Comparison

Bear Walking Pal vs THALK

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

Head to head
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

About

THALK

This app helps you capture your thoughts and experiences during walks. It tracks your route, tags your music, and allows you to record voice memos, add photos, or write down your ideas. Relive your memories with a journal that keeps everything on your phone.

Highlights
  • GPS route tracking
  • Apple Music tagging
  • Voice memo recording
  • Photo and text entries
  • Shareable walk summaries
  • Memory browsing and daily inspiration
Features
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Some of your clearest thinking happens on a walk. Thalk is a walking journal that captures the moment: where you went, what you heard, and what was on your mind. Start a Thalk, and your route is tracked, your song is tagged from Apple Music, and your thoughts have a place to live. Years from now, you'll open a memory and remember exactly who you were that day. WHAT YOU CAN DO Track your walk with GPS and see your route on a map Tag the song you're listening to from Apple Music, and listen to it right in the app Name your walks, and add photos, voice memos, or thoughts, during or after Discover the artist behind the song, and when it came out Share a walk as a beautiful card in six styles, with your private thoughts kept private Browse your history by year and month Revisit a random memory every day on your home screen Get daily inspiration: a poem, a book, and an artist Free. No account. Everything stays on your phone. Think. Walk. Thalk about it.

Screenshots

Bear Walking Pal4 screens
THALK4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: THALK at none against Bear Walking Pal's 1. THALK also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Bear Walking Pal's advantage is ratings volume (65 vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bear Walking Pal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. THALK asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

THALK holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bear Walking Pal has 65 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bear Walking Pal ships an update every 2 weeks, THALK monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bear Walking Pal versus THALK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBear Walking PalTHALK
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (65 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings65 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB33 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperEUIHYUNG JUNGVegard Bratrok

Customer experience

Bear Walking Pal

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

THALK

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bear Walking Pal

One-time1
  • Premium Upgrade$1.99
None

THALK

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bear Walking Pal free?
Bear Walking Pal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is THALK free?
THALK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bear Walking Pal or THALK?
THALK is rated higher. Bear Walking Pal averages 4.8 out of 5 from 65 ratings, while THALK averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Bear Walking Pal or THALK have ads?
Neither Bear Walking Pal nor THALK shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bear Walking Pal or THALK?
Bear Walking Pal ships an update every 2 weeks, and THALK monthly. Most recently, Bear Walking Pal was updated on November 3, 2026 and THALK on October 31, 2026.

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