Comparison

Take a Walk Lite vs Outdoor Run++

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 Lite

This app encourages daily physical activity with personalized reminders and goal tracking. It helps users build a consistent exercise routine by setting daily distance goals and rewarding achievements with stars. The app runs in the background and offers configurable units and start days.

Highlights
  • Daily exercise reminders
  • Configurable distance goals
  • Gold Star achievement system
  • Background tracking
  • Weekly exercise calendar
  • Map view of 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. ----------------------------------------------- NOTE: This LITE version has the same functionality as the FULL version, except: . Data is stored only for the current day, so the walk schedule is reset every day. . Map information is only available for the current day. . A small advertisement is displayed. This LITE version is good for testing the localization reception signal in Your area before aquiring the full version. ----------------------------------------------- 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 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, 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. Disclaimer: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Outdoor Run++

This app uses your iPhone's GPS to track outdoor activities like running, walking, and biking. It records distance, time, speed, pace, and calories burned, while also saving a map of your route with marked locations. It supports multi-section workouts and can integrate with HealthKit for calorie calculations.

Highlights
  • GPS activity tracking
  • Distance, time, speed, pace, calorie calculation
  • Route mapping with markers
  • Multi-section workout support
  • Unit switching (miles/kilometers)
  • HealthKit integration for calorie data
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Outdoor Run++ tracks your outdoor workout using your iPhone's GPS. You can use it to track the distance, time, speed, pace, and calories burned during a walk, run, or bike ride. You can even use Outdoor Run++ to track your driving path. Outdoor Run++ gives you the capability to see the distance, pace, and speed measurements in both miles and kilometers units. You can easily switch between the two units even in the middle of a workout with a swipe on the distance label. Outdoor Run++ saves a map of the path you have traveled and shows you mile or kilometer markers. You can use the "Mark" button to mark certain locations on your path so that you can check the distance and time it took you to get to that mark. Outdoor Run++ has the capability to track multi-section workouts. You can use "Start", "Pause", and "Resume" sequence to track your multi-section workout. In the workout summary you will see each section of your workout under "Workout Splits". HealthKit Access: You can choose to grant access to Outdoor Run++ to read "Date of Birth", "Sex", "Weight", and "Height" information from your Health app (HealthKit). These data points are solely used for calorie calculations. Therefore if you choose not to grant permission to Outdoor Run++ to access your health data all the functionality of Outdoor Run++ is intact except for calorie calculations. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Please do not hesitate to contact us for any questions, comments, to report any bugs, or to suggest additional features you would like to see in the upcoming updates.

Screenshots

Take a Walk Lite4 screens
Outdoor Run++4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Outdoor Run++ at 100% against Take a Walk Lite's 0%. Outdoor Run++ also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months). Take a Walk Lite's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Take a Walk Lite is free to download; Outdoor Run++ costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Take a Walk Lite ships an update every 6 months, Outdoor Run++ every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Take a Walk Lite versus Outdoor Run++: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTake a Walk LiteOutdoor Run++
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating—4.6 (42 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—42 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoftex DataDogahe

Customer experience

Take a Walk Lite

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Outdoor Run++

All ratings42 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Take a Walk Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Outdoor Run++

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Take a Walk Lite free?
Take a Walk Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Outdoor Run++ free?
Outdoor Run++ costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Take a Walk Lite or Outdoor Run++ have ads?
Neither Take a Walk Lite nor Outdoor Run++ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Take a Walk Lite or Outdoor Run++?
Take a Walk Lite ships an update every 6 months, and Outdoor Run++ every 5 weeks. Most recently, Take a Walk Lite was updated on November 1, 2026 and Outdoor Run++ on November 6, 2026.

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