# Walking Buddy: Pedometer — Step counter & goal reminders

> Step counter & goal reminders (iPhone/iPad app by Raphael Koebraam.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/walking-buddy-pedometer/id6804229044 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Raphael Koebraam](https://appshunter.io/developer/6804229046)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 29 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2026-09-14
- Data updated: 2026-10-06
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/walking-buddy-pedometer/id6804229044/reviews.md

## What is Walking Buddy?

Reminders that say how many steps to take and keep you moving through the day instead of one long walk in the morning or evening. Walking Buddy reads your steps from Apple Health, learns your usual pace, and nudges you when the day starts to slip. No account, no ads.

STEPS THAT ADD UP
See today's count from Apple Health on a ring with your goal, how far you are ahead of or behind pace, and where the steps landed hour by hour.

REMINDERS SIZED TO YOUR DAY
Instead of "walk more", each nudge tells you how many steps to take right now to stay on pace, and stops once the goal is done. Choose your active hours and days. Snooze a nudge or mark the day done straight from the notification.

YOUR USUAL PACE
Walking Buddy learns your typical day from the past four weeks and tells you whether today is ahead, on track or behind, with a projection of where the day will land.

HISTORY THAT MEANS SOMETHING
Week, month and year views, goal-met days, streaks with rest days that do not break them, and a Steps Log calendar back to your first recorded step. A weekly recap arrives every Sunday evening.

ON YOUR APPLE WATCH
Today's ring, steps to go and your pace on your wrist, with complications for the watch face and the Smart Stack. The watch app works on its own: it reads steps from the watch, keeps your goal, and lets you change the daily target with the Digital Crown. With the iPhone app installed, the goal stays the same on both.

WALKING BUDDY PRO
- Reminders on your schedule: every hour, twice an hour, fixed intervals, or your own times
- Keep the nudges coming after the goal
- Custom reminder messages
- Streak protection: one missed day a week does not break your streak
- Trends and All Time: four-week trend, this week, month and year against the last, the year as a heat map, typical day with weekday and weekend averages, and every year since your first step
- Apple Watch: pace and steps to go on the watch face (rectangular and corner complications), your usual pace and the day by hour

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account, no ads, no analytics. Step data is read from Apple Health and stays on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Goals are stored locally.

Walking Buddy is a pedometer built on Apple Health: it works with iPhone step counting and with Apple Watch data that syncs to Apple Health.

Pro is a subscription, monthly or yearly with a 7-day free trial, charged to your Apple ID and renewed unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage it in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions.
Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pro Monthly: Reminders, Trends | $1.99 | per month |
| Pro Yearly: Reminders, Trends | $19.99 | per year |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.1 — 2026-09-30

- Apple Watch: out on a walk the face catches up every five to ten minutes, also on a slow stroll, and the rectangular complication shows the time of its count once that count is ten minutes old.
- Apple Watch: the face rests at night until your first steps, which leaves more updates for your walks.
- iPhone: your count reaches the widgets, the reminders and your watch every quarter hour until the goal is reached, also after the Live Activity has ended.
- Live Activity: the card no longer stands still after eight hours. Opening the app keeps the day's card going.
- Under the hood improvements.

Let's move a bit more!

### 1.2.0 — 2026-09-28

Walking Buddy comes to Apple Watch.

YOUR PACE ON YOUR WRIST
- Today's ring, your steps to go, and whether you are ahead of or behind your goal pace, one glance away.
- Turn the Digital Crown for the details of your day, and to change your daily target right on the watch.
- The watch app works on its own: it reads your steps from the watch and keeps your goal, in step with your iPhone whenever it is around.
- Your reminders reach your wrist, with Snooze and Done for today.

ON YOUR WATCH FACE
- Complications for the watch face and the Smart Stack: the ring with your pace mark, your count, or how far you are behind or ahead.
- Out on a walk, the face catches up every few minutes.
- Circular and inline are free. Rectangular and corner come with Walking Buddy Pro.

ALSO NEW
- The small Home Screen widget shows your goal, the steps to go and how far you are from your pace.
- Your weekly recap has a home: a card in History with your total, your goal days, your streak and your best day. A notification tells you when it is ready.
- The reminder message menu shows an example of every style before you pick one.
- The Lock Screen ring shows how far you are from your pace, the same reading as on your watch.

Let's move a bit more!

### 1.1.5 — 2026-09-24

- Your step count follows your walk as it happens, also with the iPhone locked in your pocket, instead of waiting for Apple Health to catch up.
- Days off: mark today as a rest day or a sick day, or a past day from the Steps Log. Your streak skips it, the reminders stay quiet, and a challenge day is excused.
- A running challenge sets the target on the Steps tab, in the widgets, the Live Activity and the reminders, and the goal card shows which day of the challenge you are on.
- The Lock Screen ring widget draws the pace mark like the Live Activity, and the update button on the Live Activity shows the number the app has.
- Motion & Fitness access is asked for once. Your steps stay on your device.
- Roadmap: see what is coming next and vote for it, in Settings → About → Roadmap.

Let's move a bit more!

### 1.1.4 — 2026-09-21

- The "Your usual pace" chart follows your day again: no more flat line with a jump at the current time.
- The usual pace card shows up right away when you open the app.

Let's move a bit more!

### 1.1.3 — 2026-09-20

Bug fixes and improvements

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