Palgo vs Five Foot Way
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Palgo
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Transform your fitness journey into an exciting adventure! PalGo is a unique virtual pet app that connects with Strava to reward your physical activities. Adopt Your PalGo Choose from 6 adorable companions in different colors and watch them grow from baby to young stages as you progress. Stay Active, Earn Experience Walk, run, lift weights, or engage in any physical activity to help your PalGo level up. Every workout counts! Care & Nurture Keep your PalGo healthy by feeding and hydrating it regularly. Watch out - neglecting your companion could lead to serious consequences! Battle & Compete Challenge other PalGos in combat to earn gold and prove you're the strongest trainer around. Visit the Store Use your hard-earned gold to buy health items, revives, and experience boosts to help your PalGo thrive.
Five Foot Way
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Every step you take goes into a building site on your own little island. Walk more and it rises, from a bare plot to a lit-up landmark. Five Foot Way turns your everyday walking into a city. Pick what to build, then go about your day. When you come back, the crew has been busy: scaffolding, walls, a roof, and finally the lights come on. YOUR WALK, IN BRICKS Steps from your iPhone and Apple Health are measured against your own usual pace, not someone else's. A good day for you is a good day for the city, whether that's 3,000 steps or 15,000. ONE BUILDING AT A TIME Every walk goes into the site you chose, so you always finish what you start. Watch it go up stage by stage, and get a gentle note when a new stage goes in. FROM HAMLET TO METROPOLIS Homes bring residents, residents bring new eras, and each era unlocks more to build. Grow from a quiet hamlet through village, town and city to a full metropolis, and watch the island itself grow to make room. 55 BUILDINGS WITH CHARACTER Kopitiams, shophouses, kampung houses, a mosque, a temple, an Art Deco cinema, a town hall, a stadium, a Ferris wheel and towers that scrape the sky. Each one is modelled for itself. SEE YOUR WALKING A chart of your steps for the last 7 days, 30 days or year, measured against your own usual day. Tap any bar to read that day or that month. PLAN EVERY STREET Drag a building into place, turn it to face the street, and move or turn it again any time. Lay roads, and watch residents and traffic bring them to life. DAY AND NIGHT The island follows your clock. After dark, windows, lamps and signs light up across the city. ITS OWN SOUNDTRACK Relaxed music for mornings, sunny afternoons, evening lamps and starlit nights, with drums that join in while you walk. A WIDGET THAT KEEPS UP See today's steps and the building they're going into on your Home Screen, without opening the app. KEEP THE MEMORIES Save a postcard of a finished building, a monthly recap, or a video of your island growing. SAFE IN ICLOUD Your city is backed up to your own iCloud, so a new iPhone or a reinstall picks up where you left off. Only the city is saved, never your steps. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No tracking. Five Foot Way only reads your step count, and your steps never leave your iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Palgo at weekly against Five Foot Way's fortnightly. Palgo also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Palgo ships an update weekly, Five Foot Way fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Palgo | Five Foot Way |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly โ better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergio Zamarro Sanchez | YEONG JIE KHOO |
In-app purchases
Palgo
No in-app purchases
Five Foot Way
No in-app purchases









