@manyhukhtar@PlaySteppa Thanks for letting me know what I missed out on I guess, but they’re holding $110 of my money right now and they’re not responding anymore at this point.
🚨WARNING: Be careful with the Steppa app before putting money into it.🚨
#SCAM
I joined Steppa after seeing it all over Twitter/X. The concept seemed awesome, step challenges for cash prizes.
I completed my first challenge successfully, so I trusted the app enough to enter a larger challenge with a $100 buy-in.
I made it to Day 6 out of 10, then woke up this morning to my account being suddenly BANNED with:
• no warning
• no explanation
• no email
• no refund
Now all I see is:
“User is banned.”
Meanwhile my money is stuck in an active challenge.
My wife also previously lost a Steppa challenge because the app delayed syncing her steps before midnight, even though the steps were already there in time. Support never responded to that issue either.
I genuinely wanted to like Steppa and even referred people to the app, but this whole situation feels incredibly sketchy.
People should be VERY careful before putting large amounts of money into Steppa.
#Steppa
@alexoakdev So when you joke about treadmill robots it’s a meme, but when I joke about phone swingers it’s a confession? I’m trying to understand the standard here. 🤔😂
@alexoakdev That’s like saying anyone who jokes about bank robbers must secretly rob banks. I was pointing out a flaw in the system, not confessing to anything 🤣 nice reach though
UPDATE: Steppa finally responded after banning my account in the middle of a paid challenge.
Their explanation? They claim my step counts were “outside the range of what is physically possible for a human” and flagged me for cheating.
The problem is… I wasn’t cheating.
I’m currently training for a triathlon. I regularly spend hours running and walking, and I even have a treadmill at home that I use late into the night. My steps come directly from Apple Health.
Instead of reaching out, asking for verification, or placing the account under review, Steppa permanently suspended my account, removed me from the challenge, and forfeited my funds.
I had $100 in an active challenge and there are still hours left in today’s challenge period. Yet it took over 24 hours to receive a response while my account remained locked.
Maybe I’m wrong, but permanently banning paying users and taking their money based on an automated flag before a meaningful review seems incredibly unprofessional.
I’ve requested a manual review and provided additional information. We’ll see what happens.
If you’ve had similar issues with Steppa, I’d genuinely like to hear about it.
#Steppa
Too bad the devs are fat asf, they banned me for having 40k average steps on an assumption that I was cheating, shortly after I conveniently entered a $100 entry fee 10 day challenge, they stole my money and potential earnings and previous balance winnings from prior challenge, and then made a joke on X about it. They don’t gaf, just fat ass neckbeards who made a fitness app and ban people for being active
@Disturbing4you@uhhandrei@PlaySteppa Also they just wait till you put in a larger amount of money like I did ($100,) and then ban your account without warning or explanation and then keep your money. Basically they rug pulled me and then made a joke about it on X. They don’t even gaf
@NoBoltsAboutIt@PlaySteppa Still no resolution, just public jokes and they robbed me of $110 and kicked me out of a 10 day challenge that I was grinding..
@AnshulSoni2010 I’m still banned and still waiting for an explanation.
They’re holding $110 of my money, haven’t shown any evidence of cheating, and the only public response so far has been jokes about my step count.
All I did was walk and use the app as intended.
@osufan125@PlaySteppa The joke is that I’m apparently David Goggins because I walk a lot.
Meanwhile, I’m banned, they’re holding $110 of my money, and instead of providing evidence, the official company account is making jokes on Twitter.
That’s the joke.
@cwitt@PlaySteppa They banned me off of suspicion of cheating right after I put $100 into a challenge, I think they’re a bunch of scammers. Seems real convenient for me to all of a sudden be cheating right after I put in for the most expensive pool.
Funny. If 40k-70k steps is enough to get banned, then explain how my Apple Health data shows a 6-month average of 42,183 steps per day.
This isn’t a random spike that suddenly appeared during a paid challenge. My step history has been consistently high for months. The screenshot I’m attaching covers November 2025 through May 2026 and shows the same pattern long before this challenge ever started.
If your decision is based on actual evidence of cheating, provide it. If the decision is based solely on the assumption that high step counts are impossible, my Apple Health history directly contradicts that.
A joke about David Goggins isn’t evidence.
@skinflowgg Obviously stage because who the hell uses a 2005 membrane keyboard in 2026?? especially playing a competitive shooter like counter strike, literally nobody does that..