Comparison

Walking Distance Tracker vs Treadwear

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

Head to head
About

Walking Distance Tracker

This app helps users track their walking fitness goals with GPS. It offers real-time stats, maps, and voice updates, along with features for managing shoe mileage and sharing progress. Integrates with Apple Watch and HealthKit.

Highlights
  • GPS tracking for walks
  • Real-time stats (speed, distance, altitude, time)
  • Color-coded speed maps
  • Voice progress updates
  • Shoe mileage tracking
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Calorie tracking
Features
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Vima is a GPS based tracking app for people who want to keep track of their walking fitness goals. It is an app aimed at simplicity that allows walkers to keep track of their walks easily without a lot of unnecessary stuff getting in the way. Great for tracking your evening dog walks. APPLE WATCH Easily start, pause, resume, and save a walk without your phone. Check your distance, speed, time, and altitude from your Apple Watch in realtime. STEP TRACKING Keep track of your daily steps and hit your long term goals. STATS AND MAPS Vima tracks speed, distance, altitude, and time. It also gives you a map showing where you have been while you are saving a walk. COLOR CODED When viewing saved walks your route shows up on the map color coded by speed. It shows where you went the fastest (green) and where you were slowest (red). VOICE SUMMARY Don't want to look at the screen every few minutes? You can have the app tell you updates on your progress in set distance and/or time intervals. SPLIT TIMES Added splits to the history review page. Choose from 9 different distances and see how each section of your workout went. CALORIES See calories burned. Set your weight in settings and get your calories burned in real time and on the history page after your run. SHOE TRACKING Track the distance on your walking shoes so you know when it's time to replace them before they start causing problems PAUSE AND RESUME Pause the workout to catch your breath or chat with a friend and then resume when you get back to it. FACEBOOK & INSTAGRAM Share your workout with your friends on Instagram or Facebook with our easy to use integration. UNITS The supports both standard and metric units. HEALTH KIT Apple Health permissions allow us to enhance your data as well as saving your workout information to Apple Health. If you've read this far, you should definitely give Vima a shot. We think you'll love it, and if there is anything you'd like to see for the app in the future just let us know. We love hearing from our users. Note: Continued use of the GPS will reduce battery life. If you upgrade to a premium subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. The weekly subscription costs USD 4.99 per week, monthly subscription costs USD 9.99 per month, while the yearly subscription costs USD 29.99 per year. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. There is no increase in cost when renewing. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings in iTunes after purchase. Once purchased, the current period cannot be canceled. Find the full terms and conditions and our privacy policy at https://www.vimafitness.com/privacy and https://www.vimafitness.com/terms

About

Treadwear

Track your shoe mileage to prevent injuries and foster footwear mindfulness. Automatically import workout data or add it manually, and receive predictions on when your shoes will need replacing. Enhance your experience with advanced metrics and customization options through a subscription.

Highlights
  • Auto-import mileage from Health workouts
  • Manual workout entry
  • Shoe retirement predictor
  • Workout history viewing
  • Advanced shoe metrics (cadence, pace, etc.)
  • Default shoe designation
  • Customizable app icons
Features
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It's pretty simple—every time you run, walk, hike, moonwalk, or whatever you do in your shoes, add the distance of your workout to your shoes and Treadwear will let you know when they need to be replaced. Prevent injuries. Foster footwear mindfulness. Keep your kicks fresh. Standard Features: • Auto-magically import mileage from your Health workouts (most popular workout tracking apps add data to Health, so you're probably covered). • Add workouts manually by filling out a form [yawn]. It's easy tho. • Get notifications about new Health workouts so you never forget to add your mileage or check on your shoes' inevitable decay. • The very fancy Shoe Retirement Predictor estimates when your shoes will wear out so you can add a retail therapy event to your calendar. • Reminisce about the good times by viewing your shoe's full workout history. Do more with a Treadwear Unlimited subscription! • Shoe metrics! View the performance of your shoes over time across several metrics—Cadence, Pace, Speed, Stride Length, Vertical Oscillation, Running Power • Add mileage with EXACTLY ZERO TAPS by designating a pair of shoes as the default for runs, walks, or hikes. • Your Home Screen is as personal as your shoe size, so you can pick an app icon that best matches your personal aesthetic. • Shoe Freshness countdown tells you when your recently-worn shoes have a spring in their step. • Import a perfect shot of your shoes from the Internet—no camera required. Think Treadwear needs to do something else? Let me know! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nickfedoroff.com/treadwear/privacy/index.html

Screenshots

Walking Distance Tracker4 screens
Treadwear4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Treadwear at 5.0 against Walking Distance Tracker's 4.5. Walking Distance Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (3.1K vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Walking Distance Tracker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Treadwear sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Treadwear holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Walking Distance Tracker has 3.1K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Walking Distance Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Treadwear every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Walking Distance Tracker versus Treadwear: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWalking Distance TrackerTreadwear
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (3.1K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.1K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB16 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer30 South LLCNick Fedoroff

Customer experience

Walking Distance Tracker

All ratings3,091 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews108 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative50.0%

Treadwear

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Walking Distance Tracker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or stops working
  • Premium subscription not recognized
  • Walks not properly recorded or saved

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add ability to manually add/edit walks
  • Include average speed metric
  • Improve GPS accuracy and reliability

Treadwear

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Walking Distance Tracker

Subscriptions9
  • Vima Premium$4.997 Days
  • 1 Month Premium$9.991 Month
  • Vima Walk Monthly Premium$9.991 Month
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  • Vima Walk Premium$14.993 Months
  • 1 Year Premium$29.991 Year
  • Vima Walk Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Vima Premium1 Year trial$29.991 Year
  • Vima Walk Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Vima Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
3 purchases

Treadwear

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Unlimited Yearly1 Month trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Treadwear Unlimited$9.99

Questions

Is Walking Distance Tracker free?
Walking Distance Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Treadwear free?
Treadwear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Walking Distance Tracker or Treadwear?
Treadwear is rated higher. Walking Distance Tracker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.1K ratings, while Treadwear averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Walking Distance Tracker or Treadwear have ads?
Neither Walking Distance Tracker nor Treadwear shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Walking Distance Tracker or Treadwear?
Walking Distance Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Treadwear every 5 months. Most recently, Walking Distance Tracker was updated on November 1, 2026 and Treadwear on November 3, 2026.

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