Comparison

Custom Rings vs WalkSpeak

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

Head to head
About

Custom Rings

Create and track custom daily goals beyond standard activity metrics. Organize them into sets, sync with Apple Health, and compete with friends. Offers reminders, history, and streaks for motivation.

Highlights
  • Customizable goal rings
  • Auto-tracking from Apple Health
  • Session clusters for manual counters
  • Scheduled rings for specific days
  • Social sharing and challenges
  • Apple Watch support
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Make progress on what matters to you. Custom Rings turns your habits and goals into personal rings: reading, water, movement, focus, practice, and more. Choose a name, unit, target, schedule, and color, then check in with a simple +. A SIMPLE DAILY CHECK-IN See your rings together on Today. Use your preferred quick amount, open a ring to enter a custom amount, and undo an accidental entry. Starter templates make it easy to begin. A CLEARER VIEW OF YOUR PROGRESS Your free seven-day overview shows completed goals and a daily tracker. Explore deeper comparisons, thirty-day summaries, full calendar history, and CSV export with Pro. CONNECTED TO APPLE HEALTH Connect compatible data for steps, active calories, exercise minutes, stand hours, walking distance, flights climbed, sleep, water, and time in daylight. Available data depends on your devices and permissions. Raw Health samples are processed on your device. IPHONE, WIDGETS & APPLE WATCH Keep goals visible with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Use Quick Track to log progress, or check in from Apple Watch. The Three Rings complication lets you choose a different daily ring for each position in a large rectangular Watch face slot, with totals, percentages, or progress remaining. MORE WAYS TO MAKE IT YOURS Create session counters for goals that should not reset at midnight, such as workout sets or game scores. Use scheduled rings and reminders to fit your routine. Export a local backup of your rings and history, preview a backup before importing, and keep a recovery copy when restoring. OPTIONAL SHARING Sign in with Apple to add friends and share only the rings you choose. Pro adds more social features, including challenges, recurring seasons, and nudges. No account is required to track your own rings. START FREE • One group with up to five rings • Seven-day Progress overview and daily tracker • Up to three friends • Apple Health auto-tracking types • Scheduled rings and session counters • Reminders, widgets, Siri, and Watch complications PRO — ONE-TIME PURCHASE • Unlimited groups • Deeper insights and thirty-day summaries • Full calendar history and CSV export • Unlimited friends • Challenges, recurring seasons, and nudges No subscription. No ads. Your rings, your goals, your pace. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

WalkSpeak

This app acts as a motivational walking companion, offering distance-based encouragement and milestone celebrations to help users stay consistent with their fitness goals. It focuses on providing a distraction-free experience with optional voice prompts and visual progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Tracks walk distance
  • Optional voice prompts
  • Milestone celebrations
  • Distraction-free design
  • Privacy-focused
Features
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WalkSpeak is a motivational walking companion designed to keep you moving—one step at a time. Whether you’re walking for fitness, mental clarity, or daily momentum, WalkSpeak provides distance-based encouragement and simple milestone celebrations to help you stay consistent. Features: • Tracks your walk distance using your device during active walks. • Optional voice prompts at quarter-mile milestones • Visual celebrations for walking progress and achievements • Clean, distraction-free design focused on motivation • Privacy-focused: no accounts required, no data sold or shared WalkSpeak is built for real life—no pressure, no competitions, just encouragement when you need it. Motivate your walk. Stay moving.

Screenshots

Custom Rings4 screens
WalkSpeak4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: WalkSpeak at 5.0 against Custom Rings's 4.4. WalkSpeak also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and monetization model (free vs freemium). Custom Rings's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Custom Rings sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and WalkSpeak sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WalkSpeak holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Custom Rings's written reviews are positive against 100% of WalkSpeak's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Custom Rings ships an update every 4 days, WalkSpeak every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Custom Rings versus WalkSpeak: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustom RingsWalkSpeak
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings78 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB33 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperChristopher DAdamoOld Pump Station LLC

Customer experience

Custom Rings

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

WalkSpeak

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Custom Rings

One-time1
  • Custom Rings Pro$2.99
1 purchases

WalkSpeak

One-time1
  • Pace Coach Premium$6.99

Questions

Is Custom Rings free?
Custom Rings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WalkSpeak free?
WalkSpeak is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Custom Rings or WalkSpeak?
WalkSpeak is rated higher. Custom Rings averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while WalkSpeak averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Custom Rings or WalkSpeak have ads?
Neither Custom Rings nor WalkSpeak shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Custom Rings or WalkSpeak?
Custom Rings ships an update every 4 days, and WalkSpeak every 9 days. Most recently, Custom Rings was updated on October 25, 2026 and WalkSpeak on October 15, 2026.

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