Comparison

Remote Walk vs Virtual 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

Virtual Walking

This app encourages physical activity by letting you virtually explore cities and set step goals. Track your progress, compete with others, and learn about new places as you walk.

Highlights
  • Set daily/weekly step goals
  • Track progress and monitor activity
  • Compete with other users in groups
  • Unlock city sightseeing attractions
  • Learn about city landmarks
  • Uses HealthKit API for step tracking
Features
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Virtual Walking is not only a fun way to explore cities but it's also a great way to stay healthy and active. With Virtual Walking, you can easily set daily or weekly step goals to challenge yourself and stay motivated to achieve them. And with the app's tracking features, you can monitor your progress and see how far you've come. The app's community features are also a big part of what makes Virtual Walking so engaging. You can join groups and compete with other users to see who can walk the most steps. Plus, the global walking feature allows you to see how many steps all Virtual Walking users have taken collectively, so you can work together to walk around the world. But it's not all about competition. Virtual Walking also offers a great opportunity to learn more about the cities you're virtually walking through. Every time you hit a milestone, you'll unlock a new sightseeing attraction and learn about the city's most fascinating spots. And the best part? Virtual Walking is completely free and requires no registration. Simply download the app, take your phone with you on your walks, and start exploring the world around you while getting healthier and more active. Virtual Walking: Step Tracker uses the HealthKit API to access data in order to track the steps you have taken. app icon - https://github.com/romannurik/AndroidAssetStudio http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt

Screenshots

Remote Walk4 screens
Virtual Walking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Virtual Walking at none against Remote Walk's 1. Virtual Walking also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). Remote Walk's advantage is ratings volume (44 vs 9). On price, rating, ads 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. Remote Walk sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Virtual Walking asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Remote Walk against 4.0 for Virtual Walking. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 9 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remote Walk ships an update every 3 weeks, Virtual Walking every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Remote Walk versus Virtual Walking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote WalkVirtual Walking
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (44 ratings) — better4.0 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings44 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB124 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoamPath, LLCGaruda Development UG haftungsbeschrankt

Customer experience

Remote Walk

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

Virtual Walking

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Remote Walk

One-time1
  • Premium Access$4.99
None

Virtual Walking

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Remote Walk free?
Remote Walk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Virtual Walking free?
Virtual Walking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Remote Walk or Virtual Walking?
Remote Walk is rated higher. Remote Walk averages 4.1 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while Virtual Walking averages 4.0 from 9 ratings.
Do Remote Walk or Virtual Walking have ads?
Neither Remote Walk nor Virtual Walking shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Remote Walk or Virtual Walking?
Remote Walk ships an update every 3 weeks, and Virtual Walking every 8 days. Most recently, Remote Walk was updated on October 3, 2026 and Virtual Walking on October 1, 2026.

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