Comparison

WalkingHero vs Snail

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

Head to head
About

WalkingHero

Features
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Walking Heroes turns your daily steps into an epic RPG adventure! Create your hero, earn XP with every walk, level up, and become stronger with every step. Challenge real players in walking battles, play fun minigames, climb leaderboards, and unlock real-life rewards like vouchers, gifts, and seasonal prizes. Key Features: • Walk to gain XP & level up your hero • 1v1 step battles with real players • Make friends and compete • Fun minigames powered by your walking • Real-life rewards for achievements • Customize your hero with outfits and upgrades • Seasonal competitions and trophies • Track your walking progress with accurate step analytics Stay active, stay motivated, and turn your daily steps into power! Walk, play, and become a Walking Hero today! Privacy Policy https://drive.google.com/file/d/11mxxHDctewN4MMGmfA8cqS8PgH2FhDUT/view?usp=sharing Terms and Condition https://drive.google.com/file/d/18JhPjVieMIWzjDJJLjQPMRQZS3Hh1tQz/view?usp=sharing

About

Snail

Features
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A snail is coming for you. It hatched near you and it already knows where you are. It moves in a straight line, through buildings, through rivers, through anything in the way. It does not sleep and it never loses you. Walking is the only thing that holds it back. HOW IT WORKS The snail crawls toward your real location, day and night, whether the app is open or not. It starts at about two miles a day and gets faster every three days you survive. Every step you take pushes it back. Snail reads the step count your iPhone already records, so it does not matter where you walk or how fast. A walk to the mailbox counts. A shift on your feet counts. Most of each walk pushes the snail away, and the rest is banked for later. Driving away does not help. Only steps buy distance, and heading toward it is a very bad idea. If it reaches you, the game is over. Days survived is your score. A new snail hatches at 6am. WHAT YOU CAN SEE Far away, you only get a rough idea of where it is. The closer it gets, the more precisely you know. Inside a thousand feet, you see exactly where it is. SALT AND SHELL Salt freezes the snail for six hours. You start with one and earn another every week you survive. Shell pushes it back three miles. It costs five banked miles. IT TELLS YOU WHEN IT IS CLOSE A notification at one mile, at half a mile, and when it is on your street. A word in the morning and in the evening on how the day is going. PRIVACY No account, no sign up, no email address. No ads, no trackers, no purchases. Snail reads your step count from Apple Health and writes nothing back. Your location is used to play the game. Nothing is sold and nothing is shared. BATTERY Snail uses your location in the background, because the snail does not stop when you close the app. While it is far away, Snail checks your position rarely. It only checks often when the snail is close.

Screenshots

WalkingHero3 screens
Snail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Snail at none against WalkingHero's 8. WalkingHero's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. WalkingHero sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Snail asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WalkingHero ships an update every 2 days, Snail every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
WalkingHero versus Snail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWalkingHeroSnail
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size462 MB37 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperAndreas ProtopapasKali Holding LLC

In-app purchases

8 purchases

WalkingHero

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$49.991 Year
One-time6
  • Gem Pack 1$2.99
  • Gem Pack 2$3.99
  • Gem Pack 3$9.99
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  • Gem Pack 4$17.99
  • Gem Pack 5$29.99
  • Gem Pack 6$44.99
None

Snail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WalkingHero free?
WalkingHero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Snail free?
Snail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do WalkingHero or Snail have ads?
Neither WalkingHero nor Snail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WalkingHero or Snail?
WalkingHero ships an update every 2 days, and Snail every 4 days. Most recently, WalkingHero was updated on October 8, 2026 and Snail on October 24, 2026.

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