# Charlie - Walking Charlie — user reviews > 136 indexed App Store user reviews of Charlie by Hyowon Jeon, rated 4.80/5 from 1,701 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/charlie-walking-charlie/id1638926773/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/charlie-walking-charlie/id1638926773.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,529 · 4★ 79 · 3★ 33 · 2★ 20 · 1★ 40 ## What do users think of Charlie? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 😊 Cute and engaging character design - 🏃 Motivates users to walk more daily - 👥 Great for social accountability with friends/family - 🎨 Fun customization options for character outfits - 🎮 Gamified approach to fitness tracking - 💪 Helps users achieve health goals and weight loss - 🏠 Shared house feature for group motivation - ⭐ Simple and intuitive user interface **Cons** - 🐛 Inaccurate step counting (consistently undercounts) - ⌚ Poor Apple Watch integration - only tracks phone steps - 🔧 Frequent app maintenance and downtime - 🔌 Connection issues in certain regions - 📱 Doesn't sync properly with Apple Health app - ⚠️ App crashes and loading failures - 🔐 Requires mandatory two-factor authentication - 📊 Step count discrepancies of thousands of steps **Commonly reported bugs** - Step count significantly lower than Apple Health and Apple Watch - App maintenance occurring multiple times per week - Login authentication failures - App won't load or displays 'loading' indefinitely - Steps not syncing from manually logged treadmill workouts - Main page showing 0 steps while cumulative count updates - Connection too weak error in certain regions - House creation and donut storage issues - Ad reward not being distributed after watching - Calendar not recording steps after specific dates - Home screen not displaying after updates **Most requested features** - Apple Watch step synchronization - Manual step input option - In-app chat feature for shared houses - Ability to sell/trade clothing items for currency - Gift clothing items to friends - Daily challenges instead of stopping after day 40 - Community bulletin board for photos and comments - Customizable outfit colors - Widget for home screen display - Emo Charlie customization option - Treadmill workout step tracking - Moustache customization option ## Newest reviews (18 of 136) ### 4/5 — :)) *2026-08-19* It’s an amazing app and I’m currently LOVING it, I js personally wish it has more daily goals that would earn you points to make it more engaging like a game. I’ve watched many of my friends stop actively trying to reach the goal as it is mainly milestones over a few days/weeks as opposed to daily objectives. However, overall an amazing app with really a cute mascot and clothing options. (I love the donut point system). Thank you!! ### 4/5 — very good app, just one minor issue *2026-08-08, version 2.18.3* this app is very good motivation to get your steps in. i just wish you could connect a fitness watch to track ur steps too so that it counts that.. my charlie is very obese when he should be at a healthy weight bc i don’t carry my phone everywhere. other than that, great app! ### 2/5 — Logged out *2026-08-07, version 2.18.3* My bf and I got randomly logged out and now we can’t get back in. We tried signing in but it’s making us start all over again by making us create a new account which would mean losing all our data and outfits. This sucks. ### 4/5 — Inop Ads *2026-07-29, version 2.17.0* Recently I have been unable to close out the ads for donuts ### 3/5 — Fun based *2026-07-28, version 2.17.0* If you want accuracy then forget it… Play it for fun… The accuracy is like 2000+ steps short than the actual steps you made… ### 4/5 — so cute and motivates me to walk BUT *2026-07-23, version 2.16.0* I really think they should add a widget option it would be so good easy and you dont have to open the app to see charlies status this is more of a request than a review but anyways.. ### 4/5 — Good *2026-07-22, version 2.16.0* I like everything. Motivates me to stay healthy. Invited lot of friends. Only few things: If you upgrade the house, there should be certain perks that come along with it (ex: more donuts or mini games) Also in the house u should let us see how many donuts each person donated. I hope you guys continue to update and add more stuff ### 3/5 — Glitch made me lose my streak *2026-07-12* I absolutely loved this app at first as it is very cute and also surprisingly actually motivated me to walk 5,000 steps each day. I was getting into incredibly healthy habits. But then… one day, after my hard earned six pack, I found that for some reason, in the middle of the night (9pm) my Charlie had gained weight even though the day had not ended and I was on track to hitting 5k steps. After that something in me cracked and I lost all motivation. Now I have ceased walking that many steps a day. I feel robbed and cheated of my six pack. ### 5/5 — gets you out *2026-07-11, version 2.15.0* amazing app, motivating and rewarding, love the social aspect too ### 5/5 — swole charlie *2026-07-06, version 2.15.0* yes ### 5/5 — 굿 *2026-07-02, version 2.15.0* 굿 ### 5/5 — Charlie… 🥹 *2026-06-30, version 2.14.10* I updated my review just now. The devs (even though they are small) are extremely helpful and reply within 1-3 days when it comes to concerns/issues. I’ve been using Charlie daily. The only issue now are the reward boxes. I got a jail background from a box after walking 15,000 steps and it wasn’t in my closet. ### 3/5 — Can’t connect with Fitbit *2026-06-30* I have a Fitbit which is by google, so all my steps are on google health. But Charlie automatically connects to the apple health app since I have an iPhone. I wish I could’ve chosen where to get the steps data so that I don’t have to download a third party app to transfer my steps from google health to apple health. ### 4/5 — Including Females *2026-06-18, version 2.14.10* It’s pretty good and there are no complaints. I do think it would be fun if there was a female character too, that way some of the clothes look better. ### 5/5 — Actually helped on my walks *2026-06-18, version 2.14.10* To get the reward, I get more steps in, that I would’ve never done without this app. This app also helped me on my relationships with people as well. Awesome and cute app! :) ### 5/5 — 기능 추가 해주셨으면 좋겠어요 *2026-06-15, version 2.14.10* 친구들과 함께 너무 잘 쓰고 있는데요. 일상공유하는 기능 (사진찍어서 올리는것)에 댓글을 쓸 수 있는 기능이 있으면 좋겠습니다!!! ### 5/5 — no connection to garmin *2026-06-10* Would be great if my garmin watch could connect to the app to update my step count instead of connecting to apple health since I don't have an apple watch that tracks my steps throughout the day. When i try manually inputting steps into apple health to match my garmin step count, it doesn't reflect those additional steps on the charlie app Update: you can prioritize garmin as the main source of data for apple health and it updates whenever you sync garmin/phone. Works great now! 5/5 ### 5/5 — Love it! But need update on the house *2026-06-09* I walked only to upgrade the house but after upgrading to town house, I have no purpose on walking because there’s no next step😭 please update a new building ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Deactivated *2026-08-17, version 2.18.5* I cannot express this frustration! The app keeps logging me out and it wont let me sign in - says my account doesn’t exist? I had to make a second account and lost all my outfits and donuts. And today my second account got logged out and wont log in again! ### 1/5 — Never able to use *2026-07-29, version 2.17.0* Everytime I open this app it says under maintenance. I try different times of the day, multiple times and days in a row and everytime it says to check back later :/ I even get notifications about challenges and things but never able to use ### 1/5 — Badge Timer Needs to be FIXED *2026-05-31, version 2.14.10* I’ve been using WalkingCharlie daily since the beginning of May. There are challenges monthly and when I was almost done with the May challenge (500,000 steps for the month, I had 9,000 steps left to go with 19-18hrs left), the app refreshed and showed the JUNE badges. I felt really upset with this. The timer should be fixed. I understand time zones are different but I still had the ENTIRE day (again, 19-18hrs left) and then suddenly it’s June badges. Feel really disappointed and discouraged. I wouldn’t say “scammed,” but it sure feels like it. I’ll update this review if it gets acknowledged/fixed. ### 1/5 — doesn’t work *2025-08-12, version 2.11.6* wont let me log in with either of the options ### 1/5 — Apple health not synced properly :/ -great app idea *2025-07-01* it’s been mentioned multiple times by other users that the app doesn’t sync correctly with apple health. i wish this was actually addressed since this would be a big deterrent of someone playing and enjoying the game. the developer went on reddit to ask for recommendations or suggestions for the app, only three people commented, one being another user that was pointing out that the steps don’t sync properly asking for a fix, developer didn’t reply to this user but did to the other two comments on the post, which was disheartening to see when i had searched to see if someone else was having my issue, only to see people do have my issue it’s just ignored. i would spend money and truly enjoy this app if i wasnt getting robbed out of steps in the thousands. there are other reviews left on the app pointing out the issue of the app not counting all of your health data but there still hasn’t been a fix or even a “hey yeah i know that’s a problem!! currently working on it!” i will adjust my review once the issue has been addressed, i would love to see the app grow but with it not syncing properly it’s very difficult to want to use the app, i hope you can understand that. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work properly *2025-06-17, version 2.9.5* Doesn’t sync right with Apple health? I’ll walk 10k steps for the badge and extras but it’ll only say 3k. Then if I go to the house I joined it literally says I got 0 steps… I wanted to join in on the fun but if it can’t be sync’d properly with your actual steps that’s included with an Apple Watch this app is a failure. ### 1/5 — Houses and Donuts *2025-05-26, version 2.9.2* Does not let you create a house also does not let you get your stored donuts out of your house as well as getting your stored donuts after deleting a house ### 1/5 — Useless *2025-05-15, version 2.8.12* not easy to use and very few useful features on the app. the steps glitch out all of the time and never match with my REAL fitness app so it’s no point downloading it. If you want to track ur steps use Pedometer or the regular step app built into ur phone ### 1/5 — Steps do not sync to health app *2025-05-15, version 2.8.12* This app is such a cute idea. I really want to love it however, the steps do not sync properly to the iPhone health app. The number of steps in my health app is significantly higher than Charlie. ### 1/5 — Won’t Load *2025-02-25, version 2.8.3* I would love to use this app but it just says ‘loading’ every time I log into it :( ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Adorable! *2026-08-19, version 2.18.6* Makes me do my steps!! ### 5/5 — Got my friends to join! *2026-08-17* I really enjoy the camaraderie you get when having a group of friends just tracking their steps. Before it felt fun on my own, but it’s better now with a small feeling of competition. Originally i was trying to look fot an app similar to my company’s walking challenge after it ended. This one is much more fun with dressing up the character and daily goals. One piece of feedback i guess I would have is possibly more daily/weekly goals. I feel more motivated when i see a new one popping up right when I complete one—“I guess I’ll do 1500 more steps”. I think i saw one recently for the weekend as a push goal, if you had more similar I think it’ll help more people like me that enjoy the mystery box prizes Can’t wait to start getting back into running with this app🤗👍🏼 ### 5/5 — best app everrr *2026-08-09* this is literally the best app ever omg !! the only problem i have is that it's so unrealistic and went from being severely obese to very healthy in like 5 days 🥹🥹 but its so cute and i love it sm. 100% recommend ### 5/5 — Love!! But more!! *2026-08-06, version 2.18.3* Can you do a chat room function for everyone in the same house?? Also a ranking board too would be nice ### 5/5 — 👍 *2026-08-06, version 2.18.3* Good ### 5/5 — Love walking my charlie *2026-07-29, version 2.17.0* Really love this app for such a fun way to force myself to walk! the items are so cute and creative. It’d be great if we can gift, sell or trade items too one day! ### 5/5 — I love this app *2026-07-20* Helps me stay motivated to move as a person with POTS. Genuinely a lifesaver ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-07-19, version 2.16.0* Fun ### 5/5 — amazing *2026-07-19, version 2.16.0* I love u Charlie 😭🙏 ### 5/5 — 찰리는 찰리야 *2026-07-17, version 2.16.0* 찰리는찰리야 너무 걷다보니까 다리가 찰린다ㅠㅠ --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*