Comparison

Next Walk vs TrueSteps

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

Head to head
About

Next Walk

This app helps you consistently take walks by providing a personalized safe walking window based on weather and daylight. It offers a countdown to your chosen walk time, visible on your lock screen and widgets, to encourage follow-through.

Highlights
  • Personalized safe walking windows
  • Countdown to walk time
  • Lock Screen and widget integration
  • Weather and daylight considerations
  • No account required
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Walks are the easiest exercise to procrastinate on. There's no class booked, no trainer waiting, nothing on the calendar. You could go anytime — which somehow means you keep not going. "In five minutes" turns into a missed afternoon. Next Walk fixes that by making the walk a real decision: a specific time, and a specific place. That's what turns "I should" into "I'm out the door." It starts with the weather, because getting outside when conditions are actually good is what makes a walk something you want to repeat. But you shouldn't have to check a weather app every day to catch the right window. So Next Walk watches it for you and quietly taps you on the shoulder when your next good walking opportunity is coming up — no app to open, no login, nothing to remember. Commit with one tap, pick a nearby park or trail if you want, and a countdown on your Lock Screen walks you right up to the moment to head out the door. In a sea of apps built around tracking and streaks, Next Walk cares about one thing: getting you outside instead of losing another walk to procrastination, distraction, or bad weather. Quiet setup, no account, nothing to log. The app you don't have to remember to use — just let it coach you from the background. This is for all the walks you meant to take.

About

TrueSteps

This app offers a private and free way to track your daily steps and activity. It features real-time counting, progress visualization, and the ability to correct past data. Enjoy streaks, awards, and walk tracking without needing an account or GPS.

Highlights
  • Real-time step counting
  • Progress visualization (Aura ring)
  • Correct past step data
  • Walk Mode with live pace
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Private data storage on device
  • Streak forgiveness
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TrueSteps is the step counter that respects you: beautiful, genuinely free, and private by design. No account. No GPS. No tracking. Just your steps, counted honestly — right on your iPhone. Most pedometers are loved for the basics and resented for everything else: paywalls, surprise renewals, ad overload, and counts that lag or can't be corrected. TrueSteps fixes the basics and never gets in your way. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Real-time counting — your steps tick up live, no refreshing. • A beautiful home screen — one calm "Aura" ring shows your progress at a glance, with distance, calories, active time, and floors. • Steps to go — see how many steps are left and about how long a walk gets you there. • Hour-by-hour view — see exactly when you move most, today. • Trends — clean Week, Month, and Year charts with a simple "you're trending up" read. • Fix any day — tap a day to correct its steps if your phone wasn't with you. (Almost no other app lets you.) • Streaks that forgive — one free rest day a week keeps your streak alive. A missed day never feels like failure. • Awards & personal bests — milestone badges, longest streak, best day, and more. • Walk Mode — start a walk and watch your live pace and cadence, with zero GPS. A calm summary when you're done. • Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets — your ring, always a glance away. PRIVATE BY DESIGN TrueSteps counts steps using your iPhone's motion sensor only — no GPS, no location permission, and no Apple Health access required. There's no account and no sign-up, and your step history is stored on your device. We have no servers and never see your data. Want proof? The in-app Privacy panel lets you export everything (or erase everything) in one tap. FREE, FOREVER No subscription. No in-app purchases. TrueSteps is supported by polite, non-personalized ads that never cover your steps and never track you across apps. Download TrueSteps and start counting — honestly.

Screenshots

Next Walk4 screens
TrueSteps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Next Walk at none against TrueSteps's shown. Next Walk also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Next Walk against 5.0 for TrueSteps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Next Walk ships an update every 5 days, TrueSteps monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Next Walk versus TrueSteps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNext WalkTrueSteps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVICTORIA LAUREN KANICKAJaspal Singh

Customer experience

Next Walk

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TrueSteps

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Next Walk

No in-app purchases

None

TrueSteps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Next Walk free?
Next Walk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TrueSteps free?
TrueSteps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Next Walk or TrueSteps?
Next Walk and TrueSteps are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Next Walk or TrueSteps have ads?
TrueSteps shows ads; Next Walk does not.
Which is updated more often, Next Walk or TrueSteps?
Next Walk ships an update every 5 days, and TrueSteps monthly. Most recently, Next Walk was updated on October 31, 2026 and TrueSteps on November 5, 2026.

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