WalkCook vs BloomStep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WalkCook
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Every step you take, something delicious awaits. WalkCook turns your daily walks into a cooking adventure. Every 750 steps, a new ingredient drops into your bag. Collect them, unlock recipes, and build your personal cookbook — one walk at a time. 【How It Works】 ① Set your daily goal — steps, calories burned, or distance ② Walk to earn ingredients (one drop every 750 steps!) ③ Collect enough ingredients to discover and unlock recipes ④ Complete dishes to earn Resip Points ⑤ Spend Resip Points to unlock exclusive premium recipes 【Game Highlights】 • Ingredients drop automatically every 750 steps • Walk 5,000+ or 8,000+ steps to boost rare ingredient drop rates • 13 standard recipes to unlock: from Corn Soup to Apple Pie • 13 exclusive Resip recipes: Lemon Pasta, Mont Blanc, Chocolate Cake, and more • Daily challenge: a new recipe goal every day to keep you motivated 【Apple Watch Support】 Stay in the loop with the Apple Watch companion app. Check your steps and latest ingredient drops right from your wrist. 【Widget Support】 See your step progress at a glance with the home screen widget. Make every step count. Download WalkCook and start cooking with your walk!
BloomStep
This app encourages outdoor walking by tracking steps, distance, and active time. It uses your Apple Health data to fuel a virtual garden that grows as you reach your goals. Record outdoor walks and runs, complete challenges, and earn rewards to nurture your digital plants.
- Step and distance tracking
- Daily step goal setting
- Outdoor walk and run recording
- Virtual garden growth reward
- Challenges and achievement badges
- Home screen widget
- Activity history review
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Go outside. Take a walk. Let each step count. BloomStep is a gentle outdoor walking companion. Use Apple Health data to bring your steps, walking distance, and active time into one place. Set a daily step goal, turn movement into visible progress, and let a virtual garden grow as a calm reward for getting outside. WALK OUTSIDE, ONE STEP AT A TIME • Turn step count and walking distance into in-app energy • Set a daily step goal and track your progress • Collect unclaimed walking energy for up to seven days • Review daily activity, weekly totals, streaks, and calendar history RECORD WALKS AND RUNS OUTDOORS • Start an outdoor walking or running session with location tracking • See your route, distance, and duration while you move • Pause, resume, and save completed routes to your activity history • Keep your active session visible with a Live Activity CHALLENGES, CHECK-INS, AND BADGES • Complete weekly and monthly step-goal challenges for extra rewards • Claim daily check-in rewards and streak milestones • Unlock achievements for steps, active days, energy, plants, and blooms • Earn badges for monthly challenges and consistent 30-minute walks GROW A GARDEN THAT REWARDS YOUR WALKS • Choose from eighteen plant varieties and nurture each through five growth stages • Unlock and collect six garden scenes • Earn coins through walking goals, check-ins, challenges, and achievements • Create a full-bloom milestone card with your activity summary STAY IN YOUR RHYTHM • Add a Home Screen widget for today's steps, progress, and plant growth • Choose gentle walking reminders that suit your routine • Explore your activity history and celebrate milestones DESIGNED WITH PRIVACY IN MIND BloomStep reads Apple Health step count, walking distance, and exercise time to show your progress and create in-app energy. Location is used only while you record an outdoor walk or run to draw your route. Your Health data stays on your device and is never used for advertising. OPTIONAL PURCHASES You can earn coins as you use BloomStep. Optional coin packs and a full content unlock are available for users who want to unlock plants and garden scenes sooner. PRIVACY & TERMS Privacy Policy: https://sunheihei.github.io/app-policie/bloomstep-privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://sunheihei.github.io/app-policie/bloom-step-terms-of-use.html Start with one small step outside. Keep walking, and let your progress grow with you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WalkCook at none against BloomStep's 3. BloomStep's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. BloomStep sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. WalkCook asks for nothing beyond the download.
WalkCook ships an update every 4 days, BloomStep every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WalkCook | BloomStep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chihiro Omi | 依欢 孙 |
In-app purchases
WalkCook
No in-app purchases
BloomStep
- Small Coin Pack$0.99
- Medium Coin Pack$4.99
- Large Coin Pack$9.99





