Walking Distance Tracker vs StepKing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
StepKing
This app helps you achieve your daily step goals by sending timely nudges only when you're falling behind. It offers features like streak tracking, achievements, personalized insights, and customizable notifications to build lasting habits without constant interruptions.
- Smart step goal alerts
- Streak tracking with rest days
- 35+ achievements
- Weekly performance insights
- Home screen widgets
- Apple Watch app
- Customizable notification frequency
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StepKing helps you actually hit your daily step goal by pinging you only when you're behind pace. No spam, no guilt trips. Just timely nudges when you need them. BUILD LASTING HABITS • Track your current streak with visual flame indicator • Earn 35+ achievements across 4 categories (streaks, distance, performance, special) • Celebrate milestones at 25%, 50%, 75% progress • Morning motivation to start your day on the right foot • 2 rest days per month to protect your streak during sick days or travel WEEKLY INSIGHTS • Smart algorithm analyzes your 7-day performance • Personalized goal adjustment suggestions • Historical trends with visual progress indicators • Personal records tracking (best day, best week, fastest completion) EVERYWHERE YOU NEED IT - Pro • Home screen widgets for quick check-ins • Full-featured Apple Watch app with complications • Shareable achievement cards to celebrate wins • Dark mode support across all platforms SMART NOTIFICATIONS - Pro • Alerts only when you're behind expected pace • Set your own daily tracking window • Customizable notification frequency • Two styles: "Simple" or "Stats for Nerds" with pace calculations • End-of-day reminders when you still have time FLEXIBLE & CUSTOMIZABLE • Set your own pace and schedule • You set your goal, StepKing helps you increase it • Choose nudge frequency (15 min to 2 hours) • Free 3-day trial of all Pro features Unlike other step trackers that buzz you constantly, StepKing respects your time. It only pings when you've fallen behind. Think of it as a friendly accountability partner who knows when to step in (pun intended). The rest day feature is a game-changer. Take up to 2 per month without breaking your streak. Perfect for sick days, rest days, or travel when hitting your goal isn't realistic. Hit your daily step goal Alerts only when you're behind Set your own pace and schedule Build streaks with rest day protection Earn achievements and track personal records Widgets and watch app for quick check-ins Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: StepKing at 5.0 against Walking Distance Tracker's 4.5. StepKing also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 42%). Walking Distance Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (3.1K vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Walking Distance Tracker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and StepKing sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
StepKing 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Walking Distance Tracker's written reviews are positive against 50% of StepKing's.
Walking Distance Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, StepKing every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Walking Distance Tracker | StepKing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.1K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.1K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 30 South LLC | Frank Sloan |
Customer experience
Walking Distance Tracker
StepKing
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
StepKing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Walking Distance Tracker
- 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 trial2 variants$29.991 Year
- Vima Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
StepKing
- StepKing Pro: Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- StepKing Pro: Founder Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Questions
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