Comparison

Dr. Walker vs Bloom

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

Head to head
About

Dr. Walker

This app transforms your iPhone into an intelligent step tracker, utilizing its motion coprocessor for power-efficient tracking. It displays hourly and daily steps, offers goal recommendations, and provides context for walking distance with relatable equivalents. Enjoy detailed step data without significant battery drain.

Highlights
  • Hourly and daily step tracking
  • Daily goal recommendations
  • Step equivalent comparisons
  • Power-efficient motion coprocessor use
  • Clear and beautiful data presentation
Features
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So you just bought your shiny iPhone and want to take full advantage of the forward thinking hardware. Well, look no further and give Dr. Walker a try! Dr. Walker turns your iPhone into an intelligent step tracker. By utilizing the unique motion coprocessor, it presents your hourly and daily steps in a beautiful and clear way. Moreover, it motivates you to walk more and become more healthy with DailyGoal and StepEquivalents. Unlike GPS-based step counting apps, Dr. Walker is super power-efficient and has very little effect on battery life. So you no longer have to decide whether to track your steps, or still be able to write iMessages in the evening - you get both! - Shows your hourly and daily steps - DailyGoal: remind you of your daily goal with professional recommendations - StepEquivalent: helps making sense of your walking distance by showing famous objects of similar lengths - Based on motion co-processor, not GPS, to preserve crucial battery life - Easy to use, pleasure to look at

About

Bloom

Features
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Bloom is a habit tracker with a gentler philosophy: every habit you build is a living plant. Check in to water it, keep it up, and it grows from a tiny seed into a full, flourishing bloom. Miss a day? Your plant simply wilts — it never dies, and it perks right back up when you return. No broken-streak shame. No guilt. Just gentle, lasting progress. WHY BLOOM FEELS DIFFERENT Most habit apps punish you for being human. Bloom is built around the opposite idea — that kindness and consistency beat pressure every time. No leaderboards, no comparison. The only person you're growing alongside is yesterday's you. YOUR LIVING GARDEN Watch every habit grow through five stages — seed, sprout, bud, bloom, and flourishing — based on your consistency. Your whole garden shifts with the time of day and comes alive as you care for it. It's the most beautiful reason to keep showing up. BUILD ANY HABIT • Simple check-off habits (meditate, take vitamins) • Count-based habits (8 glasses of water, 20 pages) • Timed habits with a built-in timer (stretch, deep work) • "Leave behind" habits that count the days you've stayed free of something • Flexible schedules: every day, specific weekdays, X times per week or month, or every few days STREAKS WITHOUT FEAR Sick day? Traveling? A skip with a reason protects your streak, and monthly streak freezes quietly cover the days life gets in the way. Milestones are celebrated with a shower of petals — and comebacks are celebrated loudest of all. SEE WHAT HELPS YOU GROW Beautiful stats, calendar heatmaps, and completion trends show your progress at a glance. Optional insights reveal how your habits connect — and how they shape your mood. GENTLE, NEVER NAGGING Warm, rotating reminders nudge you at just the right moment — never the same guilt-trip twice. A soft evening summary shows what's left, and quiet hours keep your evenings calm. MADE FOR YOUR iPHONE • Start a timed habit and watch the countdown live in the Dynamic Island • Home Screen widgets show today's progress at a glance • Gorgeous light (Morning Bloom) and dark (Midnight Garden) themes MOOD, CONNECTED An optional once-a-day mood check-in helps you notice how your habits and your wellbeing feed each other — no pressure, just awareness. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything lives on your device. No account required, ever. Sign in only if you want your garden safely backed up and synced across devices. No ads. No selling your data. Your habits are yours — export them anytime. Plant your first habit today, and watch something beautiful grow.

Screenshots

Dr. Walker4 screens
Bloom3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bloom at none against Dr. Walker's 1. Bloom also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.1). On price and ads 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. Dr. Walker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bloom asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dr. Walker versus Bloom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDr. WalkerBloom
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShuo YangDaniel Cojocaru

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dr. Walker

One-time1
  • Standard Version$0.99
None

Bloom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dr. Walker free?
Dr. Walker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bloom free?
Bloom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dr. Walker or Bloom have ads?
Neither Dr. Walker nor Bloom shows ads.

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