Comparison

Daily Petal vs Walktide

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

Head to head
About

Daily Petal

Track your daily steps and watch a unique flower grow in your digital garden, with petals and colors reflecting your activity. Explore your walking patterns, follow real-world trails, and visualize your progress over time.

Highlights
  • Step tracking with visual flower growth
  • Two garden styles: Petal and Posy
  • Activity rhythm visualization
  • Interactive real-world trails
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Daily Petal turns your daily steps into something worth watching: a flower that grows as you move. Every day adds to your garden. Enjoy a quiet picture of your progress, explore your activity with Rhythm, or let your everyday steps carry you along a real-world trail. A little movement, something beautiful to show for it. — TWO WAYS TO BLOOM: PETAL & POSY — Choose how your month grows. Petal style creates one flower per month, with a petal for every day. Posy style gathers your days into flowering stems, with a bloom for each day. Two different ways to see your steps come to life. — COLORS THAT REMEMBER — Your petals and blooms reflect when you moved: early mornings, midday walks, golden hour, and night owl strolls. Reach your daily step goal for a golden highlight. Each month becomes a picture of your own rhythm. — GET TO KNOW YOUR RHYTHM — Look beyond today with activity charts and comparisons. See this week beside last week, explore your month, and discover how your walking is changing—all without losing the flowers at the heart of Daily Petal. — TURN STEPS INTO ADVENTURES — Follow real-world trails through interactive 3D landscapes modelled from real routes and elevation. Your everyday steps move you along the journey, wherever you actually walk. Start with Skyline Trail on Mount Rainier, free for everyone. Full Bloom unlocks all 10 trails, including the Inca Trail, Milford Track, West Highland Way, and Tour du Mont Blanc. More destinations are planned for future updates. — GO FURTHER WITH FULL BLOOM — Full Bloom is an optional one-time purchase, with no subscription. • Year in Bloom: gather your monthly flowers into a bouquet and explore a recap of your steps, best day, best month, and longest streak. • Past years: revisit the walking history available in Apple Health, with a bouquet for each year. • Your week, your way: set a different step goal for each weekday and choose rest days that don’t break your streak. • Patterns: discover when you walk, a checkpoint to aim for, and how much extra walking could help on days you fall short. • All 10 trails: give your daily movement a new destination. — WALK WITH IT — Start a walk and follow your steps and distance live. See an estimate of how long remains until you reach today’s goal. On Apple Watch, heart rate and pace appear right on your flower as you walk. — YOUR GARDEN, AT A GLANCE — Keep your flower close with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. On Apple Watch, see your progress, start a walk from your wrist, and add flower or trail complications to your watch face. — MAKE IT YOUR OWN — Explore optional flower collections, available as separate one-time purchases: • Petal Power: 18 flowers inspired by blooms from around the world. • Birth Flowers: twelve botanical blooms, one for each month. • Mid-Century Garden: a different artistic take on your growing garden. Petal and Posy styles are available without buying a collection. Flower collections and Full Bloom are purchased separately. — PRIVACY, THOUGHTFULLY — No Daily Petal account is required. Your steps, motion data, workouts, and routes are not uploaded to our servers or our feedback service. Basic app activity and an anonymous installation identifier are shared with our updates and feedback service. Feedback and roadmap votes you choose to submit are sent to that service. Find more details in Settings. — HELP DAILY PETAL GROW — Have an idea? Share specific requests through the in-app roadmap. Need support or want to send feedback directly? Email through Settings—I’d love to hear from you. Let every step bloom.

About

Walktide

This app encourages more walking by providing a simple, calming interface. It visualizes your progress with a rising tide and offers gentle ocean sounds. Track your daily steps, set goals, and maintain streaks without unnecessary complexity.

Highlights
  • Visual tide progress indicator
  • Daily step goal setting
  • Daily Goal Streak tracking
  • Calendar history view
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Calm Mode for focus
  • Optional ocean sounds
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Walking is the most powerful thing you can do for your health. Walktide helps you do more of it, without the complexity you don't need. No cluttered dashboards. No confusing menus. Just your steps, your goal, and a calming wave that rises as you walk. WHAT WALKTIDE DOES • Watch the tide rise as your steps build throughout the day • Set a daily step goal that works for you • Build a Daily Goal Streak and see how many days in a row you've hit your goal • Review your history day by day on a full calendar view • Add a home or lock screen widget to check your steps without opening the app • Turn on Calm Mode to dim everything and focus on just the wave • Gentle ocean sounds play as you walk, with the option to turn them on or off anytime • Connects automatically to Apple Health • Works with iPhone, Apple Watch, and most fitness trackers including Fitbit CALM MODE • Tap anywhere outside the circle and everything fades away, leaving just you and the wave. A quiet moment in your day, whenever you need it. OCEAN SOUNDS • Soft, calming ocean waves play while you track your steps. Pairs beautifully with the rising tide on screen. Turn off anytime in Settings. BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WALK MORE • Large, clear numbers. Simple navigation. No fitness jargon. Nothing you don't need. YOUR PHONE IS ALREADY COUNTING YOUR STEPS • Most people don't realize their iPhone has been quietly tracking their steps for years. Walktide connects to Apple Health to show you that data simply and clearly, with no new device required. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your step data stays on your iPhone. It is never shared and never leaves your device. Terms of Service: https://walktide.com/#terms Privacy Policy: https://walktide.com/#privacy

Screenshots

Daily Petal4 screens
Walktide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Walktide at 100% against Daily Petal's 50%. Walktide also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Daily Petal sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Walktide sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Walktide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Daily Petal's written reviews are positive against 100% of Walktide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Daily Petal versus Walktide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily PetalWalktide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings66
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJudeWorksBrisk Longevity, LLC

Customer experience

Daily Petal

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Walktide

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Daily Petal

One-time4
  • Birth Flowers$0.99
  • Mid-Century Garden$0.99
  • Petal Power$0.99
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  • Full Bloom$4.99
1 purchases

Walktide

Subscriptions1
  • Walktide Annually7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Daily Petal free?
Daily Petal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Walktide free?
Walktide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Daily Petal or Walktide?
Walktide is rated higher. Daily Petal averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Walktide averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Daily Petal or Walktide have ads?
Neither Daily Petal nor Walktide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daily Petal or Walktide?
Daily Petal ships an update weekly, and Walktide weekly. Most recently, Daily Petal was updated on November 8, 2026 and Walktide on November 5, 2026.

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