Garfunkel Walk vs Stepping
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Garfunkel Walk
Turn everyday walks into epic journeys. Track your steps and virtually travel across the globe, exploring streets and landmarks along your chosen routes. Stay motivated to walk more by seeing your progress towards distant destinations.
- Custom route creation between cities
- Automatic progress tracking
- Interactive map with street view
- Landmark discovery
- Estimated arrival dates
- Virtual location weather
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Your real-world walking becomes a long-distance adventure. As you accumulate steps throughout your day, watch yourself move mile by mile along your chosen route. Zoom in to see the streets you're "walking" through. Drop into street view to look around. Discover landmarks along the way. Whether you're walking to the grocery store or around the block, every step counts toward your destination. Track your progress, see how far you've come, and explore places you've never been—all while staying motivated to walk more. Features include: - Create custom routes between any two cities - Automatic progress tracking via HealthKit - Interactive map with zoom and street view - Landmark discovery along your route - Estimated arrival dates based on your walking pace - Weather at your current virtual location
Stepping
This app simplifies fitness tracking by counting your daily steps and monitoring activity. It syncs with Apple Health for accurate statistics and insights, helping you set goals and stay motivated.
- Step counting
- Daily activity monitoring
- Apple Health sync
- Goal setting
- Progress visualization
- Motivation tools
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Stepping makes fitness tracking simple. Count your steps and monitor daily activity in one beautiful app. Syncs with Apple Health to provide accurate statistics and insights. Set goals, view progress, and stay motivated every day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Garfunkel Walk at none against Stepping's 2. Garfunkel Walk also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). Stepping's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Stepping sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Garfunkel Walk asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stepping holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Garfunkel Walk ships an update every 2 weeks, Stepping every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Garfunkel Walk | Stepping |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scott Smith | Canh Trinh |
In-app purchases
Garfunkel Walk
No in-app purchases
Stepping
- Americano Tip$2.99
- Latte Tip$4.99
