Comparison

CatsWalk vs Snail

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

Head to head
About

CatsWalk

Features
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Catwalk: Walk, Have Fun, and Collect Virtual Cats! Every step you take helps you unlock and care for adorable digital cats. Stay active, have fun, and improve your health with Catwalk, the first virtual pet app that makes walking exciting and rewarding! What’s Catwalk? Catwalk is designed to get you moving—while helping you collect unique virtual cats. Inspired by passionate walkers and loved by fitness enthusiasts, Catwalk makes each step more rewarding as you build a collection of playful felines. Why You’ll Love Catwalk: • Motivation: Catwalk’s game-like interface and cute cat companions keep you inspired to hit your step goals every day. • Rewards: Exchange your steps for new cats and grow your collection of adorable, playful kitties. • Free to Play: Start your journey today! Optional in-app purchases let you customize your experience while supporting Catwalk's development. Get Started: No prior experience needed—just lace up your shoes and let Catwalk guide you towards a fun and healthy walking habit. Download Catwalk now to start collecting virtual cats as you walk your way to better health! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.qq.com/doc/DUHJwUlRqWmF0dHdo

About

Snail

This app uses your real-time location and step count to create a unique survival game. A virtual snail relentlessly pursues you, and only your physical activity can keep it at bay. Survive for as long as possible to achieve a high score.

Highlights
  • Real-time location tracking
  • Uses iPhone step count
  • Snail gets faster over time
  • In-game items for defense
  • Background operation
  • Location-based notifications
Features
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A snail is coming for you. It hatched near you and it already knows where you are. It moves in a straight line, through buildings, through rivers, through anything in the way. It does not sleep and it never loses you. Walking is the only thing that holds it back. HOW IT WORKS The snail crawls toward your real location, day and night, whether the app is open or not. It starts at about two miles a day and gets faster every three days you survive. Every step you take pushes it back. Snail reads the step count your iPhone already records, so it does not matter where you walk or how fast. A walk to the mailbox counts. A shift on your feet counts. Most of each walk pushes the snail away, and the rest is banked for later. Driving away does not help. Only steps buy distance, and heading toward it is a very bad idea. If it reaches you, the game is over. Days survived is your score. A new snail hatches at 6am. WHAT YOU CAN SEE Far away, you only get a rough idea of where it is. The closer it gets, the more precisely you know. Inside a thousand feet, you see exactly where it is. SALT AND SHELL Salt freezes the snail for six hours. You start with one and earn another every week you survive. Shell pushes it back three miles. It costs five banked miles. IT TELLS YOU WHEN IT IS CLOSE A notification at one mile, at half a mile, and when it is on your street. A word in the morning and in the evening on how the day is going. PRIVACY No account, no sign up, no email address. No ads, no trackers, no purchases. Snail reads your step count from Apple Health and writes nothing back. Your location is used to play the game. Nothing is sold and nothing is shared. BATTERY Snail uses your location in the background, because the snail does not stop when you close the app. While it is far away, Snail checks your position rarely. It only checks often when the snail is close.

Screenshots

CatsWalk4 screens
Snail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Snail at every 4 days against CatsWalk's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CatsWalk ships an update every 3 weeks, Snail every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
CatsWalk versus Snail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatsWalkSnail
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB37 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developeryajing pangKali Holding LLC

In-app purchases

None

CatsWalk

No in-app purchases

None

Snail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CatsWalk free?
CatsWalk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Snail free?
Snail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CatsWalk or Snail have ads?
Neither CatsWalk nor Snail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CatsWalk or Snail?
CatsWalk ships an update every 3 weeks, and Snail every 4 days. Most recently, CatsWalk was updated on October 25, 2026 and Snail on October 26, 2026.

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