Comparison

Moonlitt vs Walk When

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

Head to head
About

Moonlitt

Track the lunar cycle with a comprehensive calendar and real-time moon position data. Visualize the moon's path in AR, receive notifications for key lunar events, and explore lunar traditions and eclipses.

Highlights
  • Lunar cycle tracking
  • Moonrise and moonset times
  • Augmented reality moon visualization
  • Moon compass for location
  • Eclipse visibility maps
  • Lunar tradition information
  • Customizable notifications
Features
Currently charting
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#1 Moon Tracker App • Apple Design Award 2026 Winner • App of the Day • Great on iOS 26 Moonlitt is your complete moon tracker and lunar calendar: a clear, accurate guide to follow the lunar cycle every day. Whether you’re planning Full Moon photography, witnessing the Blood Moon, or exploring lunar traditions, Moonlitt helps you with moon position, timings, and visibility. MOON PHASE & LUNAR CALENDAR • Follow the moon phase with moon illumination and lunar age. • Find exact moonrise, moonset, and culmination times. • See today’s moon phase and browse any date in the lunar calendar. • Receive notifications for Full Moon, New Moon, Blue Moon, and eclipses. KEY FEATURES • Visualize the moon path where you are in AR. • Use the Moon compass to locate the moon in the sky. • Monitor moon position, distance, and timings. • Check weather and moon visibility insights. LUNAR TRADITIONS • Check dates for Chinese moon festivals. • Discover the Wolf Moon, Harvest Moon, and other Full Moon names. • Learn about Moon signs, Constellations, Blood Moon, Blue Moon, and more. SOLAR ECLIPSES & LUNAR ECLIPSES • Visibility maps and local timing for any lunar eclipse and solar eclipse. • Play realistic animations to preview eclipse phases and colors. • Check if buildings or terrain will obstruct your view in AR. THE BEST MOON APP • Widgets, Apple Watch app, and Live Activity for moon phase, moonrise, and moonset. • Works offline, with no ads or tracking. • Built with care by a small indie team. From the first sliver of a New Moon to the brilliance of a Supermoon, with Moonlitt you always know where the Moon is, when it rises, and how brightly it shines. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Walk When

Features
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Walk When tells you the best time to go for a walk, today or any day this week. Instead of making you read a forecast and guess, Walk When scores every hour on how good it is for walking, then surfaces the windows that fit the kind of walk you want. Open it, glance, go. The whole app is a living sky that moves with your real forecast, from first light to golden hour to clear night, so the best time to head out is something you feel at a glance. HOW IT WORKS Walk When pulls your local hourly forecast and rates each hour on feels-like temperature, rain chance, and wind. It finds the highest-scoring stretches of the day and shows the best options, with a clear "walk now" or "best window" up top and good alternatives below. MAKE IT YOURS - Pick what matters: Balanced, Sunniest, Warmest, Coolest, Driest, or Calmest - Set your favorite temperature so scores match how you actually feel - Choose your walking hours and how long you like to walk - Add UV, air quality, and pollen sensitivity to screen out rough hours - Golden hour bonus for anyone who loves a sunset stroll TRACK THE WALK - Start a walk and it rides along on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - iPhone counts your steps and distance. Apple Watch records a full workout with heart rate and GPS route, saves it to Apple Health, and closes your rings - The Walk Log keeps a simple count of the walks you finish: this week and all time, no streaks to break AT A GLANCE - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show your next great window without opening the app - Apple Watch app and complications for a check from your wrist - Ask Siri "When should I walk?" for an instant answer - Share a window with a friend in a tap - Your cities, settings, and walk log sync across your devices over iCloud PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No account, no sign-up - No ads. No tracking. No third-party analytics or ad SDKs - Optional, anonymous usage and diagnostics help improve the app. Turn it off any time - Your location is only used to fetch your forecast, and is never stored by us Weather data from Open-Meteo. Free to use.

Screenshots

Moonlitt4 screens
Walk When4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Walk When at none against Moonlitt's 9. Walk When also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Moonlitt's advantage is chart position (#117 vs unranked) and device support (5 vs 3). On price, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. Moonlitt sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Walk When asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moonlitt ships an update every 11 days, Walk When every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Moonlitt versus Walk When: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoonlittWalk When
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (984 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings984 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#117 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size190 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlipping Hues SrlsKARAN SANGHA

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Moonlitt

Subscriptions7
  • Moonlitt PRO – Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Moonlitt PRO – Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Bundle – Monthly$5.991 Month
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  • Moonlitt PRO – Yearly$9.991 Year
  • Moonlitt PRO – Yearly$19.991 Year
  • Moonlitt PRO – Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Bundle – Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Moonlitt PRO – Lifetime$29.99
  • Moonlitt PRO – Lifetime$59.99
None

Walk When

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moonlitt free?
Moonlitt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Walk When free?
Walk When is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Moonlitt or Walk When have ads?
Neither Moonlitt nor Walk When shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Moonlitt or Walk When?
Moonlitt ships an update every 11 days, and Walk When every 3 weeks. Most recently, Moonlitt was updated on November 3, 2026 and Walk When on October 25, 2026.

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