Comparison

footing vs Uphill

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

Head to head
About

footing

This app uses your phone's motion sensors to create a unique signature of your movement and cognitive patterns. It passively collects data on how you walk and process information, making your personal trajectory visible over time without any extra hardware.

Highlights
  • Passive motion sensor data collection
  • Movement Signature analysis (pace, symmetry, stride)
  • Cognitive Signature analysis (reaction, fluency, precision)
  • Longitudinal data tracking
  • Monthly guided walk and cognitive check-in
  • Grounded in published research
Features
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Footing measures how you walk and how you think, using the phone you already carry. No wearable required. No blood draw. No clinic visit. A 30-second walk and four short tests build your Gait Signature: one picture of your mobility and your thinking, tracked over time. Free to use. No subscription required to start. Find your footing. WHAT IT MEASURES Your Gait Signature combines two signatures, each with six dimensions. Mobility Signature, from your walk: Pace: your walking speed, normalized Stride: your step length relative to your height Steadiness: how consistent your strides are Symmetry: the balance between left and right steps Turn: how quickly you turn around Efficiency: how regular your vertical movement is while you walk Cognitive Signature, from four short tests (symbol match, typing burst, sequence recall, tap rhythm): Reaction: how quickly you respond Precision: how accurately you respond Attention: how consistent your response time is Memory: how long a sequence you can recall Timing: how steady your tap rhythm is Fluency: how quickly you type in a short burst The two signatures produce two scores, Mobility IQ and Cognitive IQ, each from 0 to 100. Once enough people of your age band and sex have joined, you also see a percentile against that group. Every score comes with an error range, so small changes are not overstated. HOW IT WORKS Guided walk. Put your phone in your pocket and walk for about 30 seconds. Start it in the app whenever you want. There is no fixed schedule. Cognitive tests. Four short tasks, also on demand. Your first three attempts at each test count as warm-up and are not scored. Daily walking. If you allow health access, footing reads one daily walking summary from Apple Health: walking speed, step length, asymmetry, double support, steps, and distance. Apple Health derives these from your iPhone. Collection starts when you join and covers the previous 24 hours each day. Apple Watch. The optional Apple Watch app captures arm swing during the guided walk. Results arrive within seconds of each upload. See them in the app or on the web at app.footinghealth.com, and invite a family member or clinician to see them. Sign in with Apple, Google, a passkey, or a code sent to your email. RESEARCH You can choose to contribute your measurements to research. It is opt-in only. You grant consent in Settings and can withdraw it there at any time. Without that consent, nothing goes to research. If you opt in, the data is de-identified. No name, email, or device. Dates are shifted. You are described only by age in years, sex, and broad height and weight bands. Only computed measurements are shared, never recordings. WHY IT MATTERS Walking speed has been called the sixth vital sign. Mobility and thinking tend to change gradually, which makes the changes easy to miss. A short, repeatable measurement shows where you stand today and how that compares with your own history. YOUR DATA Your walk recordings are stored on our servers, encrypted, so your results can be rescored as our scoring improves. To request deletion of your data, email hello@footinghealth.com. You must be 18 or older to use footing. Footing is a general wellness app. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or predict any disease. Footing is made by Carova Labs, LLC. footinghealth.com

About

Uphill

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Uphill complements your gym treadmill instead of replacing it. It leaves out what the treadmill's display already shows (time and distance) and focuses on what it can't: calories tuned to your body, and the elevation and floors you climb on an incline. If you're into the 12-3-30 workout (12% incline, 3.0 mph, 30 minutes) or incline walking in general, Uphill turns that uphill effort into visible height. ■ How you use it during a workout Whenever you change the speed or incline on the treadmill, just match it in the app. Your climb and calories add up in real time, and your height is told through real-world landmarks — "You've reached the top of the Statue of Liberty," "You're as high as the Eiffel Tower." No watch, no Bluetooth pairing. It works with any gym treadmill or walking pad — all it needs is your speed and incline. ■ Why Uphill • Personalized calories — an ACSM metabolic formula that factors in your weight, height, sex, and age for a better estimate than the generic number on your treadmill's display. • Visible achievement — turns the height you climb on an incline into elevation and floors, and adds it up across sessions — like a stair counter for your treadmill walking. • Landmark stories — reframes your climb as the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, or Mount Everest, turning abstract numbers into achievements you remember. ■ Key features • Easy speed and incline adjustment (with presets, including 12-3-30) — built for quick, reflexive changes while walking or running • Custom presets — save your current speed and incline, then bring them back with one tap • Workout programs — plan speed, incline, and time in steps, with a sound and vibration cue at every switch • Uphill Pro (subscription) — unlimited custom presets and programs; one of each is free, and everything else stays free • Live screen: calories, current height, and landmark messages • Pause and resume — so numbers don't inflate while you step off the belt • End-of-workout summary + saved workout history (including time and distance) • Share your climb — turn a workout into a card with your floors, landmark message, and stats, then send it to any app • Cumulative stats + progress to your next landmark • Workout reminders — on the days and times you choose, scheduled entirely on your phone • Metric / imperial units • Works fully offline · no account • English · Español · 한국어 · 日本語 · 简体中文 · 繁體中文 ■ Who it's for • Incline walkers and 12-3-30 fans who want their uphill effort to count • Treadmill walkers and runners tracking workouts without a smartwatch • Anyone walking for weight loss who wants calories and progress they can see ■ To be honest Every number is an input-based estimate (±10–20%). Enjoy it as a fun conversion, not a precise measurement. It is not a medical device or health advice. ■ Privacy Your profile and workout history are encrypted and stored only on your device. The app never sends them anywhere (a share card leaves your phone only when you pick an app to send it to) — no server, no account, no ads. The app does send anonymous crash diagnostics and usage statistics so bugs can be found and fixed — these never include your body profile. Usage statistics may carry a few coarse workout figures (floors climbed, minutes elapsed), never calories, distance or elevation. Whether it's incline walking (12-3-30) or an easy run, every bit you climb today adds up. Take the climb with Uphill ↗ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

footing4 screens
Uphill4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Uphill at every 4 days against footing's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

footing ships an update fortnightly, Uphill every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
footing versus Uphill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterfootingUphill
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB28 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperCarova Labs, LLCSuk Jin Kang

In-app purchases

None

footing

No in-app purchases

None

Uphill

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is footing free?
footing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Uphill free?
Uphill is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do footing or Uphill have ads?
Neither footing nor Uphill shows ads.
Which is updated more often, footing or Uphill?
footing ships an update fortnightly, and Uphill every 4 days. Most recently, footing was updated on October 21, 2026 and Uphill on October 7, 2026.

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