Comparison

The Oregon Trail vs Pacts

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

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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
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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

Pacts

Build positive habits with a trusted accountability partner. Track daily commitments, cheer each other on, and set shared rewards. Stay motivated and achieve your goals together.

Highlights
  • Create shared daily commitments
  • Invite accountability partners
  • Track progress together
  • Set shared rewards
  • Gentle reminders and grace periods
  • Private, invite-only circles
Features
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You already know the habits that would change your life. Ten push-ups. A walk after dinner. Lights out before eleven. Knowing was never the problem — doing it alone is. Pacts turns a habit into a small promise with someone who cares: your partner, your mum, your best friend, your kid. You check in each day, they see it — and suddenly skipping feels different. Because you don't break promises to people you love. HOW IT WORKS • Make a pact — one small daily commitment, kept or missed. Start solo in under a minute. • Invite one person who cares. A couple, a parent and child, two friends — both of you see each check-in. • Cheer each other on with one tap, or add a word that actually means something. • Set real rewards together: keep the streak all week and Friday is pizza night. The fridge star chart, digitized — no gems, no badges. STAYS HONEST, NEVER HARSH Your person can mark you, vouch for you — or veto a check-in you didn't earn, and you get a window to correct an honest mistake. The record stays true without anyone playing police. And when you miss a day? Nobody scolds you. A free monthly grace protects your streak from real life, a fresh start is always one tap away — and when life really happens, pause a pact and your streak waits for you. FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY KNOW YOU • Couples — evening walks, gym days, phones away at dinner. • Families — reading before bed, chores without nagging (a pact anyone can do counts for everyone), one scoreboard on the fridge that lives in your pocket. • Long-distance — Dad marks his morning walk; you see it from another city. Some days that's the reason you call. • Friends — the accountability partner app for people who keep ghosting their goals: study sessions, 10k steps, quitting the scroll. • Just you — Pacts is your accountability partner: streaks, gentle reminders, milestones worth celebrating. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your circle is invite-only. There is no public feed, no strangers, and no ads — ever. This isn't social media; it's the three people you'd actually call. WHAT'S FREE Nobody you invite needs a subscription. The person you make your pact with joins free, forever. And everything that makes Pacts work is free: solo pacts, pacts for two, peer check-ins, streaks, rewards, reminders. Pacts Pro upgrades your whole circle — up to 8 people, unlimited pacts, full reward ladders, and a wider grace — a slip a week forgiven automatically, and you can repair a day up to a week back — so for everything the circle shares, only one of you ever pays. Your own Pro also unlocks your personal full history and trends. Small habits compound into a different life — but only if you keep them. Keep them together. Pacts: it turns "I should" into "I promised." SUBSCRIPTIONS Pacts Pro is an optional auto-renewable subscription (monthly or annual). Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase; the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://getpacts.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://getpacts.com/privacy/

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pacts at 100% against The Oregon Trail's 16%. Pacts also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). The Oregon Trail's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (247 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. Pacts sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. The Oregon Trail asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pacts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Oregon Trail has 247 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of The Oregon Trail's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pacts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Oregon Trail ships an update every 2 months, Pacts every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
The Oregon Trail versus Pacts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Oregon TrailPacts
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (247 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings247 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB62 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGameloftSurbhi Sharma

Customer experience

The Oregon Trail

All ratings247 ratings
Positive28.3%
Neutral7.3%
Negative64.4%
Written reviews123 reviews
Positive16.3%
Neutral9.8%
Negative74.0%

Pacts

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

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

Pacts

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

The Oregon Trail

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Pacts

Subscriptions2
  • Pacts Pro1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Pacts Pro1 Month trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is The Oregon Trail free?
The Oregon Trail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pacts free?
Pacts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Oregon Trail or Pacts?
Pacts is rated higher. The Oregon Trail averages 2.3 out of 5 from 247 ratings, while Pacts averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do The Oregon Trail or Pacts have ads?
Neither The Oregon Trail nor Pacts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Oregon Trail or Pacts?
The Oregon Trail ships an update every 2 months, and Pacts every 3 days. Most recently, The Oregon Trail was updated on October 16, 2026 and Pacts on October 14, 2026.

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