Gait vs Walka
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gait
This app tracks your daily steps, distance walked, average pace, and floors ascended/descended. It prioritizes privacy and utilizes the M7 co-processor on iPhones for efficient activity monitoring. Simply pull down to refresh your step count.
- Step counting
- Distance tracking
- Average pace calculation
- Floors ascended/descended
- Privacy-focused design
- M7 co-processor utilization
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Gait counts your steps on your iPhone. That is the whole idea. ONE SOURCE, ONE NUMBER Most step counters merge readings from your iPhone, your Apple Watch and Health, then show a total that matches none of them. Gait reads the motion sensor in your iPhone and nothing else. One number, nothing to reconcile. NO HEALTH PERMISSION. NO ACCOUNT. NO ADS. Gait never asks for access to Health, because it never needs it. There is no sign-up and no cloud. Your steps stay on your phone. TODAY AT A GLANCE A trail of footprints fills as you walk, and the arc at the end of it is your goal. Underneath: distance, walking speed, cadence and floors climbed, live from the same sensor. A GOAL THAT FITS Choose 5,000, 8,000, 10,000 or 12,000 steps. The trail redraws to match. Built for iPhone and iPad, in light and dark. Gait is free and always has been. If it earns a place on your home screen there is a tip jar, and that is the only thing it will ever ask you for. WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU WALK, NOT JUST HOW MUCH? Gait Pro adds your full history and the eight walking measurements Apple Health records, including walking speed, step length, walking asymmetry and walking steadiness.
Walka
This app motivates you to maintain a walking habit by putting real money on your daily step goals. Compete with friends in challenges where hitting your goal means keeping your stake, or miss and forfeit it to others. It integrates with Apple Health for seamless tracking.
- Real money stakes for accountability
- Host challenges with friends
- Accountability challenges and Step Races
- Secure payment processing via Stripe
- Integrates with Apple Health for tracking
- Solo betting option with Walka+
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Walka is the simplest way to actually keep your walking habit. Put real money on your daily step goal. Hit it and you keep your money. Miss, and your stake goes to the people who showed up. No streaks, no points, no nagging notifications. WHY WALKA • Real stakes, real accountability. Money on the line works because excuses don't. • Walk with friends. Host a challenge, share an invite link, everyone puts in a buy-in. No subscription needed to join. • Two ways to play. Accountability challenges pay everyone who hits their goal. Step Races are winner takes all, most steps wins the pool. • Fair by design. On accountability challenges our cut comes only from the stakes people forfeit, so hitting your goal never costs you. • Apple Health does the tracking. No extra app, no manual logging. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a challenge (1, 3, 7, or 14 days at different step goals). 2. Stake your buy-in, held securely via Stripe. 3. Walk your daily target. Apple Health scores it. 4. When it ends, winners are paid out to their bank via Stripe. WALKA+ ($9.99/month) Unlocks solo, bet on yourself. Stake any amount on your own daily goal and get it all back when you finish. Cancel anytime in Settings. PRIVACY Your step data stays on your phone except the daily total we need to score active challenges. We never sell it. Get walking. Get paid. Or don't. Terms of Use: https://getwalka.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://getwalka.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Walka at 4 against Gait's 1. Walka also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Gait sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Walka sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gait against 5.0 for Walka. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gait | Walka |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kai Kunze | Susan Adelokiki |
Customer experience
Gait
Walka
In-app purchases
Gait
- Coffee$1.99
Walka
- Walka+7 Days trial$9.991 Month









