Comparison

Treadmill Pace Calculator vs WalkingStar

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

Head to head
About

Treadmill Pace Calculator

Calculate your required treadmill speed for a specific distance and time. This tool helps you set the correct pace for training or fitness tests, providing lap time goals for optimal performance.

Highlights
  • Calculate treadmill speed
  • Set desired distance and time
  • Provides lap time goals
  • Useful for fitness tests
  • Indoor training aid
Features
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This app calculates a treadmill speed given a desired distance and total time to run. This app will tell you what your treadmill speed should be to run the correct pace for your test. The lap times are there so you know what your goal lap times should be for test day. Useful if you have a running test coming up and you would prefer to train on the treadmill, but don't know what speed it should be set to. Useful if you like training indoors watching Saturday morning cartoons. Useful if you have a military fitness test coming up, but it's too cold or hot to do most of your training outside. Air Force Fit-to-fight test, (F2F) Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) USMC Physical Fitness Test (PFT) Navy Physical Readiness Test (PRT) USCG Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) Always do a complete practice test on the track at some point.

About

WalkingStar

Features
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WalkingStar is a no-nonsense iPhone controller and tracker built specifically for KingSmith WalkingPad treadmills (R-series, P-series, and C-series with Bluetooth). It is an independent third-party app — not made or sold by KingSmith. Pair your pad once over Bluetooth, then walk. No third-party servers, no accounts, no tracking. FIVE WAYS TO CONTROL SPEED Pick the one that suits your walk: classic +/- buttons, a vertical edge slider, a circular dial, a virtual SF-to-LA route that accumulates over time, or an audio-first layout that puts the time-elapsed front and centre and surfaces the current Now Playing podcast or song. Switch anytime in Settings. WHAT YOU SEE AT A GLANCE A bright accent block shows your current speed, the active pace zone (Stroll, Walk, Brisk, Power), and a range track. A 2x2 stat grid keeps Time, Distance, Steps and Calories visible. A Live Activity carries the same numbers to the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island so you can glance at your phone without unlocking it. HISTORY THAT RESPECTS YOUR TIME Every session is saved locally to the History tab with a weekly summary card, a 7-bar mini chart, and per-day breakdowns. Tap any session to see the full detail and share a postcard image of the walk. BUILT FOR APPLE HEALTH Finished sessions write to Apple Health as walking workouts with steps, distance and calories. Permission is requested once and you stay in control — disable it any time in iOS Settings. DESIGNED FOR THE WAY YOU WALK - mph / km/h toggle that runs through every screen - Pace presets you can rename, reorder, and add to - Manual mode (you set the speed) or Auto mode (the pad follows your stepping position) - Auto-pause when you step off, with a smart resume that remembers your pre-pause speed - Dark-only theme tuned for OLED displays PRIVACY BY DESIGN WalkingStar talks to one device — your treadmill. No analytics. No telemetry. No accounts. Your walks live on your iPhone and (if you allow it) in Apple Health. That's the whole list. WHAT YOU'LL NEED A KingSmith WalkingPad treadmill with Bluetooth (most R-series, P-series, and C-series models). The pad is not made by WalkingStar — we're an independent third-party controller. OPEN-SOURCE HERITAGE WalkingStar is a Swift/SwiftUI port of the open-source WalkingPad web controller at github.com/CodeJawn/walkingpad. The Bluetooth protocol layer, the auto-pause/resume behaviour, and the cumulative-stat tracking logic were all derived from that original Python project, which is licensed under the GNU GPL v3. WalkingStar is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by KingSmith. WalkingPad is a trademark of KingSmith Co., Ltd.

Screenshots

Treadmill Pace Calculator1 screens
WalkingStar1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Treadmill Pace Calculator at 3 against WalkingStar's 1. Treadmill Pace Calculator also leads on iOS requirement (10.2 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Treadmill Pace Calculator versus WalkingStar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTreadmill Pace CalculatorWalkingStar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoeurn TournDhruv Parpia

In-app purchases

None

Treadmill Pace Calculator

No in-app purchases

None

WalkingStar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Treadmill Pace Calculator free?
Treadmill Pace Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WalkingStar free?
WalkingStar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Treadmill Pace Calculator or WalkingStar have ads?
Neither Treadmill Pace Calculator nor WalkingStar shows ads.

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