Comparison

Take a Walk vs Vilja

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

Head to head
About

Take a Walk

This app encourages daily physical activity by setting configurable distance goals and rewarding users with gold stars. It provides gentle reminders and tracks progress on a weekly calendar, while respecting user privacy by not transferring data off the device.

Highlights
  • Configurable daily distance goals
  • Gold star rewards system
  • Daily reminders with icon badge
  • Weekly progress calendar
  • Excused absence option
  • Background tracking
  • Map view of walking paths
Features
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A walking app with the following important benefits: No connection with any social media. No data transferred outside the phone. Perfect to track Your path with Pokemon Go. To perform some form of daily exercise instead of none at all, have a major impact on health. The problem is often motivation or lack of a trigging signal. Do You need that little extra push to perform some basic physical training? If Yes, then this App can really help You. START COLLECTING GOLD STARS BY TAKING A DAILY WALK! Let us introduce You to Bobby, Your little personal trainer that will make his best to make You start taking a daily walk. If You one day happen to forget it, Bobby will notify You with an encouraging message and he will also place a red number on the App Icon. You will be reminded with a message only once a day at a configurable time. You will be reminded even if the App isn't running! YOU HAVE TO TAKE A DAILY WALK TO AVOID THE REMINDER MESSAGES AND THE IRRITATING RED NUMBER ON THE APP ICON. By default the initial goal for You is to walk 1 km/ml per day. (NOTE: Unit in either US miles or km is configurable) If You fulfill this goal, You earn a Gold Star. If You walk 2 km or ml, You earn a second Gold Star and You are one day ahead of schedule and You can skip the next days walk. Transportations above a certain speed is not allowed, so it is not possible to record a car trip to earn the Gold Star. If You rather prefer jogging or cycling, just change the daily distance and You are on. . Friendly and easy to use user interface. . Daily distance and start day is configurable among other details. . Weekly calendar where information of each daily exercise is displayed. . Excused absence can be set. . The daily walking paths can be viewed on a map. . The app is running in the background so You can listen to music, talk in the phone etc during the walk. . The distance unit is either km or US miles. . Monday or Sunday first day or week. . The App uses the iPhone positioning functionality which consume more battery power than normal. You will be notified if You forget to press the stop button. . No data is transferred outside the iPhone. Important note: Before You buy this App, please verify that You can receive accurate position information by running the standard iPhone Maps application. Disclaimer: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Vilja

Set and track various fitness goals, from weekly workout frequency to distance targets. Syncs with Apple Health and allows manual entry for over 70 workout types. Features include customizable goals, dark mode, and home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Set custom workout goals
  • Track over 70 workout categories
  • Syncs with Apple Health
  • Manual workout registration
  • Home Screen Widget support
  • Dark mode
Features
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This is a simple little app. It lets you set a variety of workout goals e.g. workout 2-3 times a week, or run 5K a week. The app syncs with Apple Health so any workouts you register with other apps or Apple Watch will appear in the app. You can also register workouts manually. * Track over 70 different workout categories * Base goals and stretch goals * Dark mode * Home Screen Widget * iCloud sync to your other devices Optional permission requests: * Health app, to sync workouts * Notifications, to remind you to check your progress Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Take a Walk4 screens
Vilja3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Vilja at Free against Take a Walk's $0.99. Vilja also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (24 vs 2). Take a Walk's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On review sentiment, ads 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

Vilja is free to download; Take a Walk costs $0.99 up front. Vilja sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Take a Walk asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Take a Walk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vilja has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Take a Walk's written reviews are positive against 86% of Vilja's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Take a Walk ships an update every 7 months, Vilja monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Take a Walk versus Vilja: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTake a WalkVilja
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.5 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews — better85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings224 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoftex DataStrong Software Sweden AB

Customer experience

Take a Walk

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

Vilja

All ratings24 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Take a Walk

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Vilja

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Premium$4.99
  • Premium + Tip$5.99

Questions

Is Take a Walk free?
Take a Walk costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vilja free?
Vilja is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Take a Walk or Vilja?
Take a Walk is rated higher. Take a Walk averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Vilja averages 4.5 from 24 ratings.
Do Take a Walk or Vilja have ads?
Neither Take a Walk nor Vilja shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Take a Walk or Vilja?
Take a Walk ships an update every 7 months, and Vilja monthly. Most recently, Take a Walk was updated on October 2, 2026 and Vilja on October 14, 2026.

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