Comparison

The Oregon Trail vs NeuroPace

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

Head to head
About

The Oregon Trail

Walk the historic Oregon Trail in real life using your steps. Track your progress, learn about milestones, and see the environment change as you virtually travel across the country. Your journey data is saved to Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Step-based Oregon Trail simulation
  • Real-world location tracking
  • Journey statistics and progress
  • Learn historical milestones
  • Apple Health integration
  • Adjustable journey pace
Features
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Walk the Oregon Trail ™ - In Real Life! Experience the journey to Oregon anywhere with the Apple Watch. Developed by Gameloft as a standalone StepTracker of the multi-award-winning Apple Arcade title. Now with 99.99% less dysentery. WALK, RUN, OR PUSH The Oregon Trail: StepTracker works at any speed whether you’re walking, jogging, running or pushing a wheelchair. AIN’T NO GREENHORN Go from greenhorn to guide via the Trivia Screen, and learn about various real-world milestones and their significance on The Oregon Trail in the 1800s. Swipe to the Stats screen to view journey statistics, including, daily steps, days travelled, locations visited, and comparisons to the previous week. Observe the trail as you walk, and watch the environment change as you progress along the trail. NEVER LOSE YOUR PROGRESS The Oregon Trail: StepTracker takes the next step by saving your progress data into the Apple Health app. TRUE TO THE ORIGINAL Discover the 64 real-world locations as you traverse the trail from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon. • Reach 11 settlements. • Admire 22 natural features. • Ford 15 river crossings. • Pass by 8 landmarks. • Visit 8 Pony Express stations. • Set your own pace over 5 journey legs whether steady, strenuous or gruelling. The average greenhorn walking 10,000 steps per day can make it to Oregon in just over a year. Want to reach Oregon before the harsh winter sets in? Don’t walk, RUN! Officially Licensed & Supported • The Oregon Trail™ is an officially licensed game from HarperCollins Productions. • 2016 Video Game Hall of Fame inductee. _____________________________________________ Visit our official site at http://theOregonTrail-game.com For support visit http://www.gameloft.com/theoregontrail/support Play The Oregon Trail on Apple Arcade: https://gmlft.co/OregonTrail-2021 Don't forget to follow us on social media: Instagram: http://gmlft.co/GL_SNS_IG YouTube: http://gmlft.co/GL_SNS_YT Privacy Policy: https://www.gameloft.com/en/legal/theoregontrail-steptracker-privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.gameloft.com/theoregontrail/terms-of-use End-User License Agreement: https://www.gameloft.com/theoregontrail/eula

About

NeuroPace

This app helps you understand the connections between your daily activities, feelings, and health metrics. It visualizes your personal data to reveal patterns in sleep, food, stress, and activity, offering insights for self-reflection.

Highlights
  • Daily check-ins for mind, food, and sport
  • Timeline of actions and meals
  • Integration with Apple Health and Screen Time
  • Visualization of sleep, recovery, and readiness
  • Pattern exploration for food and strain
  • Customizable dashboard cards
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Understand your capacity, one day at a time. NeuroPace brings energy, sensory tolerance, social battery and daily activities into a focused Mind dashboard. CHECK IN WITH YOURSELF Record how much energy you have, how manageable your surroundings feel and how much capacity you have for social interaction. Follow your own ratings over time, with gaps kept visible when you have not checked in. CAPTURE WHAT YOUR DAY ASKS OF YOU Tap the round + button to add an activity, from focused work and meetings to breaks. Record its demands and explore how your activities relate to your check-ins, mental load and recovery patterns as your history grows. A FOCUSED VIEW FOR PARENTS AND CARERS Kids mode keeps each child's records separate from your personal view. Record energy, sensory tolerance and social battery, add activities, and explore Energy & Capacity, Activity Load and Activities & Recovery. Child check-ins ask only for the three capacity ratings; sleep context appears only when actual night records are available. MAKE THE DASHBOARD YOURS Reorder and hide widgets, restore them from the gallery, and keep optional context where it helps. Product-specific onboarding guides your first check-in and activity. Apple Health, Screen Time and location permissions are optional. ACCESS AND PRIVACY No app account is required. Premium is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription and is required for full access. Eligible existing NeuroPace lifetime access is preserved. Premium purchases are separate for each app. Current prices and any eligible introductory offer are displayed before purchase. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account. Manual records are stored on your device, with shared records available to compatible Unchaos apps installed on that device. Optional OpenAI meal analysis sends only the meal description you choose to analyse, after your consent; Apple Health data is not sent to OpenAI. NeuroPace supports personal reflection. Patterns and associations do not establish cause, diagnose a condition or replace professional advice. Privacy: https://www.unchaos.ai/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

NeuroPace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NeuroPace at 5.0 against The Oregon Trail's 2.4. NeuroPace also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). The Oregon Trail's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ratings volume (248 vs 1). On price and ads 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. NeuroPace sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. The Oregon Trail asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NeuroPace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Oregon Trail has 248 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 16% of The Oregon Trail's written reviews are positive against 0% of NeuroPace's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Oregon Trail ships an update every 2 months, NeuroPace fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
The Oregon Trail versus NeuroPace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Oregon TrailNeuroPace
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (248 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings248 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB32 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGameloftUnchaos UG

Customer experience

The Oregon Trail

All ratings247 ratings
Positive28.3%
Neutral7.3%
Negative64.4%
Written reviews126 reviews
Positive15.9%
Neutral10.3%
Negative73.8%

NeuroPace

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

The Oregon Trail

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Steps not tracking properly
  • App freezing or crashing
  • Disappearing from devices after updates

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to track other activities like cycling and swimming
  • Better data syncing and progress saving
  • More frequent updates and bug fixes

NeuroPace

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

The Oregon Trail

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

NeuroPace

Subscriptions4
  • NeuroPace Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Unchaos Life Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • NeuroPace Annual7 Days trial$25.001 Year
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  • Unchaos Life Annual7 Days trial$69.901 Year
One-time4
  • Small tip$0.99
  • Supporter tip$2.99
  • Big thank you$4.99
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  • Founding Supporter$9.99

Questions

Is The Oregon Trail free?
The Oregon Trail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NeuroPace free?
NeuroPace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Oregon Trail or NeuroPace?
NeuroPace is rated higher. The Oregon Trail averages 2.4 out of 5 from 248 ratings, while NeuroPace averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do The Oregon Trail or NeuroPace have ads?
Neither The Oregon Trail nor NeuroPace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Oregon Trail or NeuroPace?
The Oregon Trail ships an update every 2 months, and NeuroPace fortnightly. Most recently, The Oregon Trail was updated on November 5, 2026 and NeuroPace on November 13, 2026.

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