Comparison

Evolve MVMT vs Walking Buddy

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

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About

Evolve MVMT

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The Evolve MVMT app is your gateway to a better gait. Track your walk performance and use in-app guidance with the help of the Evolve MVMT movement tracking device to help you walk better than you've ever walked before.

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. GOALS FOR EVERY KIND OF DAY Keep more than one goal active, each on its own days: 10,000 steps on weekdays and 6,000 at the weekend. A day without a goal is a rest day: no reminders, and your streak is safe. 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 - Vacation mode: plan the days you are away, with no reminders and your streak safe - 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

Evolve MVMT4 screens
Walking Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Evolve MVMT at none against Walking Buddy's 2. Evolve MVMT also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Walking Buddy's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks). On price 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. Walking Buddy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Evolve MVMT asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Evolve MVMT ships an update every 5 weeks, Walking Buddy every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 4 level
Evolve MVMT versus Walking Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvolve MVMTWalking Buddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTekt Industries Pty LtdRaphael Koebraam

In-app purchases

None

Evolve MVMT

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Walking Buddy

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

Questions

Is Evolve MVMT free?
Evolve MVMT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Walking Buddy free?
Walking Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Evolve MVMT or Walking Buddy have ads?
Neither Evolve MVMT nor Walking Buddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Evolve MVMT or Walking Buddy?
Evolve MVMT ships an update every 5 weeks, and Walking Buddy every 2 days. Most recently, Evolve MVMT was updated on October 28, 2026 and Walking Buddy on October 29, 2026.

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