Comparison

Walker vs Bear Walking Pal

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

Head to head
About

Walker

This all-in-one fitness app helps you build a healthier, more active lifestyle. Track steps, workouts, nutrition, sleep, and recovery to gain insights into your health and performance. It offers guided workouts, progress tracking, and social features to keep you motivated.

Highlights
  • Step and workout tracking
  • Nutrition and hydration logging
  • Sleep and recovery monitoring
  • Training Readiness insights
  • Live workout stats and heart rate tracking
  • 150+ HIIT exercises and plans
  • Social competition and leaderboards
Features
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Live healthier. Train smarter. Stay motivated. Make every step count with Walker. Bring your daily activity, workouts, nutrition, hydration, sleep, and recovery together in one place. Find your balance Use Training Readiness to help decide when to push and when to recover, with insights based on your activity, sleep, and available health data. Train with purpose Track walks, runs, HIIT, and strength workouts with live stats. Monitor your heart rate during workouts with AirPods Pro 3 — no Apple Watch required. Build a routine that lasts Explore 140+ HIIT exercises and structured workout plans. Set goals, earn achievements, and unlock Heroes as you make progress. Understand your nutrition Log food and track calories, protein, carbohydrates, and fat. Use the nutrition calculator to estimate daily targets that match your goals, and keep track of your hydration. See your progress Monitor your weight, add progress photos, and review your activity and sleep over time. Keep your goals close with home screen widgets. Stay motivated together Compete with friends, climb the global leaderboard, and share your milestones. Connected with Apple Health With your permission, Walker uses HealthKit to read and save supported health and fitness data. iCloud keeps supported app data in sync across your devices. Some features require a WALKER+ subscription. Terms of use: https://www.gaivoronskii.com/walker/terms-of-use Privacy policy: https://www.gaivoronskii.com/walker/privacy-policy

About

Bear Walking Pal

This app encourages daily walking by tracking your steps, distance, and calories burned with a cute bear companion. Earn collectible rewards and view detailed statistics to stay motivated on your fitness journey.

Highlights
  • Accurate step tracking
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Voice walking journal
  • Motivational bear character
  • Collectible rewards
  • Home screen widgets
  • Detailed statistics
Features
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Make every walk feel a little more rewarding. Bear Walking Pal is a friendly step counter built around Tom the Bear. Check your daily movement, work toward a goal, and enjoy a small celebration when you get there. The clean design keeps your progress easy to read while Tom adds a little warmth to every day. DAILY STEP COUNTER • See steps, distance, estimated calories burned, and flights climbed from available motion and Apple Health data • Choose a daily target of 4,000, 7,000, 10,000, or 15,000 steps • Compare today with your average and review daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly trends TOM, YOUR WALKING COMPANION • Watch Tom’s mood change as your day progresses • Tap Tom to see him dance • Celebrate when you reach your daily goal • With Premium, collect Ddakji designs as a fun record of your achievements IPHONE AND APPLE WATCH • Check your steps from Apple Watch complications • With Premium, create walking notes from your wrist • With Premium, start a voice note using Double Tap on compatible Apple Watch models running watchOS 11 • Add Home Screen widgets for an at-a-glance view on iPhone VOICE WALKING JOURNAL Capture an idea, observation, or memory without stopping your walk. Speak naturally and Bear Walking Pal transcribes your voice into a daily note. Walk Notes are available on iPhone and Apple Watch with Premium. PROGRESS AT A GLANCE • Review your walking history in clear charts • Explore achievements in the Premium calendar • Set walk reminders and receive a notification when you reach your goal PREMIUM FEATURES The optional Premium Upgrade includes Calendar View, the Ddakji collection, Walk Notes, and iCloud backup. Bear Walking Pal uses HealthKit to integrate with Apple Health. Step and activity estimates can vary according to your device, permissions, available data, and how the device is carried. Take a walk with Tom today and give each step a little more personality. Questions or feedback: bearwalkingpal@gmail.com

Screenshots

Walker4 screens
Bear Walking Pal4 screens

Verdict

The call

Walker and Bear Walking Pal both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 72% of Walker's written reviews are positive against 63% of Bear Walking Pal's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Walker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Bear Walking Pal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 — 4.6 for Walker against 4.8 for Bear Walking Pal. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 124 and 65 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Walker's written reviews are positive against 63% of Bear Walking Pal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Walker ships an update fortnightly, Bear Walking Pal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Walker versus Bear Walking Pal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWalkerBear Walking Pal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (124 ratings)4.8 (65 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.0% of reviews — better63.2% of reviews
Number of ratings124 — better65
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGaivoronski Andrei Vyacheslavovich, IPEUIHYUNG JUNG

Customer experience

Walker

All ratings124 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral4.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative23.0%

Bear Walking Pal

All ratings64 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews136 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral11.0%
Negative25.7%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Walker

Subscriptions2
  • WALKER+ 1 Month$2.991 Month
  • WALKER+ 1 Year$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • WALKER+ Forever$39.99
1 purchases

Bear Walking Pal

One-time1
  • Premium Upgrade$1.99

Questions

Is Walker free?
Walker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bear Walking Pal free?
Bear Walking Pal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Walker or Bear Walking Pal?
Bear Walking Pal is rated higher. Walker averages 4.6 out of 5 from 124 ratings, while Bear Walking Pal averages 4.8 from 65 ratings.
Do Walker or Bear Walking Pal have ads?
Neither Walker nor Bear Walking Pal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Walker or Bear Walking Pal?
Walker ships an update fortnightly, and Bear Walking Pal every 2 weeks. Most recently, Walker was updated on November 6, 2026 and Bear Walking Pal on November 3, 2026.

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