Comparison

Virtual Walking vs Samadhi Garden

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

Head to head
About

Virtual Walking

This app encourages physical activity by letting you virtually explore cities and set step goals. Track your progress, compete with others, and learn about new places as you walk.

Highlights
  • Set daily/weekly step goals
  • Track progress and monitor activity
  • Compete with other users in groups
  • Unlock city sightseeing attractions
  • Learn about city landmarks
  • Uses HealthKit API for step tracking
Features
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Virtual Walking is not only a fun way to explore cities but it's also a great way to stay healthy and active. With Virtual Walking, you can easily set daily or weekly step goals to challenge yourself and stay motivated to achieve them. And with the app's tracking features, you can monitor your progress and see how far you've come. The app's community features are also a big part of what makes Virtual Walking so engaging. You can join groups and compete with other users to see who can walk the most steps. Plus, the global walking feature allows you to see how many steps all Virtual Walking users have taken collectively, so you can work together to walk around the world. But it's not all about competition. Virtual Walking also offers a great opportunity to learn more about the cities you're virtually walking through. Every time you hit a milestone, you'll unlock a new sightseeing attraction and learn about the city's most fascinating spots. And the best part? Virtual Walking is completely free and requires no registration. Simply download the app, take your phone with you on your walks, and start exploring the world around you while getting healthier and more active. Virtual Walking: Step Tracker uses the HealthKit API to access data in order to track the steps you have taken. app icon - https://github.com/romannurik/AndroidAssetStudio http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt

About

Samadhi Garden

This app offers a beautiful and simple meditation timer with customizable backgrounds, calming audio, and inspirational quotes. Track your sessions and mood to support your mindfulness practice.

Highlights
  • Customizable session length
  • 16 serene background options
  • 7 peaceful audio tracks
  • Inspirational wisdom quotes
  • Session and mood tracking
  • Distraction-free interface
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Samadhi Garden is a simple, beautiful meditation timer designed to support your mindfulness practice. MEDITATION TIMER Set your session length from 1 to 60 minutes with an elegant circular progress indicator. Start, pause, and reset with ease as you settle into your practice. CALMING ATMOSPHERE Choose from 16 beautiful meditation backgrounds featuring serene natural scenes. Select from 7 peaceful audio tracks including ambient sounds, gentle melodies, and calming noise options, or meditate in silence. INSPIRATIONAL WISDOM Begin each session with thoughtful quotes from renowned teachers and ancient wisdom traditions to inspire and ground your practice. SESSION TRACKING Track your meditation journey with a calendar view showing your daily practice. Review your progress and build consistency over time. PERSONALIZATION - Adjust session length to fit your schedule - Select your preferred background imagery - Choose calming background music or silence - Control volume levels - Enable or disable completion gong - Customize accent colors - Toggle vibration alerts - Track your mood after each session MINDFUL FEATURES - Portrait-only design for focused attention - Clean, distraction-free interface - Background audio support for uninterrupted sessions - Mood tracking to observe your practice over time - No ads, no subscriptions, no distractions Whether you're new to meditation or maintaining an established practice, Samadhi Garden provides a peaceful sanctuary for your daily mindfulness routine.

Screenshots

Virtual Walking4 screens
Samadhi Garden4 screens

Verdict

The call

Virtual Walking and Samadhi Garden are too close to call on the numbers: across 7 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Virtual Walking ships an update every 8 days, Samadhi Garden every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Virtual Walking versus Samadhi Garden: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVirtual WalkingSamadhi Garden
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB189 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGaruda Development UG haftungsbeschranktJason Tidwell

Customer experience

Virtual Walking

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Samadhi Garden

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Virtual Walking

No in-app purchases

None

Samadhi Garden

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Virtual Walking free?
Virtual Walking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Samadhi Garden free?
Samadhi Garden is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Virtual Walking or Samadhi Garden have ads?
Neither Virtual Walking nor Samadhi Garden shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Virtual Walking or Samadhi Garden?
Virtual Walking ships an update every 8 days, and Samadhi Garden every 9 days. Most recently, Virtual Walking was updated on October 30, 2026 and Samadhi Garden on October 24, 2026.

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