Comparison

Lawa vs Bilanz

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

Head to head
About

Lawa

Features
Read full description

Lawa is the free walking game that turns your real steps into fuel to race against your friends. The more you move in real life, the further you get. Lace up your shoes, keep your phone in your pocket, your smartwatch or your phone's built-in step counter does all the work, and collect steps. After your walk, the race is on: be the first to cross the finish line, or sabotage your rivals along the way with a well-timed power-up. More than just a step challenge! Most pedometers only show you a number. Boring. Lawa turns every walk into a race, a step competition and an adventure. No dull charts, just a real game where your step goal actually leads somewhere: beating your friends. What can you do in Lawa? - Race with your steps: connect Apple Health, Health Connect, Garmin, Google Fit or the built-in step counter and turn your daily steps into progress in the race. - Challenge your friends: start a step challenge and compete live against friends, family or colleagues. Who walks the hardest? - Collect power-ups: give yourself a boost or throw slime, fire and other surprises at your rivals to slow them down. - Climb the leagues: you race against players at your own level, so every match stays exciting and fair. - Seasonal challenges: complete as many challenges as you can each season and earn exclusive rewards. Every season a new reason to keep moving. - Build your own character: customise your avatar, collect unique items and make your player truly yours. - Lawa Loyalty, earn coins with your steps: every step earns coins you can spend on digital clothing for your character and on real discounts at stores. Moving literally pays off. - Track your progress: earn XP, level up and keep all your walking stats in one place. Why Lawa? Half of all people don't hit the recommended hour of daily exercise. That raises health risks and drains energy at school and work. Lawa combines gaming and physical activity, so moving more doesn't feel like a chore but like a game you want to play. Whether you see Lawa as a fitness game, walking game, exercise game or just the most fun way to hit your step goal, it works. Ready to race? Download Lawa for free, challenge your friends and discover how addictive moving can be. Step by step, a little healthier.

About

Bilanz

Features
Read full description

Bilanz counts calories and stops there. One number, at the top of the day: what is left. No account, no ads, no streaks, no advice. Scan a barcode, type the amount, put the phone away. Under the number a band fills from the left as the day goes on, and runs past the goal notch in red when you go over. That is the whole idea. YOUR ENTRIES LIVE IN APPLE HEALTH There is no Bilanz server and nothing to sign up for. Meals are written to Apple Health as nutrition data, and so is your water. Whatever other apps write there shows up in your day as well, and if you delete Bilanz the entries stay where they are. WHAT IS IN IT Ā· A barcode scanner. Hold the camera to a package, the product sheet opens. Names and nutrition come from Open Food Facts, the open food database. Ā· Text search for everything without a barcode, plus a row of what you logged recently: tap one and last time's amount is already filled in, hold it and the entry is made. Ā· Your own foods, for what no database has. Four numbers are enough; the full table down to vitamins is there if you want it, barcode included. Ā· A correction when the database disagrees with the package. It sticks for every future entry of that product. Ā· Your own daily target and macro split, with presets from balanced to keto. Ā· Active calories from Apple Health are added to the day's budget and shown on their own line, rather than quietly folded into the target. Ā· Water with its own goal, the amounts you use most, and an undo right after the tap. Ā· A month at a glance: one bar per day, the week's average next to it. Ā· Widgets for the Home Screen and the Lock Screen, and a scan button in Control Center on iOS 18 and later. Ā· Nutri-Score and the package photo on the product sheet. Both can be switched off. WHAT IS NOT IN IT No streaks, no badges, no reminders, no coach congratulating you on a Tuesday. No subscription, no ads, no tracking. PRIVACY There is no analytics or advertising SDK in the app and no account to attach anything to. What leaves the phone are barcodes, search terms and the requests for package photos, all of them to Open Food Facts, to get names and nutrition values back. Everything else stays on the device and in Apple Health. THE INTERFACE IS GERMAN Bilanz is written in German and has not been translated yet. The numbers read the same in any language, the labels do not.

Screenshots

Lawa4 screens
Bilanz4 screens

Verdict

The call

Lawa and Bilanz are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lawa ships an update every 3 weeks, Bilanz every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Lawa versus Bilanz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLawaBilanz
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB53 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLawa World BVLabyMedia GmbH

In-app purchases

None

Lawa

No in-app purchases

None

Bilanz

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lawa free?
Lawa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bilanz free?
Bilanz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lawa or Bilanz have ads?
Neither Lawa nor Bilanz shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lawa or Bilanz?
Lawa ships an update every 3 weeks, and Bilanz every 9 days. Most recently, Lawa was updated on October 5, 2026 and Bilanz on October 6, 2026.

Other comparisons