Walking Game vs Miles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Walking Game
Transform your daily steps into an engaging walking game. Earn rewards, level up, and complete quests to stay motivated. Compete with friends and players worldwide in monthly challenges to boost your fitness journey.
- Convert steps into XP, Loot & Levels
- Complete quests and level up
- Compete weekly with global players
- Monthly walking challenges with exclusive rewards
- Collect unique characters
- Build walking streaks
- Advanced step tracking & charts
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Explora is the fun walking game that makes your daily steps more exciting. TURN YOUR STEPS INTO A GAME Walk or run with your phone or watch, your steps sync automatically. At the end of the day, log them to earn XP, complete quests, and level up. UNLOCK 86 MONSTERS BY WALKING Spend the gems you earn to collect unique characters. Each one can boost your XP and make every walk more rewarding. NEW STEP CHALLENGE EVERY MONTH Pick a monthly goal from 50K to 400K steps. Beat it to unlock an exclusive seasonal character you can’t get any other way. LEVEL UP YOUR FAVORITE MONSTERS The more you walk, the faster you progress. Level up your collection and build stronger bonuses as you go. WEEKLY ONLINE STEP COMPETITION Compete with walkers worldwide every week, invite friends, and climb the leagues together. BURN MORE CALORIES & GET FIT Track steps, calories, and trends with Apple Health and Google Fit, so you stay active while you play. PERFECT FOR - Casual walkers who want a fun reason to move more - Monster collectors and fans of light gamification - Anyone who likes weekly leagues and monthly challenges - Beginners and experienced walkers (pick your own difficulty) -- Subscription terms: https://www.with-aura.com/subscription-terms/explora-subscription-terms.
Miles
Track your running progress with a simple interface that displays distance, time, and maps. Set weekly goals and view your progress with live activities and widgets. Syncs with Apple Health and Apple Watch.
- Live Activities for real-time run data
- Widgets for weekly progress tracking
- Set weekly or monthly running goals
- View run history with maps
- Syncs with Apple Health
- Apple Watch integration
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Miles is the simplest but most effective way to track your running progress. Start and end runs with ease and sync seamlessly with Apple Watch. No ads or subscriptions. **Live Activities and Widgets** Miles uses Live Activities to show your current run so you don't need to unlock your phone to check your distance and time. Widgets show your weekly progress to help you stay motivated and focused. **Weekly Goals** Set a weekly or monthly goal to stay motivated on your running journey. **Simple Stats and Map** Stay on top of your progress with a weekly distance chart, and see your running routes with maps for each run. **Health Syncing** Miles can connect with Apple Health to save runs from the app and display runs from Apple Watch and other fitness apps. **Minimalist Design** Stay focused on your runs with a simple design that highlights only the data you need. **No ads or subscriptions** When you get the app, you get the full app and all future updates. There will never be ads, subscriptions, or in-app purchases..
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Miles at none against Walking Game's shown. Miles also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (89% vs 73%). Walking Game's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Walking Game sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Miles sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Miles holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 176 and 157 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Walking Game's written reviews are positive against 89% of Miles's.
Walking Game ships an update every 2 weeks, Miles fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Walking Game | Miles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (176 ratings) | 4.9 (157 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | 89.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 176 — better | 157 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Explora (Apps) | Miles Vinson |
Customer experience
Walking Game
Miles
Bugs and requests
Walking Game
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Miles
Reported bugs
4 issues- App deleted run data while paused
- Mile counter/pace counter not working
- Entire runs not logged
- App did not work at all (swipe down issue)
Requested features
9 requests- Send to Strava feature
- Siri commands for start/stop
- Black dark theme option
- Mile ran yearly goal
- Calories burned and elevation tracking
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- Ability to change time or auto-stop
- Add notes to a run
- Direct Apple Watch support
- Companion Apple Watch app
In-app purchases
Walking Game
- Explora VIP Weekly$0.997 Days
- Explora VIP Monthly$1.991 Month
- Explora VIP Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
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- Weekly Explora Pass Special$1.997 Days
- Explora VIP Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Explora VIP Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Explora Game Pass | Yearly$24.991 Year
- Rexy Starter Pack - Limited Offer$1.99
- 10 Boosters - Limited Offer$1.99
- 2,600 Gems$2.99
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- 7,700 Gems - Limited Offer$3.99
- 7,700 Gems$6.99
- 30,000 Gems - Limited Offer$12.99
- 30,000 Gems$22.99
- Explora VIP Lifetime$24.99
- 100,000 Gems Pack$49.99
- 250,000 Gems Pack$99.99
Miles
- Miles Pro$1.99
- Tip 1$2.99
- Tip 2$5.99
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- Tip 3$8.99








