Walk Diary vs Interval Walking Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Walk Diary
Track your walks with GPS, monitoring speed, distance, and calories burned. Save logs with details like mood and weather, and set walking goals. Supports background operation and sharing your progress.
- GPS tracking for speed, distance, and route
- Calorie calculation based on weight and activity
- Save walking logs with mood and weather
- Set walking goals
- Background operation and lock screen support
- Pause and resume functionality
- Share progress via social media and email
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Walk Diary will keep you motivated for your walking process. This app uses GPS to locate and give the current speed, used time, distance and route in map, also calculates calorie burned when walking according to your weight, speed and time used. You can save the log directly after walking or add manually later. Features: ⁃ Show current speed, used time, calorie burned and route in map. ⁃ Two map styles: Satellite and Street. ⁃ Keep walking logs and also with mood, weather and area icon. ⁃ Calculates total time used, calories burned and average speed for all logs. ⁃ Supports running in background and lock screen. ⁃ Supports pause and resume. ⁃ Share logs info by Facebook, Twitter and Email. ⁃ Create walking goal with days and distance. ⁃ Supports standard & metric units. This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life. If you have any question or suggestion, please send email to maxwellsoftware@gmail.com.
Interval Walking Timer
This app provides a simple timer for interval fast walking routines, automatically switching between slow and fast walking every 3 minutes. It offers real-time tracking of heart rate, distance, and time, with Apple Watch vibration notifications for mode changes. A summary screen displays post-workout metrics, and users can control music playback directly from the app.
- Interval timer for fast walking
- Automatic mode switching (slow/fast walk)
- Apple Watch vibration notifications
- Real-time heart rate, distance, and time display
- Post-workout summary with key metrics
- Music and podcast playback control
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Simple timer for interval fast walking. It switches between slow walking mode and fast walking mode every 3 minutes. The Apple Watch vibrates to notify you when it is time to switch modes. Heart rate, total time, and total distance are displayed in real time, so you can monitor your current heart rate and adjust your walking speed to meet your target heart rate. Features: ・Simple timer for interval fast walking. ・Switch between slow walking mode and fast walking mode every 3 minutes. ・When the mode is switched, Apple Watch vibrates to notify you. ・Displays heart rate, total distance, and total time in real time. ・When finished, a summary screen is displayed, showing total time, total distance, total energy, average heart rate, and maximum heart rate. ・The Pause button can be used to pause the program. ・When starting, you can select whether to start in slow walk mode or fast walk mode. ・Slide the screen to the right to control music and podcasts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Interval Walking Timer at 100% against Walk Diary's 41%. Interval Walking Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Walk Diary's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Walk Diary sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Interval Walking Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Interval Walking Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Walk Diary has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Walk Diary's written reviews are positive against 100% of Interval Walking Timer's.
Walk Diary ships an update every 12 months, Interval Walking Timer every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Walk Diary | Interval Walking Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 倩 赵 | Takahiro Nakagawa |
Customer experience
Walk Diary
Interval Walking Timer
In-app purchases
Walk Diary
- Map$49.99
- Remove ads$99.99
Interval Walking Timer
No in-app purchases
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