Comparison

Remote Walk 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

Remote Walk

Transform your local walks into virtual explorations of famous cities. Discover landmarks and learn about them as you track your fitness progress. Enjoy an engaging way to stay active and motivated.

Highlights
  • Virtual city exploration
  • Landmark discovery and narration
  • Real-time fitness statistics
  • Street view integration
  • Lock screen widget
  • Walk history and saving
Features
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Turn daily walks into journeys around the world! Explore Paris, Chicago, New Orleans & many more — all while walking your neighborhood. Every step brings adventure. Learn about landmarks you pass! Remote Walk provides fitness motivation with education and entertainment. You will get fit walking while exploring famous cities virtually! Remote Walk provides a great fitness experience by allowing you to walk in different cities from the comfort of your local neighborhood routes. Walking is an excellent way to get in shape both mentally and physically. With Remote Walk, you can make this fun and have the motivation to walk more! Remote Walk tracks your distance traveled and translates it to the virtual route. It gives you the experience of actually walking in the selected city! The app also provides exercise statistics including distance, speed, calories and steps -- including keeping a history of your walks. The app uses a Real Time mode by default which leverages Location services in a low power mode. This will let you know in real-time as you pass virtual landmarks in the routes. The passed landmarks will be spoken to you with narration, and can be mixed with any current music you are playing on your phone. So don't forget to wear your headphones. The more you walk, the more landmarks you pass, and the more exercise you get. Features include: - Ability to view your position on the virtual map using google maps view (flat or satellite). When you move locally, you see your position progress on the route map. - Ability to see street view (with map thumbnail) of your virtual route that updates in real-time as you walk to make you feel like you are there. You can look around the street view using standard gestures. - Live widget support to see progress on Lock Screen. - Routes have various landmarks. As you pass them, they are announced via audio, and you also get notifications on your phone/watch (when in Real Time mode) - Flexible audio output settings exist so user can specify if landmark narration is on or off, just off if mixed with other audio (e.g., an audio book). You can also specify if audio is headphones only or if speaker is allowed. And if speaker allowed, you can specify if it should honor the mute switch of the phone or not. - A landmark view is available where you can see information on all the landmarks you passed as well as the ability to jump to a Wikipedia entry of the landmark as well as see a 360 panoramic view of the site using Google maps technology. - A real-time exercise statistics page where you can see your current walking statistics like steps count, distance, and time. - Ability to save your walks and view history - Interesting routes and landmarks - 3 free routes, in famous areas of Chicago, San Francisco, and New Orleans(full features for those routes) - A one-time premium upgrade gives you all routes (on both iPhone and Watch)! I - Additional premium routes include Boston, London, Paris, Helsinki, Kyiv, Berlin, Destin, Portland ME, Washington DC, Atlanta, Hawaii, Istanbul, Dublin, and more, with more to be added! No sign-in or subscription required! Remote Walk also runs on Apple Watch, where it tracks through the virtual route based on your steps as measured by the watch. This Watch app is independent of the iPhone app, and is for times when you would rather just see your progress on the virtual route on your wrist. It will only run on Apple Watches that have Watch OS v10.6+ installed. More features to come, including long journeys and team walks.

About

World Heritage Walking

This health app turns your daily steps into a virtual journey to over 400 World Heritage sites. Track your progress, set daily goals, and stay motivated with social features. It's designed to encourage walking and make fitness an adventure.

Highlights
  • Virtual travel to over 400 World Heritage sites
  • Daily step goal setting and tracking
  • Calorie and distance monitoring
  • Weekly and monthly step count visualization
  • Social sharing and 'likes' for motivation
  • Cloud data backup and synchronization
  • 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

Remote Walk4 screens
World Heritage Walking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: World Heritage Walking at 4.7 against Remote Walk's 4.1. World Heritage Walking also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 63%). Remote Walk's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (44 vs 10). On price, update cadence, 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. Remote Walk sells 1 one-off in-app purchase 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

World Heritage Walking holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Remote Walk's written reviews are positive against 81% of World Heritage Walking's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remote Walk ships an update every 3 weeks, World Heritage Walking monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Remote Walk versus World Heritage Walking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote WalkWorld Heritage Walking
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (44 ratings)4.7 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews81.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings44 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB88 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRoamPath, LLCShohei Nakagawa

Customer experience

Remote Walk

All ratings44 ratings
Positive77.3%
Neutral2.3%
Negative20.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%

World Heritage Walking

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Remote Walk

One-time1
  • Premium Access$4.99
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
Show 1 more
  • Dinner$7.99

Questions

Is Remote Walk free?
Remote Walk 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, Remote Walk or World Heritage Walking?
World Heritage Walking is rated higher. Remote Walk averages 4.1 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while World Heritage Walking averages 4.7 from 10 ratings.
Do Remote Walk or World Heritage Walking have ads?
World Heritage Walking shows ads; Remote Walk does not.
Which is updated more often, Remote Walk or World Heritage Walking?
Remote Walk ships an update every 3 weeks, and World Heritage Walking monthly. Most recently, Remote Walk was updated on June 10, 2026 and World Heritage Walking on September 20, 2026.

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