Comparison

Walking Distance Tracker vs ActivityTracker Pedometer

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

ActivityTracker Pedometer

Effortlessly track your daily steps, active calories, distance, and more using just your iPhone or Apple Watch. Set personal goals, view hourly and daily progress, and stay motivated to increase your activity for a healthier lifestyle. Offers workout tracking with GPS and detailed activity maps.

Highlights
  • Track steps, calories, distance, active time, floors climbed
  • Hourly activity breakdown
  • Daily, weekly, and yearly trend graphs
  • Workout tracking with GPS
  • Route mapping and detailed activity stats
  • Apple Watch and Health app integration
Features
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Become your Best Self! Track your daily activity effortlessly — no fitness gadget, no battery drain, and complete privacy. "The interface is clean and clear and will help you set achievable goals for fitness" — MacWorld - bit.ly/MacWorldTop ActivityTracker keeps track of your steps, active calories, distance, active time, and flights of stairs climbed, just by carrying your iPhone or Apple Watch — which you already do. Research shows that simply being more active can make you healthier. Not everyone wants a vigorous exercise routine, so just increasing your daily activity can help you get in better shape. ActivityTracker automatically quantifies your daily and weekly activity and motivates you to be more active — completely free! General Features • Track your Steps, Active Calories, Distance, Active Time, and Floors Climbed; • Monitor what's most important to you: Steps, Calories, or Distance (PRO version); • Track your activity hour-by-hour in the Hourly view. Details such as steps, calories, distance, active time, and floors are shown per hour; • Set individual Targets for: Steps, Calories, and Distance (PRO version); • Today overview graph in Trends, with progress for the current day vs last days; • This Week overview graph in Trends, with progress for the current week vs last; • See the big picture with the Years summary in the Trends view; • See details per hour for any day by long tapping on that day in the Details view; • Long tapping on any Week/Month in Details, will get you to the first day of that interval; • Since not all days are the same, you will set a Weekly Target that we will also break down to a Daily Target; • Customize the interface with one of the seven Accent Colors (from which three are free); • Import/export feature to save your data or move it to another device (PRO version); • Week Overview to review your last week's progress at a glance (PRO version); • Fireworks & Confetti animations for reaching your targets (PRO version); • Easily share your daily stats with friends. Activities • New Activities feature to track your workouts with GPS! • Track activities such as Walking, Running, Cycling, and Hiking in great detail; • View a map overview of your routes, plus detailed stats such as Splits, Elevation, Speed, and more; • Monitor metrics such as Heart Rate (requires Apple Watch) and Weather conditions (PRO version); • [New] Edit your activities and explore your entire route in greater detail • Easily share your activity route & stats with friends. Apple Watch & Health • [New] Record activities with GPS route from your Watch! • [New] Sync between Watch and iPhone activities • Sync steps between your iPhone, Apple Watch and Health app (PRO version); • Real-time stats updates; • Import your historical data from Apple Health so you can have a complete overview of your activity from day one; • Awesome Apple Watch app with: today's overview, hour-by-hour stats & last 7 days! • Independent Watch app for watchOS 10+ with settings; • Multiple watchOS 10+ Complications for at a glance stats on your Watch (PRO version). iOS Integration • Live activities with your workout details; • [New] Siri with App Intents integration; • New zoom transition for iOS 18; • Beautiful Lock Screen Widgets, with graphs for Hours & Days; • In-App Events. Get engaged by participating in our monthly challenges; • Awesome Today widgets with customizable statistics and colors; • Progress notifications for target reached and target half-reached (PRO version); • Daily & Weekly notifications, that can easily be disabled in Settings; • App badge that shows the steps taken directly on the app icon; • Dark mode • iMessage app https://activitytracker.app/terms-of-service.html

Screenshots

Walking Distance Tracker4 screens
ActivityTracker Pedometer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ActivityTracker Pedometer at 97% against Walking Distance Tracker's 42%. ActivityTracker Pedometer also leads on ratings volume (103K vs 3.1K) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Walking Distance Tracker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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 ActivityTracker Pedometer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ActivityTracker Pedometer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ActivityTracker Pedometer has 103K ratings behind it against 3.1K, 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 97% of ActivityTracker Pedometer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Walking Distance Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, ActivityTracker Pedometer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Walking Distance Tracker versus ActivityTracker Pedometer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWalking Distance TrackerActivityTracker Pedometer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (3.1K ratings)4.8 (103K ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews97.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.1K103K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer30 South LLCBits&Coffee

Customer experience

Walking Distance Tracker

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

ActivityTracker Pedometer

All ratings101,655 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews3,106 reviews
Positive97.2%
Neutral0.8%
Negative2.0%

User reviews

Walking Distance Tracker

From 3.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Helpful for tracking walks
  • 👍 Accurate tracking
  • 👍 Motivating results

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate distance tracking
  • 🐛 Stops recording during walks
  • 🐛 Premium features not working as expected
  • 🔒 Subscription issues

ActivityTracker Pedometer

From 103K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Motivational
  • 📊 Detailed tracking
  • 🔋 Accurate step counting
  • 🤖 Seamless integration with Apple Watch

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent step/floor tracking
  • 🔄 Syncing issues between phone and watch
  • 📉 Inaccurate calorie/distance tracking

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

ActivityTracker Pedometer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Steps not updating in real-time
  • App crashes on certain devices
  • Complications not working on newer Apple Watch faces

Requested features

3 requests
  • Monthly/annual step/distance summary
  • Manual data entry option
  • More customization options

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

ActivityTracker Pedometer

Subscriptions2
  • ActivityTracker PRO$4.991 Month
  • ActivityTracker PRO7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Walking Distance Tracker free?
Walking Distance Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ActivityTracker Pedometer free?
ActivityTracker Pedometer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Walking Distance Tracker or ActivityTracker Pedometer?
ActivityTracker Pedometer is rated higher. Walking Distance Tracker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.1K ratings, while ActivityTracker Pedometer averages 4.8 from 103K ratings.
Do Walking Distance Tracker or ActivityTracker Pedometer have ads?
ActivityTracker Pedometer shows ads; Walking Distance Tracker does not.
Which is updated more often, Walking Distance Tracker or ActivityTracker Pedometer?
Walking Distance Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and ActivityTracker Pedometer every 6 weeks. Most recently, Walking Distance Tracker was updated on October 29, 2026 and ActivityTracker Pedometer on October 30, 2026.

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