# Onward: One Vow — Walk toward one large thing

> Walk toward one large thing (iPhone/iPad app by Krishna Desai.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/onward-one-vow/id6825297435 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Krishna Desai](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896516588)
- Category: Lifestyle, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 23 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-27
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Onward?

Onward — a patient witness to your commitment.

Onward is not a habit tracker.

It is a quiet companion for a single thing in your life — something larger than yourself — that you have been waiting to begin.

A book you have been meaning to write. A relationship you owe time to. A body you want to rebuild. A practice you wish to deepen. A truth you have been postponing.

Name the thing. Make the vow. Walk.

What Onward does differently:

Before you begin, Onward asks you to name what will trouble you on the journey — the lie you'll tell yourself when you want to quit, the distraction you know will come, the person or feeling that will pull you off the path.

On hard days, when most apps would push you forward with motivation, Onward returns you to your own words. The lie you predicted. The obstacle you named. The truth you knew about yourself on the day you began.

The app does not coach. It witnesses. The strength to keep walking comes from where it always comes from — you.

Every day, you take one small honest step. Onward draws the path behind you. At twelve places along the way, you arrive somewhere — a resting place, a footbridge, a riverbank — and receive a small gift with a short story.

No streaks. No nagging. No shame. The path waits for you.

One year, or two, or as long as you need.

Onward is one-time pay. There are no subscriptions. There never will be.

Walking is free for as long as you walk, and so is the first place with its gift. If you choose to go on, one purchase, made once, opens the eleven places after it, for this journey and every journey after.

Your words are sealed on your phone, and we never see them. Onward has no account, no server and no tracking.

Made in Surat, India, with care.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Continue this journey | $9.99 | one-time |


## Is Onward safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Onward.

## Is Onward legit?

Onward: One Vow appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Onward is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.0.2 — 2026-10-29

Small repairs.
A step is taken only when it is held for the whole breath, at every text size.
A page scrolls even when your thumb begins on a button.
The invitation to write a letter leaves home once the letter is sealed.
The quieter words in your exported journey are easier to read.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-28

The one purchase is now available, in Settings and, from walking day 31, at the foot of home. It opens the eleven places after the first, with their gifts and stories, for this journey and every journey after. Walking stays free for as long as you walk.

### 1.0 — 2026-10-27

No release notes.

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- [QuietPage Journal](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/quietpage-journal/id6774216806)
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