Comparison

Pace vs Pathlings

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

Head to head
About

Pace

This app automatically tracks your daily steps, helping you achieve your fitness goals. It features streak tracking and weekly progress history, all within a simple, distraction-free interface. Enjoy a one-time purchase for lifetime use without subscriptions or accounts.

Highlights
  • One-time purchase
  • Automatic step tracking
  • Daily step goals
  • Streak tracking
  • Weekly progress history
  • Widgets (Lock Screen & Home Screen)
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Pace Set it. Walk. Repeat. Pace is a simple step tracker designed around one idea: Buy it once. Use it forever. No subscriptions. No accounts. No complicated fitness plans. Just automatic step tracking, daily goals, streaks, and progress that stays visible throughout your day. Set your goal. Keep moving. Pace handles the rest. Features • One-time purchase • Automatic step tracking • Daily step goals • Streak tracking • Weekly progress history • Apple Watch support • Lock Screen widgets • Home Screen widgets • Simple and distraction-free

About

Pathlings

This app transforms your daily steps into a gentle adventure with a virtual companion. Nurture your unique buddy, unlock new stages of growth, and complete daily quests to build a consistent routine. Goals are customizable to fit your lifestyle, making fitness fun and private.

Highlights
  • Virtual companion with unique personalities
  • Daily step-based adventures and quests
  • Unlockable growth stages and rewards
  • Customizable step goals
  • Collect in-game items
  • Private and ad-free experience
Features
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Walk more with a little buddy who grows alongside you. Pathlings turns your real daily steps into a cozy game. Choose a tiny creature, give them a name, and help them grow through five forms as you reach milestones and finish quests. There are snacks to share, Rubies to collect and a home to make your own. • Find your walking buddy. Start with a leaf-eared forest mouse, a lava frog or a water panda, each with their own personality and five forms to discover. Feed them snacks, play with toys, and watch them grow. • Make room for more friends. Save your Rubies to adopt other Pathlings, including a storm owl and Pebblehorn, the sandstone rhino. Decorate their home with plants, lanterns and treasures, unlock new habitats, and watch your little crew wander around together. • See who walks the most. PathLeague turns your weekly steps into a friendly race with your Game Center friends. See their Pathlings, chase a place on the podium, and win weekly Ruby prizes. Earn 100 Rubies for each new friend you add who plays Pathlings. • Turn your steps into playtime. Earn a Trail Run pass halfway to your daily goal and another when you reach it. Then dash down forest, volcanic, underwater, mountain or canyon trails: switch lanes, jump over obstacles and collect Rubies to bring home. • Take your Pathling for a stroll. Follow your walk live on your iPhone’s Lock Screen and look back on your outings in Walk History. Walk half your daily goal in one stroll, with a minimum of 2,000 steps, to earn 50 bonus Rubies once a day. • Find a pace that fits. Choose your own daily step goal and change it whenever you need to. Complete daily and weekly quests, collect badges, and look back on your progress with a weekly recap. When you need a day off, a Rest Day Shield can protect your streak. • Keep your buddy close. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets let you check in at a glance, with Feed and Play shortcuts on the Home Screen widget. See your synced progress and PathLeague race on Apple Watch, start and end walks from your wrist, or ask Siri to start a stroll. Pathlings counts your steps using Apple Health and your iPhone’s motion sensor. Free to play with optional Ruby packs. No ads, no subscriptions, and no Pathlings account needed. PathLeague is optional and uses Game Center. Choose your buddy and take your first walk together.

Screenshots

Pace4 screens
Pathlings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pathlings at Free against Pace's $0.99. Pathlings also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). Pace's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On ratings volume, 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

Pathlings is free to download; Pace costs $0.99 up front. Pathlings sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Pace asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pathlings holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Pace's written reviews are positive against 83% of Pathlings's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pace ships an update every 4 days, Pathlings weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Pace versus Pathlings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPacePathlings
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)4.5 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings48 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#198 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.518.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB247 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTorez MitchellDave Mohan

Customer experience

Pace

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pathlings

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Pace

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Pathlings

One-time4
  • 500 Rubies$0.99
  • 1,200 Rubies$1.99
  • 3,000 Rubies$4.99
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  • 6,500 Rubies$9.99

Questions

Is Pace free?
Pace costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pathlings free?
Pathlings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pace or Pathlings?
Pathlings is rated higher. Pace averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Pathlings averages 4.5 from 8 ratings.
Do Pace or Pathlings have ads?
Neither Pace nor Pathlings shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pace or Pathlings?
Pace ships an update every 4 days, and Pathlings weekly. Most recently, Pace was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pathlings on October 31, 2026.

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