TheGaits vs word_salad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TheGaits
This app transforms your footsteps into unique musical sounds as you walk through designated outdoor spaces. Explore different areas to trigger various sound families and become a part of the music.
- Footsteps create musical chords
- Explore sound families in different areas
- Interactive musical experience
- Location-based soundscapes
- Transforms walking into music
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The Gaits turns footsteps into electric guitar chords, zen gongs, and more...the user becomes a musical instrument as he or she strolls down the High Line in New York City. The user moves through a series of composed spaces, with various families of sounds tied to each area. Created by Cameron Britt, Lainie Fefferman, Daniel Iglesia, and Jascha Narveson. Produced by Friends of the High Line and Make Music New York, in association with MATA. Presented as part of Make Music Winter on December 21, 2011. For more information, visit makemusicny.org/thegaits Please note, this app only functions within the geographic bounds of the High Line in downtown New York City. Your device will require location services (i.e. GPS) in order to detect your location.
word_salad
This app explores the concept of a musical instrument that generates sounds based on user input. It aims to be a futuristic tool for musical creation and exploration.
- Futuristic musical instrument concept
- Sound generation based on input
- Tool for musical creation
- Exploration of sonic possibilities
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$ ask "Is word_salad the instrument of the future?" YES $
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: word_salad at 83% against TheGaits's 0%. word_salad also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 1). TheGaits's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 55 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
TheGaits holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: word_salad has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of TheGaits's written reviews are positive against 83% of word_salad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TheGaits ships an update every 6 months, word_salad every 55 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TheGaits | word_salad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 55 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Iglesia Intermedia | Greg Kufera |
Customer experience
TheGaits
word_salad
In-app purchases
TheGaits
No in-app purchases
word_salad
No in-app purchases
