly competition with friends. Highly recommend!!
App changed my life
Duser23
The Bara - Step Challenges changed my life. If you’re not already on it you’re missing out big time!
What's New in 2.3.7
- Preview any public race or tournament before joining — see the standings, players, and prize
before you commit.
- Races list redesign: cleaner cards, no more alternating row colors.
- Tournaments: leave or forfeit now lives in the menu, matching how races already work.
- Leaderboard remembers whether you were on Friends or Global.
- Dark mode now switches at the same time for everyone (10pm Eastern) instead of your phone's
local time.
- Fixed the Home "Suggested Races" carousel sometimes landing between two cards when swiping.
- Fixed a race staying in your Home suggestions after you'd already joined it.
- Fixed pull-to-refresh not working when a race failed to load.
- Performance improvements for races with a lot of participants.
Version 2.3.7
The developer, Rohan Chari, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
Identifiers
Usage Data
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Health & Fitness
Contact Info
User Content
Identifiers
Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Rohan Chari
Size
76.2 MB
Category
Health & Fitness
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.