Comparison

Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker vs dogwalk personal

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

Head to head
About

Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker

This advanced fitness app transforms your iPhone into a powerful computer for tracking walks, hikes, and various outdoor activities. It offers detailed statistics, maps, and training plans, with optional live tracking and HealthKit integration. Core features are free, with an optional upgrade for advanced functionality.

Highlights
  • GPS tracking for various activities
  • Detailed statistics, maps, and graphs
  • Configurable announcements and intervals
  • Live tracking and optional sharing
  • HealthKit integration
  • Apple Watch compatibility
  • Training plans
Features
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Walkmeter is the most advanced application for walkers and hikers. Built for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and iCloud, it makes your iPhone a powerful fitness computer — with maps, graphs, splits, intervals, laps, announcements, zones, training plans and more. • Obsessively complete — Wired • Records a wealth of data — Macworld • Clean, easy-to-use — New York Times Experience core features and dependability for free, then upgrade to Elite to add advanced features. Powered by your iPhone • Tracks cycling, running, walking, hiking, skiing, kayaking, and more. • Swipe across the stopwatch to see pages of stats, maps, and graphs - completely configurable. • Analyze your workouts on your iPad, updated with your latest data using iCloud. Private & Secure • Your workout data is securely stored on your iPhone — years of workouts only take up the space of a few songs. • No user names or passwords are required. • Share workout data if you wish using email, Strava, MyFitnessPal, Twitter. • Live tracking is optional and only with friends you invite. • Optional iCloud backup is encrypted. Track • Track heart rate, bike speed, bike cadence, and bike power with sensors. • Track step cadence and steps. • Use your iPhone's barometric altimeter to measure ascent & descent. • Detect stops automatically. • View terrain and traffic maps with Google Maps. • Automatically record temperature and weather. Voice-Enabled • Use Siri to start, stop, lap, and ask for statistics. • Select from more than hundreds of configurable announcements including distance, time, speed, elevation, and heart rate. • Hear stats on-demand, or at time and distance intervals. Free Live-Tracking and Messaging • Automatically share your location, path, and statistics with family and friends. • Messages are automatically spoken to you with text-to-speech. Share • Share an online Workout Explorer for analyzing workouts. • Share by email, Twitter, Strava, or MyFitnessPal. • Use HealthKit to export or import your workouts in the Health app and to read heart rate and biometric data. • Share to your iPhone calendar and your online calendars. • Imports and exports GPX, TCX, FIT, KML, and CSV. Train • Analyze your split, interval, and zone performance. • Keep on track with configurable interval training, zones, and targets. • Compete against your previous workouts along a route. • Includes 5K, 10, half, and marathon running plans. • Design your own training plans. Apple Watch • Start, stop, lap and finish a workout all from the Apple Watch. • Includes beautiful gauge pages with zones. Elite includes a 7-day free trial. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account after confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, at the same price. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription, where applicable. Privacy: abvio.com/privacy Terms: abvio.com/terms

About

dogwalk personal

Track your dog's walks with detailed statistics, map views, and voice feedback. Sync across devices, add notes, and export data in PDF or GPX format. Integrates with Apple Watch for HealthKit.

Highlights
  • Map tracking with elevation and statistics
  • Voice feedback during walks
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Automatic stop tracking
  • PDF and GPX export
  • HealthKit integration
  • Dog profile customization
Features
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You love your dog, and walk him everyday - track your walks and share with friends. Just take your dog and your iPhone and start tracking: * track your walk and show it on a map, with elevation profile and statistics * voice feedback during the walk (configurable) * sync automatically to your iPad and other devices through iCloud * stop tracking automatically when you arrive back home * Integrated weather forecast * organize your data and show a monthly and yearly summary in PDF format * GPX standard format import and export HealthKit integration on watch app: * start workout session on apple watch automatically with each dog walk, contributing to the activity rings (can be configured in settings) Personalise dogwalk: * Add name, picture and as many other details as you need for your dog in the dog details editor * Add pins and notes for each walk to capture and keep important moments! * switch between meters / miles * Colorfull dog walks: customise background and text color of the app Backup / restore functionality: Save your walks to iCloud as a backup for access with all your devices, or save to a file, and access it on your Mac / PC through iTunes file sharing. You can restore your data at any time to all your devices. Note: * Please be aware that continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery time. Dogwalk protects your battery life by automatically switching GPS off at the end of the walk (configurable in settings) * Dogwalk does not support separat data and tracking for multiple dogs. * Dogwalk requires GPS enabled device for tracking Dogwalk will make you walking more and longer tracks. You will have a lot of fun and your dog will love it. Load dogwalk now and start tracking your dog walks today! Standard Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: http://www.grapevine-cottage.co.za/countries/en/countries-privacy.php

Screenshots

Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker4 screens
dogwalk personal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: dogwalk personal at none against Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker's shown. Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (14K vs 33). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and dogwalk personal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker has 14K ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker's written reviews are positive against 50% of dogwalk personal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker ships an update every 10 days, dogwalk personal every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker versus dogwalk personal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWalkmeter Walking GPS Trackerdogwalk personal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (14K ratings) — better4.3 (33 ratings)
Positive reviews64.6% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14K — better33
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB7 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperAbvio Inc.grapevine-cottage

Customer experience

Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker

All ratings13,601 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews429 reviews
Positive64.6%
Neutral8.2%
Negative27.3%

dogwalk personal

All ratings32 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral9.4%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral21.4%
Negative28.6%

Bugs and requests

Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • Recorded distance/time inaccuracies
  • Syncing issues with Apple Health

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline map support
  • Interval training mode
  • Improved Apple Watch integration
  • More accurate elevation and pace tracking

dogwalk personal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker

Subscriptions6
  • Elite Upgrade$4.991 Month
  • Elite Upgrade$9.991 Year
  • Elite Upgrade1 Year trial$14.991 Year
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  • Elite Upgrade$14.991 Year
  • Elite Upgrade7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Elite Upgrade14 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Elite Upgrade4 variants$9.99
2 purchases

dogwalk personal

Subscriptions2
  • Premium access for three month$1.993 Months
  • Premium access one year1 Month trial$4.991 Year

Questions

Is Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker free?
Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is dogwalk personal free?
dogwalk personal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker or dogwalk personal?
Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker is rated higher. Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 14K ratings, while dogwalk personal averages 4.3 from 33 ratings.
Do Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker or dogwalk personal have ads?
Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker shows ads; dogwalk personal does not.
Which is updated more often, Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker or dogwalk personal?
Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker ships an update every 10 days, and dogwalk personal every 3 weeks. Most recently, Walkmeter Walking GPS Tracker was updated on November 11, 2026 and dogwalk personal on November 1, 2026.

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