BETA Climbing vs Walkman Step Counter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BETA Climbing
This app helps climbers manage their gym experience by tracking ascents, offering feedback to route setters, and storing entry passes digitally. It aims to be a comprehensive tool for modern climbing gyms.
- Track climbing ascents
- Provide feedback to routesetters
- Store entry passes digitally
- Modern climbing gym solution
- Comprehensive user management
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The BETA app is the complete modern solution to the modern climbing gym: track your climbs, provide feedback to routesetters, and keep your entry passes all in one place.
Walkman Step Counter
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Walkman is a simple step counter for iPhone. Open it and you see one number: your steps today. Below that are calories, distance and your week at a glance. FEATURES Step tracking. Steps, distance, calories and flights climbed, read from Apple Health. City leaderboard. See how you compare with other people walking in your city today. Optional, and city-level only. Weekly summary. Your best day, your current streak, and how this week is going. Collectible characters. A new character every 500 steps, up to 50,000. PRIVACY Walkman only reads from Apple Health and never writes to it. Location is optional and only used to place you in a city. Your coordinates are randomised on your device before they are sent. We do not sell your data and do not track you across other apps. You can delete your account and all of its data from inside the app, under Profile. Questions? Email cosmocochrane1@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Walkman Step Counter at every 4 days against BETA Climbing's every 3 weeks. BETA Climbing's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BETA Climbing ships an update every 3 weeks, Walkman Step Counter every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BETA Climbing | Walkman Step Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (26 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 8.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Chalk Technologies OU | Cosmo Cochrane |
In-app purchases
BETA Climbing
No in-app purchases
Walkman Step Counter
No in-app purchases
Questions
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