Comparison

SOUNDwalker vs The Walks

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

Head to head
About

SOUNDwalker

Experience augmented soundscapes triggered by your GPS location. Discover hidden sonic details in your environment and enhance your listening abilities with curated audio walks.

Highlights
  • GPS-triggered soundscapes
  • Augmented listening experience
  • Location-specific audio
  • Curated sound walks
  • Enhanced hearing range
Features
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Our GPS-triggered augmented SOUNDwalks enable you to engage with the sound environment, drawing attention to different sonic features particular to the location. Your listening abilities will be extended and your hearing range will be augmented and we uncover sounds not normally audible to the naked ear! All walks have been developed by SOUNDkitchen

About

The Walks

Features
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‘The Walks’ is a collection of short audio experiences for special places in your city, as well as an invitation to rediscover and interact with your surroundings. Each audio walk takes just 20 minutes. Set out anytime and decide for yourself how many walks you’d like to take, and in what order. The stories and soundscapes in these short audio adventures resonate all over the world, and in that way, The Walks connects people around the globe in a local experience, bringing them together in the fundamental human act of walking. The pandemic changed the way we look at walking in public space. This ancient and mundane ritual became a central element of the new normal. People meet, walk, stroll through neighbourhoods, play in landscapes, and see their surroundings in new ways with every step. In ‘The Walks’, walking becomes a theatrical framework. An audio-guided walk in the park, a staged visit to the supermarket, or rhythmic aquatic interactions. In each city, voices, sounds, and music transform familiar places into scenes and landscapes into stages through storytelling, dialogues, choreographic explorations and musical and rhythmic variations of the humble walk. Each walk has a short title that indicates where or how it will be performed: “Cemetery”, “Water”, or “Roundabout” The Walks can be activated using a code.

Screenshots

SOUNDwalker4 screens
The Walks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: The Walks at every 3 weeks against SOUNDwalker's every 16 months. SOUNDwalker's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SOUNDwalker ships an update every 16 months, The Walks every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
SOUNDwalker versus The Walks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSOUNDwalkerThe Walks
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEchoes.xyzRimini Apparat GbR

In-app purchases

None

SOUNDwalker

No in-app purchases

None

The Walks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SOUNDwalker free?
SOUNDwalker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Walks free?
The Walks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SOUNDwalker or The Walks have ads?
Neither SOUNDwalker nor The Walks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SOUNDwalker or The Walks?
SOUNDwalker ships an update every 16 months, and The Walks every 3 weeks. Most recently, SOUNDwalker was updated on November 2, 2026 and The Walks on November 7, 2026.

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