Comparison

Simple Weight vs Walking Buddy

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

Head to head
About

Simple Weight

Easily log your weight data directly from your Apple Watch or iPhone. This app integrates with HealthKit, making your weight accessible within the Health app and other compatible applications.

Highlights
  • Weight logging
  • HealthKit integration
  • View weight in Health app
  • Data accessible by other HealthKit apps
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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This simple little app uses HealthKit to record your weight on the go. Your weight can be viewed within the Health app or by other HealthKit apps.

About

Walking Buddy

This app provides personalized step count reminders throughout the day to help you reach your fitness goals. It learns your pace and offers flexible goal setting, with detailed history and Apple Watch integration. It prioritizes user privacy with no ads or analytics.

Highlights
  • Personalized step reminders
  • Apple Health integration
  • Customizable daily goals
  • Pace learning and projection
  • Detailed step history
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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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. GOALS FOR EVERY KIND OF DAY Keep more than one goal active, each on its own days: 10,000 steps on weekdays and 6,000 at the weekend. A day without a goal is a rest day: no reminders, and your streak is safe. 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 - Vacation mode: plan the days you are away, with no reminders and your streak safe - 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 canceled 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/

Screenshots

Simple Weight4 screens
Walking Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Weight at none against Walking Buddy's 2. Walking Buddy's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Walking Buddy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Simple Weight asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Simple Weight against 5.0 for Walking Buddy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Weight ships an update every 4 months, Walking Buddy every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Simple Weight versus Walking Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple WeightWalking Buddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNever Can TellRaphael Koebraam

Customer experience

Simple Weight

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative25.0%

Walking Buddy

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

In-app purchases

None

Simple Weight

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Walking Buddy

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly: Reminders, Trends$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly: Reminders, Trends7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Simple Weight free?
Simple Weight is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Walking Buddy free?
Walking Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simple Weight or Walking Buddy?
Simple Weight and Walking Buddy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Simple Weight or Walking Buddy have ads?
Neither Simple Weight nor Walking Buddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Weight or Walking Buddy?
Simple Weight ships an update every 4 months, and Walking Buddy every 2 days. Most recently, Simple Weight was updated on November 6, 2026 and Walking Buddy on November 10, 2026.

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