Walk Analytics vs Life in Steps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Walk Analytics
This app provides in-depth analysis of walking workouts, offering science-based metrics and gait intelligence. It prioritizes user privacy with 100% on-device processing and no cloud syncing. Users can export detailed reports for coaching or personal review.
- Instant workout analysis
- Science-based metrics (Critical Pace, wTSS, CTL/ATL/TSB)
- Walking form intelligence (cadence, stride length, asymmetry)
- 100% on-device privacy
- PDF/HTML/CSV/JSON export
- Overtraining and fatigue alerts
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Walk Analytics turns the walks you already record into clear post-walk insights. Review pace, cadence, distance, duration, heart rate, steps and long-term trends without logging every session by hand. NEW: ANALYSE YOUR TRAINING WITH AI Choose what to review (today's workout, your latest session against the previous one, this week or this month against the last) and the app turns your data into a professional prompt, in your language. One tap copies it and opens your AI assistant: just paste it into a new chat. BUILT FOR WALKING • Import walking workouts from Apple Health • Review pace, distance, duration, heart rate and available walking metrics • Explore weekly and monthly trends • Compare best efforts and training load over time • Inspect workout details and splits • Export your walking history to CSV or JSON FROM DAILY WALKS TO FOCUSED TRAINING Use one place to understand everyday activity, fitness walking, race walking and longer outdoor sessions. See whether your volume and pace are changing, then use the evidence to plan your next walk. YOUR DATA, WITH CLEAR BOUNDARIES Walk Analytics is local-first: your Apple Health workout history, analysis and exports are processed and stored on your device. No account or backend is needed for these features. Only if you choose to connect Garmin does a secure backend handle Garmin authorization and workout import. Walk Analytics has no ads and does not use third-party advertising trackers. See the Privacy Policy for details. PREMIUM Full access requires a subscription. Eligible plans include a free trial and can be cancelled from App Store settings. Privacy Policy: https://walk.analyticszone.app/en/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ IMPORTANT — MEDICAL DISCLAIMER Walk Analytics is a wellness app, not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat or prevent disease. Consult a healthcare professional before making medical decisions.
Life in Steps
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Life in Steps turns the steps your iPhone and Apple Watch already count into clear, simple charts. See how today is going, how your week compares with your goal, and what a whole year of walking looks like. TODAY AND THIS WEEK • Today's steps, with a chart of when you moved, hour by hour • Every day of the week against your daily goal and your average • Tap any bar for its numbers MONTHS AND YEARS • Daily steps for any month, with a 7-day average • A heatmap of the whole year: one square for every day, shaded by your steps • Monthly averages, and how each period compares with the one before THE NUMBERS THAT MATTER • Daily average, median, total and best day for every week, month and year • Days on goal, and your current and longest streaks • All-time records: best day, best week, best month and lifetime total • A banner the moment you set a new record or reach a streak milestone, ready to share WIDGETS • Today's steps and the week so far on your Home Screen • A large widget with the month as a calendar: days on goal shaded by their steps, the rest in grey • Lock Screen widgets for a glance without unlocking YOUR GOAL, YOUR DATA • 8,000 steps a day to start with; set the goal that works for you • An optional daily reminder at a time you choose, asking whether you've reached your goal • Six accent colors for the app and its widgets, and charts with or without goal and average lines • Share any week, month or year as an image • Export every day's total as a CSV file for a spreadsheet or your own analysis PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your steps never leave your iPhone • Read-only access to Apple Health: the app never changes your data • No account, no sign-in, no ads, no analytics, no tracking • Works fully offline Life in Steps reads only your step count, and only with your permission. You can change that at any time in the Health app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Life in Steps at none against Walk Analytics's 3. Walk Analytics's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Walk Analytics sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Life in Steps asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Walk Analytics | Life in Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ArnoHealth SL | Arpit Gupta |
In-app purchases
Walk Analytics
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$22.991 Year
- Walk Analytics Lifetime$229.99
Life in Steps
No in-app purchases





