Comparison

AiroStep vs Walking Buddy

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

Head to head
About

AiroStep

Features
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Track your steps with real-time air quality and weather insights. AiroStep combines fitness tracking with environmental data to help you exercise smarter. Get personalized AI recommendations based on air quality, weather conditions, and your activity patterns. WHY AIROSTEP? - Complete Step Tracking - Accurate pedometer using iPhone sensors - Air Quality Integration - Know when it's safe to exercise outdoors - Weather-Based Insights - AI recommends best times for activity - Apple Watch Support - Seamless sync between iPhone and Watch - Home Screen Widgets - See your progress at a glance TRACK EVERYTHING: - Daily steps and walking distance - Calories burned and active minutes - Pace, cadence, and stride length - Heart rate and VO2 Max - Floors climbed and elevation ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: - Real-time air quality index (AQI) - Pollutant levels (PM2.5, PM10, O3, NO2) - Weather conditions and forecasts - Optimal outdoor exercise times AI-POWERED INSIGHTS (PREMIUM): Get personalized recommendations by combining your health data with environmental conditions: - Best times to exercise based on air quality - Performance trends and patterns - Weather impact on your activity

About

Walking Buddy

Features
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Reminders that say how many steps to take and keep you moving through the day instead of one long walk in the morning or evening. Walking Buddy reads your steps from Apple Health, learns your usual pace, and nudges you when the day starts to slip. No account, no ads. STEPS THAT ADD UP See today's count from Apple Health on a ring with your goal, how far you are ahead of or behind pace, and where the steps landed hour by hour. REMINDERS SIZED TO YOUR DAY Instead of "walk more", each nudge tells you how many steps to take right now to stay on pace, and stops once the goal is done. Choose your active hours and days. Snooze a nudge or mark the day done straight from the notification. YOUR USUAL PACE Walking Buddy learns your typical day from the past four weeks and tells you whether today is ahead, on track or behind, with a projection of where the day will land. HISTORY THAT MEANS SOMETHING Week, month and year views, goal-met days, streaks with rest days that do not break them, and a Steps Log calendar back to your first recorded step. A weekly recap arrives every Sunday evening. ON YOUR APPLE WATCH Today's ring, steps to go and your pace on your wrist, with complications for the watch face and the Smart Stack. The watch app works on its own: it reads steps from the watch, keeps your goal, and lets you change the daily target with the Digital Crown. With the iPhone app installed, the goal stays the same on both. WALKING BUDDY PRO - Reminders on your schedule: every hour, twice an hour, fixed intervals, or your own times - Keep the nudges coming after the goal - Custom reminder messages - Streak protection: one missed day a week does not break your streak - Trends and All Time: four-week trend, this week, month and year against the last, the year as a heat map, typical day with weekday and weekend averages, and every year since your first step - Apple Watch: pace and steps to go on the watch face (rectangular and corner complications), your usual pace and the day by hour PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no analytics. Step data is read from Apple Health and stays on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Goals are stored locally. Walking Buddy is a pedometer built on Apple Health: it works with iPhone step counting and with Apple Watch data that syncs to Apple Health. Pro is a subscription, monthly or yearly with a 7-day free trial, charged to your Apple ID and renewed unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage it in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

AiroStep4 screens
Walking Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

AiroStep and Walking Buddy are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. AiroStep sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Walking Buddy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
AiroStep versus Walking Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAiroStepWalking Buddy
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size55 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRuslan KuksaRaphael Koebraam

In-app purchases

2 purchases

AiroStep

Subscriptions2
  • AiroStep Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • AiroStep Pro - Annual$24.991 Year
2 purchases

Walking Buddy

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly: Reminders, Trends$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly: Reminders, Trends7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is AiroStep free?
AiroStep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Walking Buddy free?
Walking Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AiroStep or Walking Buddy have ads?
Neither AiroStep nor Walking Buddy shows ads.

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