Comparison

Footprints vs Really?

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

Head to head
About

Footprints

Record your walking routes and build a personal map of the places you visit. Track distance, time, and explore daily, weekly, and monthly achievements. Collect location-based badges and relive memories with photos.

Highlights
  • Record walking distance, time, and routes
  • Pause recording without ending
  • View daily, weekly, monthly activity summaries
  • Collect location-based badges
  • Add photos to revisit memories
  • Save badge and map collections as images
  • Optional iCloud backup
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Make a map of the places that make up your life. A familiar walk. A new neighborhood. A trip you still think about. Footprints brings your walks, visited places, and memories together on a map that’s yours to keep. SEE YOUR WORLD Explore a world map of places you’ve visited, from close to home to across the ocean. With your permission, Footprints checks photo dates and locations on your device to help you rediscover past trips. EXPLORE CLOSER TO HOME Fill regional badges as you visit more places. Explore state and county progress in the United States, or counties, cities, townships, and districts in Taiwan. Look closer to discover local neighborhoods and places. In the U.S., natural areas can hold memories without counting toward neighborhood completion. SAVE THE WALK, REMEMBER THE MOMENT Tap Start when you’re ready to walk. Keep your route and distance, then add a Walk Note about the coffee stop, the view, or a small discovery along the way. Miles or kilometers follow your device’s settings. ADD A LITTLE COLOR Choose representative photos for places you care about. Their colors become part of the dots on your map, making each region feel a little more familiar. BRING YOUR MEMORIES TOGETHER Look back at your walks, favorite region, and recent places in your profile. You can also import a Google Timeline JSON file, review the visits before saving, and create a visit timeline video to save to Photos. KEEP IT PERSONAL No account or public profile is required. Your records are stored locally on your iPhone. Personal iCloud backup is optional, and your original photos stay in your photo library. Photo access and anonymous usage analytics are optional too. DOWNLOAD THE MAPS YOU NEED Get the detailed map for your home country during setup. Manage additional country maps in Settings and explore downloaded detail offline. Detailed maps and badges are available for the United States, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan; the world map provides broader regional coverage. Use widgets to check your progress or keep a walk close at hand with Live Activities. For ages 14 and up. Location permission is needed to record routes. Photo-based visits require photos with location information and your permission to access them.

About

Really?

This app prompts you to reconsider opening registered applications by displaying your usage count and requiring a brief justification for access after a certain threshold. It helps you become more mindful of your phone habits without imposing strict limitations.

Highlights
  • Usage count prompts
  • Justification for access
  • Turned away chart
  • Goal date countdown
  • Usage pattern analysis
  • Local data storage
Features
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You opened Instagram. You don't know why. Your hand just went there. Really? steps in at that moment. When you open an app you've registered, this comes up first: 3rd time today 184th time so far Really? [ No, not now ] Open it anyway That's all it does. It doesn't make you wait or lecture you. It shows you the number and makes you choose. The judgment is yours. β–  How it works - Connect Screen Time once and choose all the apps you want to watch in one picker - If you go in, the app opens for 15 minutes and Really? returns afterward - Turning away does not raise the number. Only going in is counted - From the very first time, you transcribe the line on the screen before you can go in. Copy out your count, or a study-motivation line - you choose which - From the 5th time the line grows longer: copy out your count and your goal and the days left come first; copy a motivation line and two lines are joined - You decide how many entries a day skip the writing. It starts at 0; lowering it applies now, raising it applies the next day - The day turns over at 4 AM. YouTube at 2 AM counts as yesterday β–  Free - Watch 2 apps - Today's count, running total, and a turned-away chart (all apps or one) - 1 goal date β€” shown as a countdown on the prompt screen (exams, tests, deadlines) β–  Pass - Watch up to 50 apps - Daily entry limit β€” it doesn't block you; past the limit you transcribe that you're going over - Usage reminders β€” at 5 and 10 minutes inside the 15-minute window you opened (timing is up to iOS) - Active hours β€” it only asks during the hours you set - Save and switch between several goal dates - Unlimited lines of your own - My Pattern: how often you tried and how often you turned away, and the hours you waver most - Monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime pass (no renewal) β–  Good to know - While an app is locked, its notifications don't arrive either β€” Apple blocks the app and its notifications together. Outside active hours they arrive normally - There is no server, so your app list, lines, and records live on each device separately β–  Everything stays on your device There is no server. There is no account. We do not collect what you look at or how long you use it. We do not save usage-duration history. Your records never leave your device. β€” Subscription: monthly and yearly passes renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime in your App Store account settings. The lifetime pass is a one-time purchase and does not renew. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://crystal-iguana-020.notion.site/3a374237b22d80ec93b9f68a116054a8

Screenshots

Footprints4 screens
Really?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Really? at none against Footprints's shown. Footprints's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Footprints sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Really? sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 4 level
Footprints versus Really?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFootprintsReally?
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews β€” better87.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree β€” betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS18.0 β€” better26.5
Further details β€” not scored
Size125 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDongnyeok Shintaeyun lee

Customer experience

Footprints

Written reviews27 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Really?

Written reviews23 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative8.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Footprints

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
3 purchases

Really?

Subscriptions2
  • μ§„μ§œλ‘œ? 이용ꢌ1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$17.99

Questions

Is Footprints free?
Footprints is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Really? free?
Really? is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Footprints or Really? have ads?
Footprints shows ads; Really? does not.
Which is updated more often, Footprints or Really??
Footprints ships an update every 2 days, and Really? every 2 days. Most recently, Footprints was updated on October 31, 2026 and Really? on October 31, 2026.

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