Comparison

禅Labo vs PlainWalk

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

Head to head
About

禅Labo

Features
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■ 禅Labo - 禅の瞑想をもっと身近に 「禅Labo」は、誰でも手軽に禅の瞑想を始められるアプリです。 アカウント登録不要。ダウンロードしたらすぐに瞑想を始められます。 ■ 主な機能 【瞑想タイマー】 ・5分〜30分まで自由に設定 ・16種類の環境音(自然音・ヒーリング等) ・集中できる音を選んで瞑想に没入 【呼吸ガイド】 ・4秒吸う→4秒止める→6秒吐くのリズムで呼吸を整える ・アニメーションに合わせて自然にリラックス 【座禅の姿勢ガイド】 ・正しい座禅の姿勢を7ステップで解説 ・初めての方でも迷わず取り組める 【毎日の禅語】 ・日替わりで心に響く禅の言葉を表示 ・日々の気づきのきっかけに 【瞑想の記録】 ・毎日の瞑想をスタンプで記録 ・続けるほどスタンプが解放される達成感 【リマインダー】 ・毎日決まった時間に瞑想の通知 ・習慣化をサポート ■ こんな方におすすめ ・瞑想を始めてみたいけど何からやればいいかわからない方 ・日々のストレスを解消したい方 ・集中力を高めたい方 ・寝る前のリラックスタイムを充実させたい方 ・禅や日本文化に興味がある方 ■ 完全無料 すべての機能を無料でご利用いただけます。 ■ お問い合わせ ご質問・ご要望がございましたら、下記までお気軽にご連絡ください。 メール: bullinc.app@gmail.com

About

PlainWalk

This app transforms your walks, runs, or cycles into a unique visual experience by drawing your path on a blank map in real time. Explore new routes, revisit favorites to thicken them, and mark special spots with photos and notes. Your journey becomes a personalized, evolving artwork.

Highlights
  • Real-time path drawing on a blank map
  • Records walks, runs, and drives
  • Pioneered distance tracking for new roads
  • Road thickness indicates frequency of use
  • Background recording
  • Live Activity and Home Screen widgets
  • Pin spots with photos and notes
Features
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PlainWalk is a walking app where you draw a pure white map with your own feet. Open the app and the map is empty. Start walking, and only the roads you actually walked appear, one line at a time. Roads you take often grow darker and thicker. Roads you walk for the first time are recorded as ground you pioneered. Take a different street home tonight. Turn into the alley you have never tried. Small adventures like these stay on your map. ■ Features ・Your trail is drawn onto the blank map in real time ・Runs, rides and drives are recorded too. PlainWalk tells them apart, and you choose which ones to draw ・First-time roads count toward your pioneered distance ・Roads you walk often grow thicker, revealing the shape of your daily life ・Background recording keeps going after you close the screen ・Live Activity shows your distance on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island ・A Home Screen widget shows today's pioneered distance and your map ・A real-map view overlays your trail on the actual streets ・Daily walk history with trail previews ・Pin "spots" to your map with a photo, a category and a note ・Replay a single walk, or watch your whole map grow as a timelapse ■ Privacy Your location and walking records are stored only on your device. Nothing is ever sent to a server, and no account is required. Why not turn that still-blank corner on today's walk? —————— PlainWalk Plus (auto-renewable subscription) Unlocks map colour schemes, trail and photo pin styles, area badge details with crystal finishes, town replays, cat coats and a hedgehog, automatic recording and recording from home and work, several flags and unlimited Someday places, workouts from Apple Health on your map, your own LUTs, sticker finishes, and the Around you and Your region widgets, and removes ads. The blank map, all statistics and the pioneer ranks stay free. - Monthly and yearly plans. Prices are shown in the app for your region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the same price unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel it in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bitpackman.github.io/plainwalk/privacy.en.html

Screenshots

禅Labo4 screens
PlainWalk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 禅Labo at none against PlainWalk's 4. 禅Labo also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. PlainWalk sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.69 per month. 禅Labo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
禅Labo versus PlainWalk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter禅LaboPlainWalk
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—88.1% of reviews
Number of ratings—25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size288 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKen MatsudaKANTA KOKONNO

In-app purchases

None

禅Labo

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

PlainWalk

Subscriptions2
  • PlainWalk Plus Monthly$2.691 Month
  • PlainWalk Plus Yearly7 Days trial$26.901 Year
One-time2
  • Remove Ads$5.99
  • PlainWalk Plus Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is 禅Labo free?
禅Labo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PlainWalk free?
PlainWalk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 禅Labo or PlainWalk have ads?
Both 禅Labo and PlainWalk show ads.
Which is updated more often, 禅Labo or PlainWalk?
禅Labo ships an update every 3 days, and PlainWalk every 3 days. Most recently, 禅Labo was updated on November 5, 2026 and PlainWalk on November 10, 2026.

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