Your walks, found for you.
See what you walked today, so far. Nothing to start or stop. Free, with no ads and no account.
Free · iPhone · works with Apple Watch, not required
Nothing to start
You just walk
Keep your iPhone with you, as you already do.
Your walks appear
Each walk of five minutes or more shows up on its own, with its time, minutes and distance.
Tap one for more
Its minutes, distance, pace and, with a watch, your heart rate.
Six plain numbers
- Minutes walked
- The headline: how long you walked today, and how that compares with yesterday by this time.
- Steps and distance
- All of today's steps, walks or not, and how far you went.
- Fast walking
- Minutes at about 100 steps a minute or more: breathing harder, still able to talk.
- Floors
- Flights of stairs climbed, counted by your iPhone.
- Heart rate
- The average during your walks, when an Apple Watch recorded it.
- Active energy
- One number, in kilocalories. Never two that disagree.
A Week view adds up the last seven days and tracks fast walking against the 150 minutes a week that health guidelines suggest.
Your whole day, on one line
A thin strip from 6:00 to 22:00. Solid black where you walked, light grey where you were moving about between walks. One look tells you how your day went.
Steps, distance, floors and energy count your whole day, so they match the Health app. Minutes walked and fast walking count your walks only. How walks are found
Every walk, in plain numbers
Tap a walk for its minutes, distance, steps, fast walking, floors, energy and pace. If you wore an Apple Watch, your heart rate is drawn as one calm line.
Your week at a glance
Minutes walked each day, how the week compares with the last one, and your fast walking against the 150 minutes a week that health guidelines suggest. What counts as fast walking
Good news only
When a number beats your usual (your last four weeks, up to the same time of day), the walker celebrates with you. If you like, a quiet notification tells you: at most one a day, and never "less than usual".
Minutes
40 min of walking by 10:00. More than usual.
Steps
8,000 steps so far. Ahead of your usual.
Distance
6.1 km today. Further than you usually go.
Fast walking
41 min of fast walking today. More than usual.
Floors
12 floors today. The most this month.
Weekly goal
150 minutes of fast walking this week. Goal reached.
Rare wins
58 min in one go. Your longest walk in 4 weeks.
Private by design
Simple Walker reads from Apple Health and writes nothing to it. It makes no internet connections and has no account, no ads, no analytics and no tracking. Everything stays on your iPhone.
What we're exploring
Not in the app yet. Ideas we're weighing, each off by default if it ever ships.
Live on the Lock Screen
Today's steps and the walk you're on, in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen.
A glance on Apple Watch
Minutes walked today on your wrist, the same calm numbers.
Where you walked
An optional map of a walk, drawn on your iPhone, never uploaded.
Which would you use? Tell us in a review.
Questions
Why did we make it?
Most walking apps are about everything except walking, with screens of numbers, ads or a subscription. Apple Health has the data but doesn't show walking clearly. We wanted one calm screen that answers a simple question: how much did I walk today?
Is it really free?
Yes. No purchases, no subscriptions and no ads. If you like it, a kind review on the App Store helps other people find it.
How does it find my walks without a start button?
Your iPhone already counts your steps minute by minute in Apple Health. Simple Walker looks for stretches of five minutes or more at walking pace, allowing short stops like a traffic light, and shows each one as a walk.
Which numbers count my whole day, and which only my walks?
Steps, distance, floors and energy count your whole day, so they match the Health app. Minutes walked and fast walking count only your walks: five minutes or more at walking pace. Moving around the house adds steps, not walking minutes. Heart rate is the average during your walks.
Why didn't a walk show up?
It needs your iPhone with you (a pocket or bag is fine) and five minutes or more at walking pace. A slow stroll around a shop counts as steps, not as a walk. Pull down on Today to refresh.
Do I need an Apple Watch?
No. Your iPhone counts steps, distance and floors on its own. If you wear an Apple Watch, your heart rate during each walk shows too.
Does it run in the background or drain my battery?
No. It reads Apple Health when you open it. If you turn on good-news notifications, Apple Health wakes it at most once an hour when new steps arrive, so it can check.
What does it read, and where does it go?
Steps, walking distance, floors, heart rate and active energy, read from Apple Health on your iPhone. It writes nothing to Health, makes no internet connections and has no account. Nothing leaves your iPhone.
Can it show a map of my walk?
Not yet. It shows when and how far you walked, not where. A map is on our list of ideas; tell us in an App Store review if you'd use it.
Is it a medical device?
No. It's for everyday fitness only and shows numbers your iPhone and Apple Watch already measured.
Go for a walk. It's already counted.