MeandR vs Japanese Walking Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MeandR
This app motivates you to get outside and stay active by generating random walking routes. Track your distance, time, and steps, and review your progress over time. Customize routes or let the app create them for you.
- Random route generation
- Customizable route creation
- Progress tracking (distance, time, steps)
- Route history and replay
- Map view (standard/satellite)
- GPX file export
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Keep fit and get outside more with Meandr! "The best iPhone apps of 2022, 2023" - TechRadar "Make perfect walking and running routes" - Tapsmart.com "Whether you're a seasoned walker or just starting out, why not take MeandR for a spin?" - iMore.com Whether you want to get fit or just need some motivation to get outdoors, Meandr can help. There is no pressure, just choose a distance and pace that suits you. Go as fast or as slow as you want, or just enjoy the walk! You don’t even have to decide where to walk, as MeandR will automatically generate a random route at the distance you choose. Be adventurous and discover new routes around you! Each attempt is recorded, including the distance, how long it took and how many steps. Look back at your stats and track your progress over time. AUTOMATIC CHALLENGES Choose how far and how fast and let Meandr generate a route at that distance. You can choose a circular route or you can choose a straight out route to a target. CUSTOMISE THE ROUTE For circular routes you can drag the waypoints around to create your own route. For straight out routes, you can choose where to put the target. Drag the start point to wherever you want and MeandR will generate a circular route from there. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Each challenge is recorded. Look back through the history to see how you did, or look at the activity summary stats to see totals of distance and steps over the last 7 and 30 days, or all time. Each route you take is recorded so you can look back at it on a map. * No pressure - choose a distance and pace that suits you * Simple, fun interface designed to get you going in three taps * Tracks the distance, time and number of steps for each challenge * If you didn't finish a challenge, just find it in the history and replay it * Unit of measurement can be set to kilometres or miles * Map easily toggled between standard or satellite view * Keep an eye on the gauges that show the timer and distance to the target * As you walk, the route is plotted on the map in realtime * As you get to each waypoint, you’ll get a notification and see it ticked off on the map * Save your favourite routes with a name to recall later * If you can't make it to a waypoint for any reason, but you're within 100 metres, just tap it on the map and head to the next one * Generate a GPX file of your route that you can save or share
Japanese Walking Timer
This app guides you through the Japanese Walking method, alternating between brisk and slow paces. Receive timely notifications to adjust your speed, track your progress, and earn achievements to stay motivated on your fitness journey. Your data is kept private and stored locally on your device.
- Interval speed notifications
- Walk history tracking
- Customizable walk reminders
- Achievement system for motivation
- Light and dark mode
- Customizable app colors
- Private data storage
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Japanese Walking is a way to get the most benefit from your daily walk. Studies have shown that people who Japanese Walk have greater health outcomes compared to people who simply walk. To Japanese Walk you need to walk as fast as possible for 3 minutes and then walk slowly for 3 minutes. Repeat this 10 times. How does this app help? It gives you a notification when you need to speed up or slow down. No need to keep looking at the phone, press the button and get walking. This app can also give you a reminder of a time to walk. You set this, we will never send you a notification you didn’t ask for. Japanese Walking has an achievement system to help keep you motivated on your health journey. Modern app design. Choose from light mode or dark mode. You can even change the app colour (if red isn’t your favourite). This app takes your privacy very seriously. All the data entered into the app is stored on your device. We couldn’t sell your information even if we wanted to. The app does track app usage data, this is limited to what City you are in and what pages you have looked at. This is optional and can be turned off at any time. Or a quick summary - Notifies you to speed up or slow down - Shows your walk history - Reminds you to walk - Gives you achievements for meeting the goals. - Keeps your data private.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Japanese Walking Timer at Free against MeandR's $1.99. Japanese Walking Timer also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (87 vs 12). MeandR's advantage is review sentiment (69% vs 50%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
Japanese Walking Timer is free to download; MeandR costs $1.99 up front. MeandR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Japanese Walking Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Japanese Walking Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Japanese Walking Timer has 87 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of MeandR's written reviews are positive against 50% of Japanese Walking Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MeandR ships an update fortnightly, Japanese Walking Timer every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | MeandR | Japanese Walking Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) | 4.8 (87 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 87 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Good Binary Ltd | Alexander Everett |
Customer experience
MeandR
Japanese Walking Timer
In-app purchases
MeandR
- Meandr Premium$1.99
Japanese Walking Timer
- Japanese Walking Pro$2.991 Month
- Japanese Walking Pro$11.991 Year
- Japanese Walking Pro$29.99
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