Comparison

Bara vs Waddle

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

Head to head
About

Bara

Compete with friends in step-based challenges, turning daily walks into fun races. Use strategic power-ups to gain an edge and customize your capybara avatar. Participate in casual or ranked modes within a charming illustrated world.

Highlights
  • Create step races of various lengths
  • Invite friends to compete
  • Live leaderboards from Apple Health
  • Use strategic power-ups
  • Customize capybara avatar
  • Optional coin buy-ins for races
  • Ranked mode for global competition
Features
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Bara is a social step challenge app built for the people you actually walk with. Pick a race length, invite your friends, and let your steps do the running. HOW IT WORKS - Create races lasting 1, 3, 7, or 14 days - Invite friends and set the number of walkers - Live leaderboards update automatically from Apple Health step data - Join public and featured daily races and watch your placement update live PLAY WITH POWER-UPS Collect playful power-ups and add a twist to the race: - Slow a friend's pace for a while - Rewind a little of someone's recent progress - Borrow a few steps from the walker ahead of you - Leave a surprise along the trail - Briefly hide the leaderboard from another walker It's all lighthearted and temporary. Every walker keeps their own real step count in Apple Health. RACE YOUR WAY - Keep races completely casual, or - Play team races and multi-day tournament brackets with friends - Top finishers earn bonus coins from Bara. Races are always free to enter. EARN AND CUSTOMIZE Earn coins by walking, racing, keeping streaks, completing daily goals, and inviting friends. Spend them on: - Hats - Sunglasses - Shoes - Capybara cosmetics and new characters - Power-ups from the shop Plus collect daily rewards including coins, accessories, and power-ups. Coins are a virtual, in-game currency. Earn them through play or buy coin packs with in-app purchase. Coins have no real-world value and are used only for cosmetics and power-ups inside Bara. BARA GOLD Optional weekly and monthly memberships add ad-free play, extra coin rewards, and Gold perks. The app shows localized prices, renewal terms, and trial eligibility before purchase. Gold characters and power-up packs are also available as separate in-app purchases. DESIGNED TO BE FUN, NOT STRESSFUL Walk at your own pace. Race friends casually or push for the top of the leaderboards while exploring a cozy illustrated hiking world with your customizable capybara companion. PRIVACY FIRST Bara reads only your step count from Apple Health. It does not access heart rate, calories, sleep, workouts, distance, or location. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Waddle

This app offers gentle running plans for beginners, featuring guided intervals and GPS tracking. It adapts to your pace and allows adjustments, with a friendly goose mascot to motivate you. Build a consistent movement habit towards your fitness goals without pressure.

Highlights
  • Guided run/walk intervals
  • GPS outdoor activity tracking
  • Adaptive training plans
  • Workout scheduling and reminders
  • Progress tracking and badges
  • Route planning and replays
Features
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Meet your new running buddy. It’s a goose. It honks. Waddle to Run turns beginning—or beginning again—into something a little less intimidating. Choose your goal, tell us what feels manageable, and get a gradual walking or run-walk plan designed to fit your week. Follow guided intervals, track outdoor activities with GPS, plan favorite routes, and watch small sessions add up over time. Miss a day? The goose saved your spot. Need to walk? That was always allowed. Build toward a regular movement habit, a 20-minute jog, your first 5K, or a 10K—without treating every workout like a test. Along the way, you can: • Hear run and walk cues • Track distance, pace, time, and routes • Adjust sessions when they feel too hard • Schedule runs and receive reminders • Collect badges and unlock goose gear • Create private route postcards and replays • Save completed workouts to Apple Health Running is hard enough. Your running app doesn’t need to yell at you. Waddle. Jog. Honk. Repeat. Waddle to Run is free to download. Waddle Premium access, available through an auto-renewable subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase, is required to start guided runs and unlock personalized plans, run tracking, Progress, route postcards and replays, Live Activities, and goose outfits. Pricing and any available trial are shown before purchase. Terms of Use: https://spammusubitech.github.io/waddle-to-run/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://spammusubitech.github.io/waddle-to-run/privacy/

Screenshots

Bara4 screens
Waddle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Waddle at none against Bara's shown. Bara's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (61 vs 4). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Bara sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days and Waddle sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Bara against 5.0 for Waddle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bara has 61 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Bara's written reviews are positive against 100% of Waddle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bara ships an update every 4 days, Waddle weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bara versus Waddle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBaraWaddle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (61 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings61 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB153 MB
Age rating12++17
DeveloperRohan ChariSpam Musubi Technologies

Customer experience

Bara

All ratings61 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive96.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.0%

Waddle

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Bara

Subscriptions2
  • Bara Gold Weekly7 Days trial$1.497 Days
  • Bara Gold Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
One-time7
  • Powerup 3-Pack$0.99
  • 500 Coins$0.99
  • Sea Lion$1.00
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  • Mouse$1.00
  • Hedgehog$1.00
  • 3,000 Coins$4.99
  • 7,500 Coins$9.99
5 purchases

Waddle

Subscriptions5
  • Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Premium Annual — Final Offer$9.991 Year
  • Premium Annual — Special Offer$19.991 Year
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  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Premium Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Bara free?
Bara is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Waddle free?
Waddle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bara or Waddle?
Waddle is rated higher. Bara averages 4.9 out of 5 from 61 ratings, while Waddle averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Bara or Waddle have ads?
Bara shows ads; Waddle does not.
Which is updated more often, Bara or Waddle?
Bara ships an update every 4 days, and Waddle weekly. Most recently, Bara was updated on October 15, 2026 and Waddle on October 9, 2026.

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