Comparison

Walking Desk vs ViSota

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

Head to head
About

Walking Desk

Manually log treadmill desk activity into Apple Health. Record steps, distance, calories, and duration to create walking workouts. View recent activity totals from the past week.

Highlights
  • Record steps, distance, calories, and duration
  • Save sessions as walking workouts in Apple Health
  • View last 7 days of activity totals
  • No account required
  • No ads or analytics tracking
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Walking Desk helps you record treadmill desk sessions in Apple Health. Enter the numbers from your treadmill display: • Steps • Distance in miles • Calories • Workout duration Walking Desk saves that session to Apple Health as: • Step count • Walking or running distance • Active energy burned • A walking workout The app also reads your recent Apple Health totals so you can see the last 7 days of activity in one place. No account. No ads. No analytics tracking.

About

ViSota

Features
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ViSota is a quiet meditation timer — and, if you want it, a line of the Buddha's own words to sit with before you begin. Set your time, choose a bell, and sit. Nothing else asks for your attention. A timer that stays out of the way • Gentle opening and closing bells, and interval bells if you like them. • Soft ambient backgrounds — rain, a forest at night, a river, a quiet hall. • Save a sitting as a preset — your duration, sound and bells in one tap. • An optional daily reminder. • Works fully offline. Nothing to sign up for. A verse to sit with (optional) Before you sit, ViSota can offer a short verse from the Pāḷi canon — the Buddha's own words — on a theme such as the hindrances, the factors of awakening, or the boundless qualities (loving-kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity). Tap a Pāḷi word to see its meaning in your language. Take it or leave it; the timer is complete on its own. Yours, in your language The app speaks many languages, and the verses are drawn from the canon in each tradition's own words wherever we can. A gift ViSota is free and non-commercial — offered as a gift of Dhamma (dāna). No ads. No accounts. No tracking. We collect no data; your settings stay on your device. Sit however you sit. ViSota just keeps the time and, if you wish, offers a few words to begin.

Screenshots

Walking Desk2 screens
ViSota4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: ViSota at 3 against Walking Desk's 1. ViSota also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Walking Desk ships an update every 6 weeks, ViSota every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Walking Desk versus ViSota: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWalking DeskViSota
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael HarenCBF GmbH

In-app purchases

None

Walking Desk

No in-app purchases

None

ViSota

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Walking Desk free?
Walking Desk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ViSota free?
ViSota is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Walking Desk or ViSota have ads?
Neither Walking Desk nor ViSota shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Walking Desk or ViSota?
Walking Desk ships an update every 6 weeks, and ViSota every 3 months. Most recently, Walking Desk was updated on October 31, 2026 and ViSota on October 31, 2026.

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