PocketRex vs Walkmon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PocketRex
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POCKETREX - Your Fitness Tamagotchi on Apple Watch Turn every step into an adventure! PocketRex is a virtual companion that lives or dies based on your daily physical activity. THE CONCEPT Adopt a virtual dinosaur directly on your Apple Watch. But beware: your dino needs YOU to survive! Every step you take keeps it fit. Stay inactive and it will lose muscle... until it's gone. HOW IT WORKS Your steps equal your dino's muscles. The more you walk, the more fit and muscular it becomes. The less you move, the weaker it gets. Three days of inactivity means Game Over. It's simple: move to keep it alive! FEATURES Random Hatching Each egg can give you a dino of different rarity: Common, Rare, Gold, Platinum, or Mythic. Will you be lucky enough to get a Mythic? Real-time Statistics Track muscle percentage, weight, health score, steps today, floors climbed, calories burned, and distance traveled. Unique Personalities Your dino can be Athletic, Lazy, Hungry, or Balanced. Each personality affects its progression! Dynamic Moods Happy, Neutral, Tired, or Sad - its mood reflects your efforts. Global Leaderboard Compare your dino with others from around the world! Climb the leaderboard by keeping your dino alive as long as possible. Candy System Earn candies by reaching your goals. Use them for boosts: Protein Shake, Vitamins, Protective Shield and more. Lucky Wheel Try your luck to win bonus candies! Cemetery Honor the memory of your fallen dinos. Each deceased dino is preserved with its statistics. Progress Charts Track your dino's evolution with detailed graphs. Day and Night Cycle The background changes based on real time with a sun during the day and falling stars at night. DESIGNED FOR APPLE WATCH PocketRex is optimized for Apple Watch. Check on your dino at a glance, right from your wrist. The companion iPhone app displays detailed statistics. DAILY GOALS 5,000 steps for maintenance. 10,000 steps for optimal growth. 15,000 or more steps for a super muscular dino! Stairs count double for muscle. Take the stairs! WHY POCKETREX? Gamified motivation works. When your dino depends on you, every step counts. No more excuses: your little companion is counting on you! Join players from around the world and keep your dino alive. How many days will you last? Requires Apple Watch with watchOS 10 or later. Respects your privacy - HealthKit data used only for gameplay. Download now and start the adventure!
Walkmon
This virtual pet game requires daily walking to keep your companion alive and fed. It tracks your steps to provide food and evolves based on your activity levels. Neglect leads to the pet's demise, offering a unique blend of fitness tracking and pet simulation.
- Virtual pet survival game
- Step-based feeding system
- Pet evolution based on activity
- Activity tracking integration
- Real-time pet needs decay
- Meaningful notifications
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Walk daily. Or it dies. Walkmon is a virtual pet that lives on your steps. Every 1,500 steps you walk becomes food. Food keeps it fed. Walking keeps it alive. Stop walking, and you'll watch it slowly stop. Part virtual pet game, part fitness companion, part activity tracker. A Tamagotchi for the step-counter era. A reason to take the long way home. A pet that notices when you sat on the couch all weekend. What you'll do every day: • Walk - your iPhone counts the steps, you don't have to open anything • Feed it - turn banked steps into meals • Play with it - short cooldowns, not endless tapping • Clean up after it - sedentary days create messes • Watch it grow - eggs hatch, hatchlings evolve into Active or Chill adults based on how you walked • Lose it eventually - pets die from neglect, or live to old age It's not a streak app. It's not a pedometer pretending to be cute. It's a small living thing that depends on you for real reasons. How it works: Walkmon reads your steps from Apple Health (HealthKit). 1,500 steps = 1 food item, capped at 20. Pets have hunger, happiness, health, energy, and weight, all decaying in real time even when the app is closed. A single skipped walk is survivable. A skipped week isn't. Notifications are rare and meaningful. No daily nag. No shame streaks. No paid revives. Open the app. Hatch a Walkmon. Don't let it die. — Walkmon Pro Subscription Walkmon requires a Walkmon Pro subscription to play. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription auto-renews unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your iPhone Settings under Apple ID > Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://walkmon.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://walkmon.app/terms Questions? hemposse@hotmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PocketRex at none against Walkmon's 3. PocketRex also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Walkmon's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). 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. Walkmon sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. PocketRex asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | PocketRex | Walkmon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | maxime bourdis | CARL MIKAEL OSSIAN HEMPEL |
In-app purchases
PocketRex
No in-app purchases
Walkmon
- Walkmon Pro Weekly3 Days trial$5.997 Days
- Walkmon Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Walkmon Pro Lifetime$79.99








