Comparison

Walka vs Snail

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

Head to head
About

Walka

Features
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HOW TO USE WALKA: 1) Enter your current weight and your goal weight 2) Get your personalized walking plan 3) Walk, track, and watch the progress happen If you want to lose weight without gym memberships, strict diets, or complicated routines, Walka will get you there, one step at a time. We aren't another fitness app trying to do everything. We believe walking is the most underrated way to lose weight, and we built the simplest, most beautiful tool to help you actually do it. Just follow your daily step goal and stay consistent. That's it. If you have any ideas or questions, please email us at contact@tundealao.com NOTE: We do not offer medical advice. Any and all recommendations should be viewed as suggestions, please consult with a professional before starting a new fitness plan. TERMS: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Snail

This app uses your real-time location and step count to create a unique survival game. A virtual snail relentlessly pursues you, and only your physical activity can keep it at bay. Survive for as long as possible to achieve a high score.

Highlights
  • Real-time location tracking
  • Uses iPhone step count
  • Snail gets faster over time
  • In-game items for defense
  • Background operation
  • Location-based notifications
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

Walka4 screens
Snail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Snail at none against Walka's 2. Snail also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, device support 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. Walka sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Snail asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Walka ships an update every 3 weeks, Snail every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Walka versus Snail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWalkaSnail
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB37 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTunde AlaoKali Holding LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Walka

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Annual subscription3 Days trial$39.991 Year
None

Snail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Walka free?
Walka is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Snail free?
Snail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Walka or Snail have ads?
Walka shows ads; Snail does not.
Which is updated more often, Walka or Snail?
Walka ships an update every 3 weeks, and Snail every 4 days. Most recently, Walka was updated on October 31, 2026 and Snail on October 31, 2026.

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