Comparison

SleepMatic vs CakeWalkRun

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SleepMatic

Automatically track your sleep cycles and naps using your Apple Watch. Wake up to detailed sleep analysis, including when you fall asleep and wake up. Log your sleep patterns with notes and hashtags to identify trends and factors affecting your rest.

Highlights
  • Automatic sleep tracking
  • All-day and nap tracking
  • Tunable detection sensitivity
  • Detailed sleep analysis
  • Add notes and hashtags
  • Manual sleep editing
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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Sleep tracking should be effortless. SleepMatic automatically tracks your sleep using your Apple Watch. Simply wear your Watch to bed and wake up to a clear report—without starting a session, setting a sleep window, or remembering to stop tracking. Terms of use: http://www.vimo.co/termsofuse/ Privacy policy: http://www.vimo.co/privacy/ ‎ Automatic by design - Detects when you fall asleep and wake up - Tracks nighttime sleep and daytime naps - Works without a predefined sleep schedule - Lets you tune detection sensitivity to fit how you sleep Understand your nights See when you went to bed, fell asleep, woke up, and got out of bed. Review restful and restless periods, heart-rate information, and trends across nights, weeks, and months. Discover what affects your sleep Add notes and hashtags such as #coffee, #exercise, or #lateMeal. Compare your tagged nights over time and identify patterns in your routine. Your data, where you need it SleepMatic integrates with Apple Health and lets you correct recently detected sleep sessions when needed. Just wear your Apple Watch. SleepMatic handles the rest.

About

CakeWalkRun

This fitness app helps you track walks, runs, hikes, and rides. It motivates you to achieve personal records with detailed stats and a supportive community. Follow training plans and celebrate every milestone.

Highlights
  • GPS workout tracking
  • Apple Health import
  • Personal record tracking
  • Training plan guidance
  • Community leaderboards
  • PR badge achievements
Features
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CakeWalkRun: Fitness Made Sweet CakeWalkRun is a fun and friendly fitness app that turns your workouts into a treat! Whether you walk, run, hike, or ride, CakeWalkRun helps you track your progress, crush personal records, and stay motivated with a supportive community cheering you on. Track Your Workouts – Log activities with ease via GPS or import from Apple Health. Keep tabs on your daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly progress with beautiful summaries. Chase Your PRs – Automatically track personal records across distances from 400m to the marathon and beyond. Watch your PR Timeline to see how far you've come and celebrate every breakthrough. Follow a Training Plan – Pick up a training plan and let CakeWalkRun auto-match your workouts to your scheduled sessions, so you always know you're on track. Move Your Way – Whether it's a walk around the block or a weekend long run, all movement counts. Track runs, walks, hikes, rides, and more. Friendly Leaderboards – Compete with friends or challenge yourself on community leaderboards and geo-based rankings. Celebrate Every Step – Get encouragement from others, cheer them on, and earn PR badges along the way. Stay Motivated – Detailed stats, segment records, goal tracking, and positive vibes make it easier to keep going. Because staying active should feel like a piece of cake Download CakeWalkRun and join the sweetest fitness community around!

Screenshots

SleepMatic4 screens
CakeWalkRun4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CakeWalkRun at Free against SleepMatic's $1.99. CakeWalkRun also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). SleepMatic's advantage is ratings volume (8.8K vs 1) and chart position (#150 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

CakeWalkRun is free to download; SleepMatic costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CakeWalkRun holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SleepMatic has 8.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SleepMatic ships an update every 3 weeks, CakeWalkRun every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
SleepMatic versus CakeWalkRun: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSleepMaticCakeWalkRun
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (8.8K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.8K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#150 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVimo Labs Inc.Tim Wood

Customer experience

SleepMatic

All ratings8,743 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral5.8%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews631 reviews
Positive48.0%
Neutral7.3%
Negative44.7%

CakeWalkRun

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

SleepMatic

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when trying to view previous sleep data
  • Inconsistent sleep tracking, sometimes registers inactivity as sleep
  • Fails to sync sleep data to Apple Health on some occasions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to manually edit sleep data
  • Improve trend and history visualization
  • Implement automatic bedtime/wake up detection
  • Provide more customization options

CakeWalkRun

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SleepMatic

No in-app purchases

None

CakeWalkRun

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SleepMatic free?
SleepMatic costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CakeWalkRun free?
CakeWalkRun is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SleepMatic or CakeWalkRun?
CakeWalkRun is rated higher. SleepMatic averages 4.4 out of 5 from 8.8K ratings, while CakeWalkRun averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SleepMatic or CakeWalkRun have ads?
Neither SleepMatic nor CakeWalkRun shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SleepMatic or CakeWalkRun?
SleepMatic ships an update every 3 weeks, and CakeWalkRun every 4 days. Most recently, SleepMatic was updated on October 23, 2026 and CakeWalkRun on October 20, 2026.

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