Comparison

Walking Distance Tracker vs Runner's Logbook

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 ever getting your phone out of your pocket. 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

Runner's Logbook

Features
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Running apps have gotten weird. You lace up for an easy jog and somehow you've joined a social network. There's a leaderboard for your Tuesday shuffle. Miss a day and your phone sulks like a disappointed gym teacher. And your route data? It's off somewhere making friends with advertisers. We had a radical idea: a running app that helps you run. Runner's Logbook is a personal running coach that lives on your iPhone. No watch required. No feed. No judgment. Just you, your runs, and a plan that actually pays attention. HERE'S THE GOOD STUFF TRACKING THAT FEELS EFFORTLESS Big, readable stats while you move. A live map of your route. Auto-pause that handles stoplights like a grown-up. Minimize the app mid-run to poke around the rest of it; your run keeps recording. A PLAN THAT ADAPTS TO REAL LIFE Train for a race, or just run more, consistently. Missed a week? Went out too hot? Woke up sore? The plan adjusts and explains what changed and why, in plain English. No mysterious algorithm. No guilt trip. THREE RINGS, ZERO JARGON Your engine, your power, your battery. They grow as you run. No invented fitness scores: if there isn't enough real data yet, Runner's Logbook says so. Refreshing, right? APPLE HEALTH, NOT ANOTHER GADGET You don't need a $500 watch to be a runner. Runner's Logbook reads the Apple Health data you approve. Already have a watch, ring, or tracker that writes to Apple Health? Great, that counts too. A COACH THAT RESPECTS YOU Calm notes grounded in your actual runs. Conservative guidance when your body is asking for rest. No spam, no streak-shaming, no medical claims. Your coach works for you, not your engagement metrics. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Active run recording stays dependable on your device. An account can privately back up, sync, recover, export, and delete your data. No ads. No cross-app tracking. FREE RUNS. OPTIONAL PREMIUM. Check the app for your current Premium access and available options. Runner's Logbook Premium offers monthly or annual auto-renewing subscriptions, cancelable anytime in your App Store settings. You will not be charged unless you choose and confirm a subscription. Run tracking and your own data will always stay free. Privacy Policy: https://runnerslogbook.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://runnerslogbook.com/terms Support: https://runnerslogbook.com/support

Screenshots

Walking Distance Tracker4 screens
Runner's Logbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Walking Distance Tracker at 3 against Runner's Logbook's 1. Walking Distance Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.4). 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

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 Runner's Logbook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Walking Distance Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, Runner's Logbook every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Walking Distance Tracker versus Runner's Logbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWalking Distance TrackerRunner's Logbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB44 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer30 South LLCHaro LLC

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

Runner's Logbook

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

Runner's Logbook

Subscriptions2
  • Runner's Logbook Premium$9.991 Month
  • Runner's Logbook Premium$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Walking Distance Tracker free?
Walking Distance Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Runner's Logbook free?
Runner's Logbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Walking Distance Tracker or Runner's Logbook have ads?
Neither Walking Distance Tracker nor Runner's Logbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Walking Distance Tracker or Runner's Logbook?
Walking Distance Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Runner's Logbook every 10 days. Most recently, Walking Distance Tracker was updated on September 24, 2026 and Runner's Logbook on September 20, 2026.

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