Comparison

ChiWalking vs Wu Tao Dance

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

Head to head
About

ChiWalking

Improve your walking technique and boost your fitness with guided video lessons and audio prompts. Learn to walk farther with less effort, burn fat, and enhance your well-being through mindful movement.

Highlights
  • Video lessons for walking technique
  • Audio prompts for focus
  • Guided walks with interval cues
  • Track distance, pace, and calories
  • Map walking routes
  • Log walk notes
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Chi Walking, the best-selling fitness walking book, is now an iPhone App to help you combine fitness, fun and fat-burning. Whether you’re returning from illness or injury, want to lose weight, or you’re walking in a fundraising event – this app will motivate and support you every step of the way!! Unique among walking apps, the Chi Walking® app is a complete coaching tool for improving your walking technique and boosting your training. With video lessons that show you how to walk farther with less effort, and audio prompts that help you focus on good walking technique – you can improve everything about your walking experience. While learning to breathe better, strengthen your core, and improve your balance, you’ll see how walking is easier, more enjoyable, and more effective when you walk focused. Inspired by the T’ai Chi principle of moving from your center, you’ll learn to rely more on your core and less on leg-strength to walk your best. You’ll practice “mindful movement” – using a smooth and relaxing technique to save your joints and muscles from overuse and injury. Danny’s voice will talk you through Guided Walks with audio focuses played at self-selected, repeating intervals. Track your distance, pace, caloric burn, and map your routes all within the app– you can even log notes on each walk to share with your friends! Use this app to start a regular walking program, walk your first 10K, or stay fit for the rest of your life. Walking never felt this good!

About

Wu Tao Dance

Learn to balance your Life Force energy through dance, movement, and Tao philosophy. Explore retreats and programs designed to enhance your spiritual practice and promote inner peace and well-being.

Highlights
  • Qi energy harnessing and balancing
  • Tao philosophy and meditation
  • Dance and movement practices
  • Retreat and program options
  • Progress tracking
  • Offline sync
Features
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Take your spiritual practice to the next level. Learn how to harness and balance your Life Force energy - Qi - with dance, movement, tao philosophy and meditation. Choose a retreat that suits your needs. Supercharge your Qi is our Discovery Retreat, Wu Tao Beginner's to learn all the element dances, meditations and exercises to balance your Qi or the comprehensive Dancing Tao Practitioner Program with every movement, meditation and process to help you live a life of flow, balance and surrender. Installing the app is free of charge. INFORMATION ABOUT THE APP AND PURCHASE OPTIONS By signing up, you will get access to subscription(s) that include features such as progress tracking, and offline sync. The download of Wu Tao Dance is free of charge. Should you use Wu Tao Dance app to access in-app content, we offer one of the following options: Subscription based plan(s) - a payment will be charged to your credit card through your App Store account. A subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription period. There is no increase in price when renewing. Subscription(s) can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings in the App Store after purchase. One-time purchase based plan(s) - a payment will be charged to your credit card only once. Read our full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy: https://passion.io/terms-of-service https://passion.io/privacy-policy

Screenshots

ChiWalking4 screens
Wu Tao Dance3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wu Tao Dance at 100% against ChiWalking's 22%. Wu Tao Dance also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 35 months). ChiWalking's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On in-app purchases 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

Wu Tao Dance is free to download; ChiWalking costs $2.99 up front. ChiWalking sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Wu Tao Dance sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $19.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChiWalking ships an update every 35 months, Wu Tao Dance every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ChiWalking versus Wu Tao Dance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChiWalkingWu Tao Dance
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating2.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 35 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size311 MB90 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperChiLiving, Inc.Michelle Locke

Customer experience

ChiWalking

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral11.1%
Negative66.7%

Wu Tao Dance

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

ChiWalking

One-time5
  • Strengthen your Core$0.99
  • Improve Your Balance$0.99
  • Strengthen Your Heart$0.99
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  • Reduce Stress$0.99
  • Increase your Energy$0.99
4 purchases

Wu Tao Dance

Subscriptions1
  • Dancing Tao Practitioner$19.001 Month
One-time3
  • Super Charge your Qi$17.95
  • Flow To Freedom$17.99
  • Wu Tao Beginners Retreat$59.99

Questions

Is ChiWalking free?
ChiWalking costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Wu Tao Dance free?
Wu Tao Dance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ChiWalking or Wu Tao Dance have ads?
Wu Tao Dance shows ads; ChiWalking does not.
Which is updated more often, ChiWalking or Wu Tao Dance?
ChiWalking ships an update every 35 months, and Wu Tao Dance every 3 weeks. Most recently, ChiWalking was updated on October 29, 2026 and Wu Tao Dance on October 17, 2026.

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