Comparison

Walking Distance Tracker vs Outstep Step up Challenge

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

Outstep Step up Challenge

Turn daily steps into live competitions with friends and groups. Receive instant updates when someone passes you on the leaderboard. Earn badges and track progress with automatic step syncing from Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Live step leaderboards
  • Instant friend passing alerts
  • Automatic step syncing
  • Private, invite-only groups
  • Customizable challenges
  • Milestone and streak badges
Features
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Walking is more fun when you're competing. Outstep turns your daily steps into a live competition with the people who'll actually keep you moving, your friends, your run club, your coworkers, your family. Small groups, real leaderboards, and the one feature no other step app nails: knowing the instant a friend passes you. WHEN A FRIEND PASSES YOU, YOU'LL KNOW The moment someone edges ahead on the leaderboard, Outstep sends you a live update usually within minutes of their steps syncing STEPS SYNC AUTOMATICALLY Your steps come straight from Apple Health. No manual entry, no calorie counting, no clutter. Just steps, ranked. BUILT FOR GROUPS - Create private, invite-only groups that never expire - Always-on daily, weekly, and monthly leaderboards - Up to 15 friends free - React with a fire, muscle, or turtle to cheer each other on (or tell someone to speed up) CHALLENGES EVERYONE CAN WIN - Set custom challenges over any timeframe - Group Target mode: chase one shared goal together, so nobody gets left behind SEE WHERE YOU STAND - City, region, and country percentile ranking - Earn badges for milestones, streaks, and breakthroughs all free GROUP PREMIUM (OPTIONAL) Love it and want more room? One person can back the whole group. Group Premium unlocks up to 50 members, more concurrent challenges, longer challenge durations, and a full group analytics dashboard and it covers every single member at once. One subscription, whole crew. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Delete your account and all health data anytime from Settings. No ads. Ever. Get your group. Get moving. Get Outstep. Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of service: https://outstepapp.com/legal#terms Privacy Policy: https://outstepapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

Walking Distance Tracker4 screens
Outstep Step up Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

Walking Distance Tracker and Outstep Step up Challenge both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Outstep Step up Challenge's written reviews are positive against 42% of Walking Distance Tracker's. Outstep Step up Challenge also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). Walking Distance Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (3.1K vs 9). On price, rating, 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

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 Outstep Step up Challenge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Walking Distance Tracker against 4.6 for Outstep Step up Challenge. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Walking Distance Tracker has 3.1K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of Walking Distance Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Outstep Step up Challenge's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Walking Distance Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Outstep Step up Challenge every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Walking Distance Tracker versus Outstep Step up Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWalking Distance TrackerOutstep Step up Challenge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (3.1K ratings)4.6 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.1K — better9
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB62 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer30 South LLCYousuf Abduljawad

Customer experience

Walking Distance Tracker

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

Outstep Step up Challenge

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
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

Outstep Step up Challenge

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 trial2 variants$29.991 Year
  • Vima Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Outstep Step up Challenge

Subscriptions2
  • Group Premium7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Group Premium Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Walking Distance Tracker free?
Walking Distance Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Outstep Step up Challenge free?
Outstep Step up Challenge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Walking Distance Tracker or Outstep Step up Challenge?
Outstep Step up Challenge is rated higher. Walking Distance Tracker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.1K ratings, while Outstep Step up Challenge averages 4.6 from 9 ratings.
Do Walking Distance Tracker or Outstep Step up Challenge have ads?
Neither Walking Distance Tracker nor Outstep Step up Challenge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Walking Distance Tracker or Outstep Step up Challenge?
Walking Distance Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Outstep Step up Challenge every 6 days. Most recently, Walking Distance Tracker was updated on October 17, 2026 and Outstep Step up Challenge on October 12, 2026.

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