Comparison

The Walks vs SPECTAREA

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

Head to head
About

The Walks

Features
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‘The Walks’ is a collection of short audio experiences for special places in your city, as well as an invitation to rediscover and interact with your surroundings. Each audio walk takes just 20 minutes. Set out anytime and decide for yourself how many walks you’d like to take, and in what order. The stories and soundscapes in these short audio adventures resonate all over the world, and in that way, The Walks connects people around the globe in a local experience, bringing them together in the fundamental human act of walking. The pandemic changed the way we look at walking in public space. This ancient and mundane ritual became a central element of the new normal. People meet, walk, stroll through neighbourhoods, play in landscapes, and see their surroundings in new ways with every step. In ‘The Walks’, walking becomes a theatrical framework. An audio-guided walk in the park, a staged visit to the supermarket, or rhythmic aquatic interactions. In each city, voices, sounds, and music transform familiar places into scenes and landscapes into stages through storytelling, dialogues, choreographic explorations and musical and rhythmic variations of the humble walk. Each walk has a short title that indicates where or how it will be performed: “Cemetery”, “Water”, or “Roundabout” The Walks can be activated using a code.

About

SPECTAREA

Experience three-dimensional images without special glasses. Explore immersive 3D landscapes, architecture, and objects through a unique viewing technique. Unlock more content with the PRO version for an expanded journey into the third dimension.

Highlights
  • 3D image viewing without glasses
  • Explore 3D landscapes and objects
  • Special viewing technique required
  • Includes instructions and tips
  • SPECTAREA-PRO for more content
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Discover a new dimension of vision. SPECTAREA opens your way into the third dimension even without special glasses. On a magical stage the curtain opens and suddenly three-dimensional images appear ... three-dimensional landscapes ... three-dimensional architecture ... three-dimensional objects ... three-dimensional worlds. Get the SPECTAREA app on your iPhone or iPad and just try out if you can succeed the exciting journey into the third dimension. But you’ll need to look at SPECTAREA by using a special technique. As a help, you will also find some mysterious instructions and several tips And then you can also discover the entire three-dimensional world of SPECTAREA-PRO with many more magical images and numerous mysterious phenomena.

Screenshots

The Walks4 screens
SPECTAREA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SPECTAREA at 12.0 against The Walks's 15.0. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Walks ships an update every 3 weeks, SPECTAREA monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
The Walks versus SPECTAREA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe WalksSPECTAREA
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRimini Apparat GbRJoachim Hartwig

In-app purchases

None

The Walks

No in-app purchases

None

SPECTAREA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Walks free?
The Walks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SPECTAREA free?
SPECTAREA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Walks or SPECTAREA have ads?
Neither The Walks nor SPECTAREA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Walks or SPECTAREA?
The Walks ships an update every 3 weeks, and SPECTAREA monthly. Most recently, The Walks was updated on October 27, 2026 and SPECTAREA on October 24, 2026.

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