Comparison

Briskwalk vs World Heritage Walking

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

Head to head
About

Briskwalk

This app creates personalized walking routines to help you lose fat and boost energy. It tracks your steps, summarizes weekly activity, and maps past workouts. Integrates with the Health app for accurate data and a clean interface.

Highlights
  • Custom walking routines
  • Step count widget
  • Weekly activity summary
  • Workout mapping
  • Health app integration
  • Clean interface
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Walk briskly, see your progress and stay motivated. Briskwalk counts your steps and brisk minutes, maps every walk and guides you through interval walks that get a little harder as you improve. TODAY AT A GLANCE • Steps, distance and calories for the day, with a step goal you set • Swipe back through earlier days, or see your step history for the last 7 days, 30 days, 6 months or year • A daily streak and your brisk minutes for the week BRISK MINUTES Every minute you walk at 100 or more steps a minute counts as a brisk minute, the pace research uses for moderate-intensity walking. A weekly goal based on the WHO's recommended 150 active minutes keeps you on track. GUIDED BRISK INTERVALS • Three levels: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced, with sessions from 22 to 55 minutes • Each session warms you up, mixes your normal pace with short brisk bursts and cools you down • Finish a level and you move up; after Advanced, every round gets 5% longer • A recorded voice coach announces each change and nudges you if you slow down EVERY WALK, MAPPED • Your route on a map, with distance, time, pace, steps, brisk minutes and calories • A calendar of your walks by week and month • Share a card of your walk and its route CHALLENGES Join a monthly distance challenge, hit 10,000 steps a day for a week or reach 150 brisk minutes. With Plus, set targets of your own for virtual walks and events. WORKS WITH APPLE HEALTH AND APPLE WATCH Briskwalk reads steps, distance and active calories from all your devices, including Apple Watch, and saves your walks to the Health app. Your walks are backed up to iCloud. Also: a step count widget, walk reminders on the days you choose, and no ads. Available in English, Spanish and Malay. BRISKWALK PLUS Step tracking, walk history, sharing and one challenge at a time are free, and you can try a guided session for free. Plus unlocks all guided brisk intervals, as many challenges at a time as you like, your own targets, yearly trends, exports and custom sounds. Briskwalk Plus is an optional auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://briskwalk.miklospavel.workers.dev/privacy

About

World Heritage Walking

Embark on a virtual journey to over 400 World Heritage sites by walking. This app uses your phone's pedometer to track steps, encouraging daily exercise and helping you reach fitness goals. Share your progress and stay motivated with a global community.

Highlights
  • Virtual travel to over 400 World Heritage sites
  • Daily step tracking and calorie counting
  • Set and achieve daily step goals
  • Visualize weekly and monthly step progress
  • SNS integration for sharing and motivation
  • Cloud data management for security
  • Battery-efficient step monitoring
Features
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Introduced in NHK BS1 Walkers TV "The 2nd Kyoto Edition. Featured in the February 2022 issue of “大人のおしゃれ手帖”. World Heritage Walking (Pedometer) is a health care application that works in conjunction with the pedometer on your smartphone or Apple Watch to take you on a World Heritage adventure. More than 400 World Heritage sites are available, and courses are set so that users can achieve "8,000 steps per day. Users can virtually visit World Heritage sites on the map in conjunction with the pedometer at cultural, natural, and composite World Heritage sites around the world. Users set a goal to reach a World Heritage site, so the application encourages walking and helps users get exercise. It may even help you study for the World Heritage Examination! ■ There are over 400 registered World Heritage sites! A total of more than 400 World Heritage sites in Asia, Europe, South America, Africa, Oceania, and North and Central America can be visited on the app. Users can freely select the World Heritage sites they wish to visit. All they have to do is walk with their phone! The app counts the number of steps you take and moves you to your destination. ■ A simple pedometer function is included! You can immediately check the number of steps taken and calories burned in a day! Easily check the number of steps taken, calories burned, distance walked, and time spent in a day. Users can set a target number of steps to see if they are on track to meet their goal. Users can also check their weekly step count on a bar graph or line graph. ■ A step count calendar is also included! Check your monthly step count! You can check the number of steps you have taken each month on the step count calendar. If the target number of steps has been reached, the gauge will be maxed out and a check mark will be added. The number of steps is visualized in an easy-to-understand manner, so you can immediately check if you have achieved your daily step count goal. You can also check the number of steps taken per hour on a bar graph or line graph. ■ Post the results of your daily steps with the SNS function! Keep your motivation up with the "likes" that people give you! Users can post comments when they reach a World Heritage Site. The postings can be viewed and "liked" by users all over the world. Users can see the comments and "likes" and stay motivated to continue walking without getting bored. ■ Data is securely managed in the cloud! User data can be securely managed in the cloud using your Apple or Google account. Even if you delete the app or change the model of your smartphone, you can continue to use the app in the same state as before. ■ Designed to conserve your phone's battery, so you can go out with peace of mind! To reduce battery consumption, the number of steps is not monitored in real time. The number of steps is not monitored even when the app is in the background. The app is designed to acquire the number of steps only when the number of steps is necessary due to user operations while the app is in the foreground, thus reducing the battery consumption of the smartphone. Compared to conventional pedometers, which consume large amounts of battery power, this energy-saving design allows you to use the app with peace of mind. ■ Major World Heritage Sites Mt. Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto Machu Picchu Nazca Terrestrial Paintings Palpa Terrestrial Paintings Tower of London Durham Castle Statue of Liberty Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Henderson Island Gorham Caves Galapagos Islands Angkor Wat Early Christian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki Memphis and its Cemetery Ruins Great Sphinx of Kiza Great Pyramid of Kiza Pyramid of King Kafler and more... ■ Others This app uses HealthKit. Information on World Heritage Sites is taken from Wikipedia. Terms of Service: https://whwapp.com/en/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://whwapp.com/en/privacy.html

Screenshots

Briskwalk4 screens
World Heritage Walking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Briskwalk at none against World Heritage Walking's shown. Briskwalk also leads on ratings volume (80 vs 10) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). World Heritage Walking's advantage is review sentiment (81% vs 57%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Briskwalk sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and World Heritage Walking sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Briskwalk against 4.7 for World Heritage Walking. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Briskwalk has 80 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Briskwalk's written reviews are positive against 81% of World Heritage Walking's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Briskwalk ships an update every 2 months, World Heritage Walking monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Briskwalk versus World Heritage Walking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBriskwalkWorld Heritage Walking
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (80 ratings)4.7 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews81.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings80 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB92 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMiklos PavelShohei Nakagawa

Customer experience

Briskwalk

All ratings79 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

World Heritage Walking

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive81.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative9.4%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Briskwalk

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly access to premium$4.991 Month
  • Yearly access to premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
6 purchases

World Heritage Walking

Subscriptions2
  • PRO(Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • PRO(Annual)$44.991 Year
One-time4
  • Juice$0.99
  • Lunch$2.99
  • Spa$3.99
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  • Dinner$7.99

Questions

Is Briskwalk free?
Briskwalk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is World Heritage Walking free?
World Heritage Walking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Briskwalk or World Heritage Walking?
World Heritage Walking is rated higher. Briskwalk averages 4.7 out of 5 from 80 ratings, while World Heritage Walking averages 4.7 from 10 ratings.
Do Briskwalk or World Heritage Walking have ads?
World Heritage Walking shows ads; Briskwalk does not.
Which is updated more often, Briskwalk or World Heritage Walking?
Briskwalk ships an update every 2 months, and World Heritage Walking monthly. Most recently, Briskwalk was updated on November 11, 2026 and World Heritage Walking on November 7, 2026.

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