Gaitkeeping vs StudySync
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gaitkeeping
Enhance your walking with music-driven tempo control and guided sessions. Improve your gait, fitness, and maintain independence with personalized playlists and tempo adjustments.
- Music sorted by tempo
- Adjustable playlist tempo
- Personalized walking playlists
- Guided walking instruction
- Tempo control for consistent pace
- Reinforce good walking form
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Power your gait and improve walking health with Gaitkeeping, your walking companion. Whether you're strolling through the park or power-walking through your day, Gaitkeeping helps you find music that energizes your walk and fortifies proper gait form. Keep your gait and stay independent! Walk to curated music sorted by tempo: Choose from Gaitkeeping’s playlists of curated walking music, and adjust the tempo of the playlist to your fit your natural walking rhythm. Explore different genres of music or songs other people using Gaitkeeping enjoy walking to. Personalize Your Experience: Mark songs you like to build your ultimate walking playlist. Play with different walking tempos to push your body and mind, and find what works best for you. Reinforce Walking Health & Improve Fitness: Stay on beat to reinforce good walking form. Help yourself maintain a consistent walking pace for longer with Gaitkeeping’s tempo control. Get more in-depth walking instruction through Gaitkeeping’s guided walks. These sessions teach you how to pick up the beat of a song, and refine the finer details of your walking form. Support Your Body When It Needs It: Adjust the music tempo at any time to match the support your gait needs. Enjoy Walking, Maintain Independence: Your walk is the bedrock of your physical independence. Use Gaitkeeping to enhance your walking experience, and keep your gait for longer!
StudySync
This mobile application serves as the companion for a specific research study. Participants must be pre-enrolled to use its features. It is developed by the Snyder Lab at Stanford University.
- Research study participation
- Onboarding required
- Stanford University developed
- Mobile companion app
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This is the mobile app for StudySync. Participants must be onboarded from beforehand. StudySync is developed by the Snyder lab at Stanford University.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Gaitkeeping at 16.0 against StudySync's 18.5. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gaitkeeping against 5.0 for StudySync. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.
Gaitkeeping ships an update every 10 days, StudySync fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gaitkeeping | StudySync |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PD Movement Lab LLC | Stanford University |
Customer experience
Gaitkeeping
StudySync
In-app purchases
Gaitkeeping
No in-app purchases
StudySync
No in-app purchases
