Comparison

Ambryx vs How Far

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

Head to head
About

Ambryx

Features
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Ambryx is a private walking companion for iPhone and Apple Watch. It is built to help you walk with a plan and finish with momentum through smart goals, real-time sessions, and cross-device progress visibility. Ambryx focuses on everyday consistency: - Goals that feel achievable and motivating - Real-time walking sessions with clear live metrics - Visibility across the surfaces you already check all day - Recovery for walks you forgot to start manually WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH AMBRYX Build a goal system that works for your life - Choose daily goals from beginner to ambitious ranges - Get automatic weekly targets and helpful progress context - Update your goals anytime as your routine changes Track active walks in real time - Start a walk on iPhone or Apple Watch - See live elapsed time, steps, distance, and workout progress - Finish with an immediate summary so progress feels concrete Train with Japanese interval walking - Structured workout mode designed to boost your walking fitness - Configure custom intervals with fast and easy phases - Get real-time pace coaching with distinct audio cues - Perfect for tempo training and building endurance Get credit for forgotten walks - Ambryx detects qualifying walks you did not manually start - Review detected walks in a clean prompt flow - Save or decline each walk without clutter See progress everywhere - Day, week, and month progress views in the app - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets - Live Activity and Dynamic Island updates during active sessions - Apple Watch companion experience with synced progress - Watch complications for quick glance updates Stay supported without notification overload - Goal reminders and activity nudges - Quiet Hours controls for better timing and less noise - Clear permission and recovery flows when settings need attention Designed with privacy at the center - Your health data stays in Apple Health and your iCloud account - No third-party data sharing for your walk history - Data access is controlled by the Health permissions you choose Ambryx is for people who want a practical, reliable walking system they can actually stick with. https://isolift.app/ambryx/privacy

About

How Far

This app transforms your daily steps into a competitive, season-long challenge. Track your distance, level up by walking, and climb the leaderboards. Collect virtual gemstones for reaching milestones and enjoy a private, ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Step tracking and distance measurement
  • Daily leveling system
  • Seasonal leaderboards
  • Private group competitions
  • Gemstone collection for milestones
  • No GPS or location tracking
  • Ad-free and private by design
Features
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How Far turns the steps you already take into a season-long competition. Your phone's step counter measures how far you walk each day. Every 500 metres earns your first level of the day, and each next level needs double the distance: 1 km, 2 km, 4 km and beyond. Levels add up for the whole season, and every three months the leaderboard starts fresh so newcomers always have a real shot. WALK • Distance, steps and estimated calories for today, plus the previous days at a swipe • Weekly and monthly history for every metric • Works entirely from the motion sensor: no GPS, no location permission, no battery drain COMPETE • A seasonal leaderboard of everyone on How Far • Private groups: invite friends by name and compete on your own board • Your rank, level and distance at a glance COLLECT • Gemstones for lifetime milestones: Amethyst at 50 km, Citrine at 100 km, Aquamarine at 250 km, Sapphire at 500 km, all the way to Diamond at 5,000 km • A unique seasonal gemstone for finishing a season strong • Level-up notifications the moment you cross a breakpoint PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Sign in with Apple, Google or email • Other players see only your display name, activity totals, level, gemstones and join date; never your email • No ads, no analytics, no tracking, and you can delete your account and all its data from Settings at any time Lace up, open How Far, and see how far you can go this season.

Screenshots

Ambryx4 screens
How Far4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: How Far at none against Ambryx's 2. How Far also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.6). On price, ads and device support 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. Ambryx sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. How Far asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ambryx versus How Far: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmbryxHow Far
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIso Lift, LLCDarko Uskokovic

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ambryx

One-time2
  • Ambryx Free TrialFree
  • StrideFlow Pro$2.99
None

How Far

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ambryx free?
Ambryx is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is How Far free?
How Far is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ambryx or How Far have ads?
Neither Ambryx nor How Far shows ads.

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