We built the fitness app that doesn't ask you to change
WalkACK rewards the walking you already do. No plan to follow, no class to attend, no gym to reach — your phone counts the steps, and those steps become coins you can spend on real things.
Why we built it
Most fitness apps ask you to become a different person. A plan to follow, a class to attend, a subscription to justify. Most people do not become that person, and the app is gone by week three.
Walking is the exception. Nearly everyone already does it and nobody needs to be taught how. So WalkACK does not try to change what you do — it attaches a reward to the thing you were going to do anyway, then gets out of the way.
01
You walk
Your phone already counts it. Nothing to start, nothing to carry.
02
Steps become coins
They add up as your steps sync. Once a day is over, one tap claims them.
03
You spend them
Gift cards and vouchers in the app; physical rewards to your door.
What we hold ourselves to
Four decisions that shaped the product, and the reasoning behind each.
Reward the habit, not the heroics
Every day has a ceiling set by your level. One enormous Sunday walk cannot buy what a fortnight of ordinary days does, because the point is the fortnight.
Health data is read, never traded
We read your step count and nothing else. It is never used to target advertising, never shared with our ad partner, and never sold.
Say what a coin is worth
Coins are not money and never convert to it. Every catalogue item shows its price before you commit, and the rules are on the page rather than in the terms.
No level you have to defend
Levels only go up — a quiet week never takes one away. An app that punishes one bad day is an app people delete on the second.
The part most apps leave out
Coins are funded by advertising and by the margin on the rewards catalogue. There is nothing to buy to get started.
Coins are not money. They cannot be withdrawn or transferred, and they are spent in the WalkACK rewards store and nowhere else.
If you were looking for an app that pays cash, this is not it — and we would rather say so here than have you find out after installing.
You are going to walk today anyway
Install WalkACK from the App Store or Google Play, allow step access, and today already counts.
Questions? contact@walkack.com