WalkPadLog vs Vagus Bloom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WalkPadLog
Manually log your walking pad distance and sync it to Apple Health. This app accurately calculates calories burned and helps you build daily streaks with motivating reminders and achievements. It works with any walking pad and prioritizes your privacy by keeping all data offline.
- Manual walking pad distance entry
- Apple Health integration for workouts
- Accurate calorie calculation
- Daily streak building and reminders
- Milestone achievements
- Works with any walking pad
- 100% offline and private
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You're walking on your pad, but your Apple Watch shows zero steps. That's because your hands are on the keyboard instead of swinging. WalkPadLog fixes this in 3 seconds: read the distance from your pad's display, enter it, done. No Bluetooth, no pairing, no sync issues. APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION Every session is saved as an Indoor Walking Workout in Apple Health. Distance, steps, and workout minutes count toward your Activity Rings, even when your Apple Watch misses your steps at the desk. If you're wearing your Apple Watch during the session, your real heart rate is automatically attached to the workout. ACCURATE CALORIES No more flat estimates. WalkPadLog calculates your burned calories from your weight, pace and your pad's incline, using the MET formula from the Compendium of Physical Activities plus the grade term of the ACSM walking equation. Set your weight once in Settings or sync it from Apple Health, and your Move ring will reflect realistic values instead of a rough guess. BUILD YOUR STREAK Set your walking days and build a daily streak. Missed a day? Your streak resets, and a friendly reminder helps you start fresh, instead of pretending you're still on track. Smart reminders only notify you on days when you haven't walked yet. Motivating without being annoying. UNLOCK ACHIEVEMENTS 12 milestone achievements named after famous routes around the world: First Steps (1 km) → Marathon (42 km) → Paris to London (340 km) → Trans-Siberian Railway (3,500 km) Each achievement turns your daily walking pad routine into a long-distance journey. WORKS WITH ANY WALKING PAD Compatible with every walking pad, with or without its own app, flat or inclined. No Bluetooth required. Just enter your distance and you're done. 100% PRIVATE All data stays on your device. No accounts, no servers, no analytics. Works completely offline.
Vagus Bloom
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Vagus Bloom helps you build a calmer, more resilient nervous system to enhance stress management and overall wellness through daily vagus nerve practices. The vagus nerve — the longest nerve in your body — connects your brain to your heart, lungs, and gut. It regulates your stress response, heart rate, digestion, and inflammation. When it's working well, you recover from stress faster and feel more grounded. When it's not, everything runs a little hot. Vagus Bloom gives you the tools to train this nerve, one practice at a time. DAILY CHECK-IN Start each day by noticing how your body feels. A quick 30-second check-in assesses your nervous system state and recommends the right practice for where you are today. GUIDED PRACTICES Breathing exercises, ear-based vagal stimulation, vocal techniques, cold exposure, and movement practices — each targeting a specific branch of the vagus nerve. Choose your duration, follow the guided timer, and build your practice over days and weeks. VAGAL STATE TRACKING See your nervous system trends over time. The vagal state graph shows where you've been and how your baseline is shifting as you practice consistently. INFORMATIVE ARTICLES In-depth articles covering vagus nerve science, polyvagal theory, recent research, and practical technique guides. 5-DAY VAGUS LAUNCH New to vagus nerve practices? The guided 5-day curriculum introduces one technique per day, building your foundation step by step. TRAINING GOALS After the 5-DAY-VAGUS LAUNCH, set your own training goal: 7, 14, 30, 60, or 90 days. The app adapts your weekly practice themes based on your check-in data — calming practices when you're running hot, activating practices when you're running flat. NERVOUS SYSTEM GARDEN (Premium) A living garden that grows with your practice. 22 unique plants unlock as you hit milestones. Fourteen carefully curated scenes to arrange your garden in. Plants have a glow, they wilt when neglected, and recover when you return. Your progress, visualised as something beautiful. CAT VIDEO REWARDS (Premium) 38 collectible cat videos appear as surprise rewards after practices and check-ins. Discover named videos across 7 series, build your collection, and find them all. LATEST RESEARCH A curated news feed pulling the latest vagus nerve research from PubMed, Nature, Frontiers, and other sources. Stay current with the science. Vagus Bloom is built on research and vibes, and designed to respect your time. Most practices take 1-5 minutes. The check-in takes 30 seconds. Consistency matters more than duration. Free features: Check-in, all practices, articles, graph, training goals, news feed. Premium (Catmium): Garden, cat videos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WalkPadLog at none against Vagus Bloom's 1. Vagus Bloom's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price and ads 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
Both are free to download. Vagus Bloom sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WalkPadLog asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | WalkPadLog | Vagus Bloom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Johannes Schmidt | Harri Vuori |
In-app purchases
WalkPadLog
No in-app purchases
Vagus Bloom
- catmium$1.99









