Comparison

Pathlings vs Moonrain

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

Head to head
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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Meet the walking companion that makes reaching your daily step goal fun. Pathlings is a step tracker and walking game that transforms the steps already recorded on your iPhone into a rewarding adventure. Instead of simply watching numbers increase, you’ll raise adorable virtual companions, complete quests, unlock new evolutions, and build a walking habit you’ll actually want to maintain. Whether you’re trying to walk more, stay active, or build a healthier routine, Pathlings turns every step into meaningful progress. RAISE YOUR OWN PATHLING Choose from Sprout, Ember, or Bubble, three unique companions with their own personalities, habitats, and evolution paths. Walk every day to earn XP, help your Pathling evolve through five growth stages, and build a growing family of companions. TURN EVERY WALK INTO A GAME Every step recorded through Apple Health moves your Pathling forward. • Complete daily quests • Earn XP • Collect Rubies • Unlock rewards • Reach your daily step goal Instead of a traditional pedometer, Pathlings makes walking feel like an adventure. EXPLORE BEAUTIFUL TRAILS Send your Pathling on Trail Runs through unique environments filled with checkpoints and rewards. Each habitat offers its own atmosphere, collectibles, and surprises to discover. DECORATE YOUR HABITAT Customize your companion’s home with: • Plants • Toys • Snacks • Decorations • Structures • Lighting Watch your Pathlings play, explore, and relax inside the habitat you’ve created. BUILD A FAMILY OF COMPANIONS Once your first Pathling reaches its final evolution, adopt another. Your fully evolved companions remain in your habitat, allowing you to build a collection of adorable walking buddies. STAY MOTIVATED EVERY DAY Choose a daily step goal that fits your lifestyle. Whether you’re aiming for 5,000 steps or 15,000, Pathlings rewards consistency instead of perfection. Build streaks, earn bonus rewards, and use Rest Day Tokens to protect your progress when life gets busy. DESIGNED FOR PRIVACY • Uses your Apple Health step data • Your health data stays on your device • No subscriptions • No ads • No account required Whether you’re looking for a walking app, step tracker, walking motivation app, virtual pet, habit tracker, or a fun new way to stay active, Pathlings transforms every walk into an adventure.

About

Moonrain

Create personalized soundscapes for sleep, relaxation, or focus. Mix up to four ambient sounds with adjustable volumes, save your favorite combinations, and use the sleep timer for a gentle fade-out. Enjoy offline playback and lock screen controls.

Highlights
  • Offline sound mixing
  • Mix up to four sounds
  • Adjustable volumes
  • Save favorite combinations
  • Sleep timer with fade-out
  • Lock screen controls and widget
  • 24 ambient sounds
Features
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Fall asleep to rain on the window, ocean waves or a crackling fire, unwind with whispered ASMR, or focus in a quiet café or library. Ease stress with meditation or slow, guided breathing. Moonrain is free and works completely offline: no account, no ads, no subscription and no tracking. - 28 ambient sounds: rain, ocean, forest, fire, fans, trains, and brown, pink and white noise - Mix up to four sounds with independent volumes, and let them drift gently - Sleep timer that fades everything out once you're asleep - Relax: wind down, body scan, a breathing guide with a soft tone, and 8 whispered ASMR experiences in 3D sound - Meditation timer with Tibetan, crystal and deep singing bowls - Environments to work, study or read in: coffee shop, library, park, rainy tea house and train, plus a noise lab - Gentle wake alarm that fades in a nature sound - Dim bedside clock with a red night light, and an OK-to-wake clock for kids - Day Sleeper mode for people who sleep during the day - Save mixes, share them as a link or QR code, back them up, or export one as an audio file - Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets, Control Center controls and Siri - Simple Mode with large text and one big play button - Plays all night with the screen locked; control it from the Lock Screen - Calm animated scenes that honor Reduce Motion and go dark to save battery overnight - Works on iPhone, iPad and Apple silicon Macs - 100% offline: no account, no ads, no tracking, and no internet needed

Screenshots

Pathlings4 screens
Moonrain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Moonrain at 5.0 against Pathlings's 4.3. Moonrain also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Pathlings's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

Moonrain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Pathlings's written reviews are positive against 100% of Moonrain's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pathlings ships an update weekly, Moonrain every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pathlings versus Moonrain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPathlingsMoonrain
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB130 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDave MohanGurwinder Singh

Customer experience

Pathlings

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

Moonrain

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pathlings

No in-app purchases

None

Moonrain

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pathlings free?
Pathlings is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Moonrain free?
Moonrain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pathlings or Moonrain?
Moonrain is rated higher. Pathlings averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Moonrain averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Pathlings or Moonrain have ads?
Neither Pathlings nor Moonrain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pathlings or Moonrain?
Pathlings ships an update weekly, and Moonrain every 2 months. Most recently, Pathlings was updated on October 7, 2026 and Moonrain on October 16, 2026.

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