Comparison

Map My Walk vs Self Awareness

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

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About

Map My Walk

This app tracks your walks, runs, and other activities using GPS to monitor pace, distance, and calories burned. It offers personalized coaching tips, challenges, and a community to help you stay motivated and achieve your fitness goals.

Highlights
  • GPS tracking for walks and activities
  • Real-time audio updates on pace and distance
  • Calorie and distance tracking
  • Personalized Form Coaching tips
  • Walking challenges and community
  • Syncs with wearables and health apps
Features
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Map My Walk – Your All-in-One Walking Tracker & Fitness App Whether you're just starting your fitness journey or aiming for your daily 10,000 steps, Map My Walk is the complete Walking Tracker to help you build healthy habits and stay motivated. From indoor walking to outdoor hikes, this app tracks every step, pace, calorie, and distance to keep your goals on track. Map My Walk offers powerful GPS tracking, progress insights, and a vibrant community of millions. It’s the perfect walk tracker whether you’re walking for fun, weight loss, or marathon prep. Now with personalized Form Coaching tips for Garmin users to help you walk smarter and improve your stride. TRACK AND MAP YOUR WALK & EVERY STEP YOU TAKE - Use the built-in Walking Tracker to follow your walk with real-time GPS and a full walking map of your route - Get audio updates on pace, distance, duration, and calories - Track over 600+ activities including walking, treadmill walking, indoor workouts, and more - Use the Routes feature to discover new paths or save your favorite walks - Works perfectly for outdoor walking or walk at home routines - Sync with your step counter, Apple Watch and other smartwatches, and select health apps for complete tracking Whether you're using a mile tracker for distance goals or a pedometer to count your daily steps, this Walking Tracker has it all. ANALYZE YOUR WALKING PERFORMANCE ON EVERY MILE - View detailed stats like pace, elevation, heart rate, and calories - Set personal goals and see your progress with the steps tracker - Use the step tracker to stay motivated and consistent - Track your progress toward your walking for weight loss goals - See your total daily steps and how close you are to 10,000! From casual walks to structured routines, Map My Walk is the best free walking tracker for tracking improvement. CONNECT WITH DEVICES AND WEARBALES - Sync your walks with Garmin, Apple Watch, and other wearables - Connect to Apple Health for accurate heart rate, activity ring updates, and calories burned - Use Bluetooth to enhance tracking and performance feedback - Works great for indoor or treadmill walking routines Whether you're walking outdoors or inside, the Walking Tracker app keeps your data consistent and complete. JOIN FUN WALKING CHALLENGES - Participate in regular walking challenges to stay motivated - Compete with friends, set records, and earn badges - Share your workouts and achievements on social media - Get inspired by a supportive global community of walkers and fitness fans Push your limits or enjoy a daily stroll — Map My Walk supports every kind of walk tracker goal. TAKE YOUR WALKS FURTHER WITH MVP PREMIUM FEATURES Upgrade your Map My Walk: Walking Tracker to MVP and unlock the best tools to turn your goals into achievable plans: - Create a personalized walking for weight loss or fitness plan - Use Live Tracking to share your real-time walk with friends and family so you can stay safe and connected—perfect for hikes and long walks. - Analyze heart rate zones to adjust intensity based on your goals - Create custom splits to measure specific distances with precision - Unlock deeper insights and premium performance tools Note: Continued use of GPS in the background can reduce battery life. READY TO WALK? Download Map My Walk today, the walking app free designed to help you take control of your fitness with every step. Whether you're using a step counter, walking for heart health, or simply looking for a reliable Walking Tracker, this app keeps you moving in the right direction. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Self Awareness

This app provides a private space for daily reflection on patterns, boundaries, needs, and values. It helps users build a personal mirror of their insights and craft sentences for expressing themselves. It does not diagnose or advise, focusing solely on user-generated content.

Highlights
  • Daily micro journaling
  • Reflection on patterns, boundaries, needs, values
  • Personalized insights mirror
  • Crafting expressive sentences
  • Private and secure writing
  • Goal setting from values
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Most of what shapes your days goes unnoticed. Illumo is a quiet place to catch it, in less than a minute a day. HOW IT WORKS One card at a time, from multiple decks covering four different areas: Patterns: what keeps happening Boundaries: where you say yes and mean no Needs: what you put last Values: what actually matters Swipe right to keep the ones that land. Swipe left to let them go. Add a word or two if you want to. Or write your own entry, with no card at all. That is the whole daily practice. WHAT COMES BACK The cards you keep gather into a mirror that fills in over time. Not a score. Not a chart of how well you are doing. A picture of what you have been noticing. On day three, Illumo writes you a reflection built from your own entries, in your own words. A longer one follows later. When something you kept needs saying out loud, Illumo helps you shape it into a sentence you could actually use. Kind, firm, or short. You pick the tone. The words stay yours. Entries from the Values deck can become goals you are already living toward, rather than resolutions you have to start. WHAT ILLUMO WILL NOT DO It will not tell you what is wrong with you. It does not diagnose, interpret, or advise. Everything it shows you is drawn from something you wrote. There is no audience here. No feed, no sharing, no comparison. YOUR WRITING There is no account and no sign in. Nothing you write is ever sent anywhere. Your entries stay on your phone, and in your phone's own backup, the same way the rest of your apps do. Illumo does send a short list of screen names, so the app can be made better. Nothing is attached to them, none of it includes anything you wrote, and you can switch it off in Settings. There are no ads and nothing is sold. SUBSCRIPTION Illumo is a subscription with a three-day free trial. After the trial, $5.99 per month or $39.99 per year. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://legal.f6apps.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://legal.f6apps.dev/privacy

Screenshots

Map My Walk4 screens
Self Awareness4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Map My Walk at free with in-app purchases against Self Awareness's subscription. Map My Walk also leads on ratings volume (486K vs 2) and chart position (#131 vs unranked). Self Awareness's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Map My Walk sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Self Awareness sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Self Awareness holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Map My Walk has 486K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Map My Walk ships an update fortnightly, Self Awareness weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Map My Walk versus Self Awareness: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMap My WalkSelf Awareness
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (486K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings486K — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#131 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB21 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperOutside Television IncLANCE FERRARI

Customer experience

Map My Walk

All ratings485,518 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews1,885 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral6.6%
Negative14.9%

Self Awareness

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

Bugs and requests

Map My Walk

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Workouts not recording properly
  • Incorrect distance and time tracking
  • Syncing issues with Apple Watch
  • Unexpected app closures during use

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for more exercise types
  • Improve syncing with other fitness apps
  • Allow editing of recorded workouts
  • Provide more detailed workout analytics
  • Implement automatic pause/resume functionality

Self Awareness

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Map My Walk

Subscriptions8
  • MVP Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Monthly MVP$7.991 Month
  • Monthly MVP14 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • One Year of MVP with 50% off14 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • One Year of MVP with 30% off14 Days trial$27.991 Year
  • Annual MVP$29.991 Year
  • Annual MVP14 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Annual MVP14 Days trial$39.991 Year
3 purchases

Self Awareness

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Yearly Offer3 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Map My Walk free?
Map My Walk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Self Awareness free?
Self Awareness is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Map My Walk or Self Awareness?
Self Awareness is rated higher. Map My Walk averages 4.8 out of 5 from 486K ratings, while Self Awareness averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Map My Walk or Self Awareness have ads?
Map My Walk shows ads; Self Awareness does not.
Which is updated more often, Map My Walk or Self Awareness?
Map My Walk ships an update fortnightly, and Self Awareness weekly. Most recently, Map My Walk was updated on October 30, 2026 and Self Awareness on October 16, 2026.

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