Comparison

Pace vs Walking Buddy

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

Walking Buddy

Features
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Reminders that say how many steps to take and keep you moving through the day instead of one long walk in the morning or evening. Walking Buddy reads your steps from Apple Health, learns your usual pace, and nudges you when the day starts to slip. No account, no ads. STEPS THAT ADD UP See today's count from Apple Health on a ring with your goal, how far you are ahead of or behind pace, and where the steps landed hour by hour. REMINDERS SIZED TO YOUR DAY Instead of "walk more", each nudge tells you how many steps to take right now to stay on pace, and stops once the goal is done. Choose your active hours and days. Snooze a nudge or mark the day done straight from the notification. YOUR USUAL PACE Walking Buddy learns your typical day from the past four weeks and tells you whether today is ahead, on track or behind, with a projection of where the day will land. HISTORY THAT MEANS SOMETHING Week, month and year views, goal-met days, streaks with rest days that do not break them, and a Steps Log calendar back to your first recorded step. A weekly recap arrives every Sunday evening. ON YOUR APPLE WATCH Today's ring, steps to go and your pace on your wrist, with complications for the watch face and the Smart Stack. The watch app works on its own: it reads steps from the watch, keeps your goal, and lets you change the daily target with the Digital Crown. With the iPhone app installed, the goal stays the same on both. WALKING BUDDY PRO - Reminders on your schedule: every hour, twice an hour, fixed intervals, or your own times - Keep the nudges coming after the goal - Custom reminder messages - Streak protection: one missed day a week does not break your streak - Trends and All Time: four-week trend, this week, month and year against the last, the year as a heat map, typical day with weekday and weekend averages, and every year since your first step - Apple Watch: pace and steps to go on the watch face (rectangular and corner complications), your usual pace and the day by hour PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no analytics. Step data is read from Apple Health and stays on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Goals are stored locally. Walking Buddy is a pedometer built on Apple Health: it works with iPhone step counting and with Apple Watch data that syncs to Apple Health. Pro is a subscription, monthly or yearly with a 7-day free trial, charged to your Apple ID and renewed unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage it in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pace4 screens
Walking Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Walking Buddy at Free against Pace's $0.99. Walking Buddy also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). Pace's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On 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

Walking Buddy is free to download; Pace costs $0.99 up front. Walking Buddy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Pace asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pace ships an update every 4 days, Walking Buddy daily. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pace versus Walking Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaceWalking Buddy
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.518.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTorez MitchellRaphael Koebraam

In-app purchases

None

Pace

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Walking Buddy

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly: Reminders, Trends$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly: Reminders, Trends7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Pace free?
Pace costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Walking Buddy free?
Walking Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pace or Walking Buddy have ads?
Neither Pace nor Walking Buddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pace or Walking Buddy?
Pace ships an update every 4 days, and Walking Buddy daily. Most recently, Pace was updated on October 6, 2026 and Walking Buddy on October 6, 2026.

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