Take a Walk vs Vilja
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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.
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.
- Set custom workout goals
- Track over 70 workout categories
- Syncs with Apple Health
- Manual workout registration
- Home Screen Widget support
- Dark mode
Read full descriptionHide full description
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
Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Take a Walk | Vilja |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.5 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Softex Data | Strong Software Sweden AB |
Customer experience
Take a Walk
Vilja
In-app purchases
Take a Walk
No in-app purchases
Vilja
- Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Yearly$19.991 Year
- Premium$4.99
- Premium + Tip$5.99









