Eco Walks vs Balad'Nature
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eco Walks
Explore Paris's evolving districts and natural spaces through guided walking tours. Discover local flora and fauna, view itineraries on a map, and save your favorite routes. Users can also contribute their own photos to enrich the experience.
- Guided walking tours of Paris districts
- Focus on urban evolution and nature
- Identify local flora and fauna
- Interactive map itineraries
- Save favorite walks and share stages
- User photo contributions
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Discover a different side of Paris. Walking tours will take you to districts which are evolving, to new developments and corners of wild or cultivated nature, where you can observe the rarest and the most common flora and fauna in the French capital. Explore Paris with a series of urban walks. Get a glimpse of what’s in store for you with photos from each walk, look at the itinerary on a map, and read the illustrated contents. Discover the walks nearest to your location, explore them at your leisure, save your favourites and share stages with your friends. Add to the app by posting your own photos of the itineraries and finding them in the photo galleries.
Balad'Nature
Discover nature outings in Seine-et-Marne with this app. Explore by foot, bike, horse, or water, with detailed itineraries and points of interest. Download routes for offline use and find local bike rentals.
- Choose outings by mode of transport
- Geolocation for nearby itineraries
- View itinerary distances
- Discover points of interest
- Download GPX routes
- Find bicycle rental shops
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In just a few clicks, pocket a host of nature outings for Seine-et-Marne. By foot, by bike, by horse or by waterway, the department’s beautifully preserved nature offers you an abundance of bucolic and inspirational settings just outside Paris. Set out to explore a departmental nature reserve, or ramble about by foot, bike or horse the over 320,000 acres of accessible forests and woodlands! And the Seine, Marne and Loing rivers offer no less than 1,850 km of navigable waterways to admire our beautiful department during a fun cruise or water outing. The largest department of the Paris region is sure to surprise you with the wonderful wealth of its natural and historic heritage. An app for everyone! - Choose your outing by preferred type: by foot, by bike, by horse or by waterway. - Geolocation allows you to find the nearest itineraries. - Easily check the distance (km) of each itinerary, created in collaboration with the FFR (French hiking federation) and the Seine-et-Marne tourist offices. - Discover the points of interest along your chosen route: monuments, remarkable views, activities, etc. - Download the GPX routes. - Rent your bicycle from amongst the listed rental shops. This app can be used without an internet connection: the routes can be downloaded beforehand, prior to setting out, with all the information remaining accessible on your phone during your outing. So move, breathe, relax, recharge your batteries… and welcome to Seine-et-Marne!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Eco Walks at 4.0 against Balad'Nature's 1.0. Eco Walks also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 50%). Balad'Nature's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Eco Walks holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Eco Walks's written reviews are positive against 50% of Balad'Nature's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eco Walks | Balad'Nature |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paris.fr | Cirkwi |
Customer experience
Eco Walks
Balad'Nature
In-app purchases
Eco Walks
No in-app purchases
Balad'Nature
No in-app purchases
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