Take a Walk Lite vs WCMAA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Daily exercise reminders
- Configurable distance goals
- Gold Star achievement system
- Background tracking
- Weekly exercise calendar
- Map view of paths
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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.
WCMAA
Stay informed with important notifications and access class schedules, curriculum videos, and event sign-ups. Refer friends and manage memberships directly from your mobile device.
- Important notifications
- Curriculum videos
- Class schedules
- Event sign-ups
- Membership management
- Friend referrals
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Receive important notifications, view curriculum videos, view class schedules, sign up for special events and memberships, refer friends, and get all pertinent information right on your mobile device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WCMAA at 100% against Take a Walk Lite's 0%. WCMAA also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Take a Walk Lite ships an update every 6 months, WCMAA every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Take a Walk Lite | WCMAA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Softex Data | AMERICAN KEMPO ACADEMY, LLC |
Customer experience
Take a Walk Lite
WCMAA
In-app purchases
Take a Walk Lite
No in-app purchases
WCMAA
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Take a Walk Lite free?
Is WCMAA free?
Do Take a Walk Lite or WCMAA have ads?
Which is updated more often, Take a Walk Lite or WCMAA?
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