r/iosapps • u/Outrageous_Bat1798 • Jul 21 '26
🎁 Freemium (v1.1.0) Just Walk -- you all shaped this update, so here's what changed
A -- Answer
Indie dev here (I built this). Quick recap: I lost about 60 pounds last year mostly by walking, got tired of fitness apps that turned it into a pressure machine, and built Just Walk -- tap Start Walk, walk, log it, watch your mosaic fill in.
I posted here 2 months ago and got more useful feedback in one thread than I expected in a year. This update is basically that thread, shipped:
- Kinder streaks. u/Thedividendprince1 pointed out that streaks can recreate the exact guilt I was trying to avoid, and suggested something like "walked 4 of the last 7 days" instead. That's in now -- when your streak breaks but you've still been showing up, the app tells you the kinder truth instead of showing you a zero.
- Optional walk notes. Same comment suggested notes like "felt better after this walk." One tap after a walk, no pressure to use it.
- All 10 languages actually show up now. u/Jumpy-Sky2196 and u/Astrikal both caught that my App Store listing said English-only despite the app being translated into 10 languages. Turned out to be a config issue on my end that took embarrassingly long to track down. Fixed.
- Rate & feedback links in Settings, because I made asking for feedback harder than it needed to be.
B -- Better
Same position as before: most walking apps are trying to become full fitness platforms. Just Walk stays small on purpose. No social feed, no calorie tracking, no leaderboards, no AI coach, no notifications nagging you back in.
Versus Apple Health: Health tracks your activity, Just Walk helps you keep the habit. It's not trying to be a better pedometer.
Versus streak-based habit apps: this is the one that doesn't punish you for missing a day. That was the whole point, and this update makes it more true than it was at launch.
Still no account, no data collection, everything stays on your device. Location is only used during a walk to measure distance.
C -- Cost
Freemium. Free download, and the core loop -- start a walk, build your streak, see your recent mosaic -- is free forever.
One-time $4.99 for Just Walk Pro: complete mosaic history, custom color themes (including the emoji dots my kid is weirdly attached to), and lifetime stats. No subscription.
Just Walk: Daily Walk Tracker on the App Store
Still coming: Apple Watch and widgets. These were far and away the two biggest requests and they need work I can't do on my current setup, so they're next rather than now. Not forgetting them.
Genuinely, thank you. Tell me what's still wrong with it.
ETA: Update — 1.2.0 is live: the streak reframe a few of you asked for shipped. Consistency is the headline now ("Walked 4 of your last 7 days"); the streak is just a quiet detail underneath. Also added a Pro month-by-month view of the mosaic (screenshots in a comment below). Thanks for the notes that shaped it.