Comparison

Pixel Walker vs Snail

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

Head to head
About

Pixel Walker

Features
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Turn your daily steps into epic adventures! Walk to defeat monsters, collect legendary gear, and become the ultimate hero in this unique fitness RPG. Description Pixel Walker RPG is a unique idle role-playing game powered by your real-life steps. Simply walk with your smartphone to explore the world, fight monsters, and level up your hero. Enjoy the perfect blend of building healthy habits and classic RPG progression. [Key Features] Step-Powered Gameplay: Your physical steps translate directly into in-game movement and attacks. Offline Rewards: Keep earning experience and gold even when the app is closed. Your steps are always counted. Classes & Equipment: Upgrade your class as you level up, and collect or enhance hundreds of unique items. Epic Boss Battles: Reach step milestones to challenge powerful bosses and claim rare treasures. Retro Pixel Art: Experience a charming, nostalgic world brought to life with classic pixel graphics and animations. Start walking, start leveling. Join the adventure with Pixel Walker RPG today! EULA: 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

Pixel Walker4 screens
Snail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Snail at none against Pixel Walker's 1. On price, update cadence, 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. Pixel Walker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Snail asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixel Walker ships an update every 5 days, Snail every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Pixel Walker versus Snail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel WalkerSnail
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB37 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperDONGHOON KIMKali Holding LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pixel Walker

Subscriptions1
  • Adventure Pass (1 Month)$1.991 Month
None

Snail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixel Walker free?
Pixel Walker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Snail free?
Snail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pixel Walker or Snail have ads?
Neither Pixel Walker nor Snail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixel Walker or Snail?
Pixel Walker ships an update every 5 days, and Snail every 4 days. Most recently, Pixel Walker was updated on October 31, 2026 and Snail on October 31, 2026.

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