Comparison

Garfunkel Walk vs Next Walk

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Custom route creation between cities
  • Automatic progress tracking
  • Interactive map with street view
  • Landmark discovery
  • Estimated arrival dates
  • Virtual location weather
Features
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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

About

Next Walk

This app helps you consistently take walks by providing a personalized safe walking window based on weather and daylight. It offers a countdown to your chosen walk time, visible on your lock screen and widgets, to encourage follow-through.

Highlights
  • Personalized safe walking windows
  • Countdown to walk time
  • Lock Screen and widget integration
  • Weather and daylight considerations
  • No account required
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Walks are the easiest exercise to procrastinate on. There's no class booked, no trainer waiting, nothing on the calendar. You could go anytime — which somehow means you keep not going. "In five minutes" turns into a missed afternoon. Next Walk fixes that by making the walk a real decision: a specific time, and a specific place. That's what turns "I should" into "I'm out the door." It starts with the weather, because getting outside when conditions are actually good is what makes a walk something you want to repeat. But you shouldn't have to check a weather app every day to catch the right window. So Next Walk watches it for you and quietly taps you on the shoulder when your next good walking opportunity is coming up — no app to open, no login, nothing to remember. Commit with one tap, pick a nearby park or trail if you want, and a countdown on your Lock Screen walks you right up to the moment to head out the door. In a sea of apps built around tracking and streaks, Next Walk cares about one thing: getting you outside instead of losing another walk to procrastination, distraction, or bad weather. Quiet setup, no account, nothing to log. The app you don't have to remember to use — just let it coach you from the background. This is for all the walks you meant to take.

Screenshots

Garfunkel Walk4 screens
Next Walk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Next Walk at 5.0 against Garfunkel Walk's 4.8. Next Walk also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Next Walk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Garfunkel Walk ships an update every 2 weeks, Next Walk every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Garfunkel Walk versus Next Walk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGarfunkel WalkNext Walk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.518.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScott SmithVICTORIA LAUREN KANICKA

Customer experience

Garfunkel Walk

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Next Walk

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Garfunkel Walk

No in-app purchases

None

Next Walk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Garfunkel Walk free?
Garfunkel Walk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Next Walk free?
Next Walk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Garfunkel Walk or Next Walk?
Next Walk is rated higher. Garfunkel Walk averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Next Walk averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Garfunkel Walk or Next Walk have ads?
Neither Garfunkel Walk nor Next Walk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Garfunkel Walk or Next Walk?
Garfunkel Walk ships an update every 2 weeks, and Next Walk every 5 days. Most recently, Garfunkel Walk was updated on November 5, 2026 and Next Walk on October 31, 2026.

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