Upthrive vs Walkimals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Upthrive
This app helps you build consistent daily habits and stay accountable. Track your progress, compete with friends, and visualize your success with smart streaks and advanced analytics. Make habit formation simple, fun, and motivating.
- Step tracking and challenges
- Smart streaks and accountability
- HealthKit integration
- Advanced progress insights
- Social motivation and friend challenges
- Gamified habit building
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Stay Consistent. Stay Accountable. Thrive Daily. Upthrive empowers you to turn daily actions into long-term success. Whether you’re tracking steps, creating new habits, or competing with friends, Upthrive makes habit formation simple, fun, and motivating. Why Upthrive? • Step Tracker & Challenges – Get moving, compete with friends, and track your progress in real time. • Smart Streaks & Accountability – Build unbreakable streaks and stay motivated. • HealthKit Integration – Sync your steps and fitness data effortlessly. • Advanced Insights – Visualize your progress with powerful charts and analytics. • Social Motivation – Challenge your friends, stay connected, and achieve more together. • Gamified Habit Tracking – Make habit-building fun and rewarding. No more forgotten goals or broken streaks. Start your Upthrive journey today and make every habit count. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Walkimals
This social step tracker gamifies walking by letting you earn coins for daily styles and compete with friends. Connect to health data to track progress and unlock new outfits for your 3D mascot.
- Track daily steps via Apple Health
- Earn coins by reaching step goals
- Shop rotating daily styles for mascots
- Customize 3D cat, dog, or bunny mascots
- Compete on friend leaderboards
- Private social interactions
- Understandable privacy controls
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Turn your daily steps into outfits for your 3D mascot. Walkimals connects to Apple Health so you can earn in-game coins, dress up your buddy, and compare your progress with friends. TRACK YOUR STEPS See today's step count and follow your daily goal with Apple Health. EARN COINS AS YOU WALK Every 25 steps earn one in-game coin. Check in by opening Walkimals each day to add your walking coins to your balance. FIND YOUR NEXT OUTFIT Browse daily clothing offers, try on styles, and keep the pieces you buy in your Closet. Coins can be earned by walking or bought in optional coin packs. CHOOSE YOUR WALKIMAL Start with a cat, dog, or bunny, then make it your own with outfits. WALK WITH YOUR FRIENDS Add friends by code or invite link. Compare your step totals on the friends leaderboard and go head-to-head in Rivalry. See your friends' mascots and outfits along the way. INVITE YOUR PEOPLE Send a personalized invite so friends can preview your animated mascot and current outfit before installing Walkimals. SOCIAL, WITHOUT THE NOISE No public feed, open discovery, or free-text chat. Just friends, walking, mascots, and friendly competition. KNOW WHAT YOU SHARE Before you start, Walkimals asks you to agree to share derived step totals for its social features. People with your invite link can see your mascot, outfit, and recent step total. Raw Apple Health samples are never uploaded. Walk more. Find your style. Keep your crew moving.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Walkimals at none against Upthrive's 2. Upthrive's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, 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. Upthrive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Walkimals asks for nothing beyond the download.
Upthrive ships an update every 4 days, Walkimals every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Upthrive | Walkimals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 271 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ranjit Singh | Hans Joachim Weidmann |
Customer experience
Upthrive
Walkimals
In-app purchases
Upthrive
- GrindX_Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- GrindX_Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
Walkimals
No in-app purchases









