Comparison

Whimsical Walks vs StepQuest

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

Head to head
About

Whimsical Walks

Transform your daily walks into magical adventures with this app. Track steps, complete fun quests, capture memories with fantasy filters, and collect adorable companion pets. It offers a storybook-inspired experience to make wellness magical.

Highlights
  • Whimsical Polaroids with fantasy filters
  • Daily photo quests
  • Collect companion pets
  • Animated step tracking rings
  • Personalized daily step goals
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Whimsical Walks transforms your daily walks into magical adventures. Track your steps with a beautiful, whimsical interface while completing fun daily quests, capturing enchanting polaroid memories, and collecting adorable companion pets along the way. Every walk becomes an expedition filled with wonder. Set your daily step goals, earn rewards, and watch your personal journey unfold through a charming, storybook-inspired experience. Whimsical Walks requires a subscription to access its features, with a 3-day free trial available. Features (included with subscription): • Whimsical Polaroids — Turn your walks into magical memories with fantasy-inspired photo filters • Daily Quests — Fun photo adventures that make every walk an exciting expedition • Collect Companions — Earn adorable pets as you explore and hit your goals • Step Tracking — Beautiful animated rings and stats to track your walking journey • Personalized Goals — Set and achieve daily step targets tailored just for you Walking is the simplest form of wellness — Whimsical Walks makes it the most magical. Subscription Information: • Whimsical Walks offers monthly ($4.99/month) and yearly ($29.99/year) subscription options • Both plans include a 3-day free trial • Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period • You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://whimsicalwalks.carrd.co/ Support url: https://whimsicalwalks.carrd.co/

About

StepQuest

Features
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Your hero is only alive while you keep walking. StepQuest exists to make a daily walking habit something you actually keep. Not with another streak badge or a reminder you learn to ignore, but by turning your step count into a roguelite RPG where a character's survival is the thing at stake. -= How It Works =- You pick a daily step goal, and it locks in for the whole adventure, so you set your own difficulty. Every day you hit it, your character earns XP and levels up. Every day you miss, you lose a heart. Run out of hearts and the run is over. Steps come straight from Apple Health, so there is nothing to log by hand. You walk, the game keeps score. -= Missing a Day Is Survivable, Not Free =- Six days in a row earns a rest day, and your next miss is forgiven automatically. A full seven day streak regenerates a heart. Blue hearts, earned only from the hardest quests, absorb a missed day as a last resort. Use all of it and a run can last months. Ignore it and five bad days end everything. -= Death Is Not a Reset =- When the last heart goes, your level resets, but your gold and your avatar collection are permanent. You cash out gold based on how long you survived, spend it on cosmetics, and start the next run with everything you have collected. A bad run costs you progress, never your collection. -= Your Steps Are the Currency =- More than 140 avatars across five styles: standard, casual, edgy, fantasy, and cyberpunk. Every one of them is priced in gold, and walking is what earns it. The rarest take real distance to reach, so your character ends up wearing the ground you covered. -= Quests Worth Chasing =- Daily, weekly, monthly and legendary quests. A perfect month. Half a million steps in a single run. A hundred consecutive days. -= On Your Wrist and Home Screen =- An Apple Watch app, a Watch complication, Home Screen widgets and Lock Screen widgets keep today's steps and your remaining hearts one glance away, so you always know how close the day is to costing you a heart. Raise your wrist or glance at a locked phone, no need to open the app. No accounts. No sign up. Just your steps. Disclaimer: StepQuest is free to play and shows ads. Optional in-app support tiers grant bonus gold and remove ads. Nothing you can buy affects your hearts, your step goal, or your progress.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: StepQuest at 3 against Whimsical Walks's —. StepQuest also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price 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. Whimsical Walks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and StepQuest sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Whimsical Walks versus StepQuest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhimsical WalksStepQuest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (11 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 days
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
Devices—iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMax FayrweatherAdam Golczak

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Whimsical Walks

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
5 purchases

StepQuest

One-time5
  • Toss a Coin$1.99
  • Tavern Round$2.99
  • Squire's Tribute$4.99
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  • Royal Benefactor$9.99
  • Legendary Patron$19.99

Questions

Is Whimsical Walks free?
Whimsical Walks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StepQuest free?
StepQuest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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