Comparison

first10steps vs Color My Walk

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

Head to head
About

first10steps

This app offers comprehensive running and race training features, including GPS tracking, structured training plans, and personalized AI coaching. It prioritizes user privacy by keeping all data on the device and offers features like ghost racing and gear tracking.

Highlights
  • GPS tracking for runs, walks, and rides
  • Structured 5K, 10K, and Half-Marathon training plans
  • On-device AI coaching
  • Ghost racing against past performances
  • Daily readiness score
  • Shoe mileage tracking
Features
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first10steps is your all-in-one running and race-training companion — and it keeps everything on your iPhone. No account, no servers, no tracking. TRACK EVERY WORKOUT • GPS tracking for runs, walks and rides — live map, pace, distance, elevation, automatic splits • Indoor sessions for strength and HIIT with a live timer • A live pace band shows if you're on target; cadence guidance keeps your form honest • Everything saves to Apple Health RACE YOURSELF • Ghost race: pick a route you've run and race your best time with a live ahead/behind bar • Routes you repeat are discovered automatically, with per-route bests and attempt history • Personal-best progression charts and an "On this day" look-back TRAIN FOR YOUR RACE • Structured 5K, 10K and Half-Marathon plans with professional periodization • Plan adherence that tells you if you're on track — and adjusts when life happens • Race-day countdown with taper guidance and a predicted finish time • Custom interval builder with a guided, voice-coached player APPLE WATCH • Start and track workouts from your wrist — live heart rate, distance, calories • Guided intervals on the watch with haptic cues • Steps at a glance and a watch-face complication RECOVERY & READINESS • A daily readiness score from your sleep, resting heart rate and HRV • VO₂ max cardio fitness with a trend and equivalent race times • Hydration logging and Apple activity rings on your Today screen ON-DEVICE AI COACHING • Powered by Apple Intelligence — a coach that knows your training, run summaries, daily tips • Runs entirely on your device, privately MOVE EVERY DAY • Live step tracking with a daily goal ring, streaks and challenges • Badges with Bronze/Silver/Gold levels and a shareable Year in Review GEAR & DATA • Track your shoes' mileage and know when to replace them • Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets; Siri shortcuts • Export everything: CSV of all sessions, GPX of every route Private by design. Your data never leaves your iPhone. Export or delete anytime.

About

Color My Walk

Features
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Same city. New adventures. We all have our usual walks. The same turn, the same block, the same way home. Color My Walk gives you a fresh walk from your door, along streets you haven't walked, and lets your city fill with color as you go. HOW IT WORKS • Choose how far: steps, miles, minutes or calories. • Get a loop that starts and ends at your door. Want a different one? It's a tap away. • Follow turn-by-turn directions. Your phone can stay in your pocket: the app records your walk with the screen off and lets you know before the next turn. • Watch the streets find their color. Every walk gets its own. GREEN, WATER OR QUIET Choose what your walk should follow: parks and green paths, shores and piers, or streets away from traffic. The map shows where along the walk it does. Walking themed walks is part of Pro. YOUR MAP Your next walk picks streets you haven't walked. Street by street, a map of your discoveries grows. Your profile shows how far you've gone, how much of it was new ground, and every place you've walked, drawn as the pattern your own walks have made. FREE TO TRY Heading out without a drawn walk and watching the streets fill with color is always free. Your first five drawn walks are free too, and a walk only counts once you've gone about 1,000 feet. After that you keep drawing new walks with a subscription, which you can cancel any time. SUBSCRIPTION Color My Walk Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription. It renews automatically and is charged to your Apple Account unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the period. You can manage and cancel it in your App Store settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.colormywalk.com/en/privacy Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Screenshots

first10steps4 screens
Color My Walk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: first10steps at none against Color My Walk's 3. first10steps also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). Color My Walk's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Color My Walk sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. first10steps asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

first10steps ships an update daily, Color My Walk every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
first10steps versus Color My Walk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterfirst10stepsColor My Walk
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerhttps://airussolutions.com/Innoveramera

In-app purchases

None

first10steps

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Color My Walk

Subscriptions2
  • Pro, monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro, yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro, forever$49.99

Questions

Is first10steps free?
first10steps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Color My Walk free?
Color My Walk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do first10steps or Color My Walk have ads?
Neither first10steps nor Color My Walk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, first10steps or Color My Walk?
first10steps ships an update daily, and Color My Walk every 4 days. Most recently, first10steps was updated on October 31, 2026 and Color My Walk on October 31, 2026.

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