Walk Earn is one of those app names that sounds like a category. Search for it and you will find a dozen apps with nearly the same title, which is part of why people end up asking whether it is real or fake. This page is about the one most English-speaking iPhone users land on, Walk Earn: Make Money. It has been on the App Store since 2019, it promises money for steps, and it tells you almost nothing else. We read the listing line by line, along with its version history and every review we could find.
Disclosure: Fitcoin is our own fitness-rewards app, so we are a competitor of sorts. We have no relationship with the developer and earn nothing from your choice. Everything here comes from the App Store listing, its version history and reviews, and one independent write-up, all checked on November 10, 2026. We have not attempted a withdrawal.
The short version
Walk Earn: Make Money is a real app in the sense that you can download it and it counts steps. As a way to earn, we would call it fake. The listing promises a low withdrawal threshold without naming an amount, a rate or a payment method. It has a 2.2 rating from 11 ratings after seven years on the App Store. The two written reviews Apple shows both say no reward could be obtained, and an independent reviewer who followed the app reached the same conclusion. We found nobody who says they were paid.
What the listing tells you
| Walk Earn: Make Money (iPhone) | |
|---|---|
| Seller | An individual; copyright 2023 Jinru Inc |
| On the App Store since | October 2019 (version 1.3.0) |
| Latest version | 3.7.0, a January update noted only as a bug fix |
| Rating | 2.2 from 11 ratings |
| Category | Utilities, not Health and Fitness |
| Age rating | 18+: frequent contests, contains gambling |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Stated rate, minimum, payout method | None |
Three of those rows deserve a second look. An app that has been live for seven years and has 11 ratings has almost no users in this market, which means almost no one to confirm it pays. An 18+ rating for frequent contests and gambling on something filed under Utilities tells you the pedometer is not the product. And the description's extras, which it calls money-making games and part-time opportunities, are the standard furniture of an advert-and-offer app.
The Chinese-language name of the same listing translates roughly as walking to earn money, a step-counting and running money-making app, and it belongs to a large family of step apps built for the Chinese market, where small red-packet rewards funded by adverts are a familiar format. Our guide to popular Chinese step-counting and walking rewards apps explains how those work at home. Exported to an English-language store with no local payment method attached, what is left is the adverts.
What users say
There is very little to go on, which is itself the finding. In March 2025 a reviewer wrote that cash or gift-card prizes could not be earned, that every advert ran at least 30 seconds, and that there was no sign-up or way to save a login, which they rightly found suspicious: with no account, there is nothing for a balance to be attached to. In October 2024 another simply called it a scam app.
An independent app-review blog that says it followed Walk Earn from launch went further, describing promised prizes including a new iPhone, and concluding that the app does not deliver any of the rewards it advertises. That is one writer's account and we cannot verify each claim, but it matches the store reviews and nothing we found contradicts it.
Why apps like this exist
The economics are simple. Each 30-second advert you watch pays the developer a fraction of a cent. A coin balance that climbs towards a prize keeps you watching. If the prize is never reachable, or the withdrawal screen asks for one more task, every advert is profit. We have documented the same life-cycle in WalkGains, Walk Coin and Walk Pay. The tell is always the same: a real rewards app states its rate and how you get paid before you install it.
What to use instead
If you want to be paid for walking, pick an app that has a company behind it and publishes its rate: WeWard and Macadam for cash, CashWalk and Winwalk for gift cards. None pays more than a few cents per 10,000 steps, which is what honest step rewards look like. The full list is in apps that pay you to walk, and the checks we ran here are explained in are walking apps that pay you legit.
Method: Checked November 10, 2026 against the US App Store listing for Walk Earn: Make Money (id 1483185643: 2.2 from 11 ratings, 18+, Utilities, 134.8 MB, version 3.7.0, version history back to 1.3.0 on 30 October 2019, copyright 2023 Jinru Inc), its description and privacy labels, the two written reviews displayed (19 March 2025 and 20 October 2024), and a September 2024 write-up on an independent app-review blog. We did not find an official website. We have not attempted a withdrawal, and we are reporting an absence of evidence of payment, not proof that no one has ever been paid.
Frequently asked questions
Is Walk Earn real or fake?
The app is real and counts steps, but we found no evidence that it pays. The listing gives no rate, minimum or payment method, it holds a 2.2 rating from 11 ratings, and the written reviews say rewards cannot be earned.
Does Walk Earn pay real money?
We found no report of anyone being paid. The description mentions a low withdrawal threshold without stating an amount or how money would be sent.
Who makes Walk Earn: Make Money?
The App Store lists an individual seller with a copyright line of 2023 Jinru Inc. The app supports English and Chinese and has been listed since October 2019. We did not find an official website.
Why does Walk Earn show so many adverts?
Adverts are how apps of this type make money. Users report adverts of at least 30 seconds, and the coin balance gives a reason to keep watching them.
What are legit alternatives to Walk Earn?
Apps with a company and a published rate: WeWard and Macadam for cash, CashWalk and Winwalk for gift cards. All pay a few cents per 10,000 steps.
Method: Checked November 10, 2026 against manufacturer product pages, published help documentation and independent reviews. Prices are US list at publication unless noted. Fitcoin has no commercial relationship with the hardware brands named here. Wellness estimates only, not medical advice.
Related reading: Are walking apps that pay you legit?, Chinese step-counting and walking rewards apps, Is WalkGains legit?, Is Walk Pay legit?, Apps that pay you to walk
About the author: Harris Khan is the co-founder and CTO of Fitcoin, a UK fitness-rewards and health-insights app that reads Apple Health and Health Connect.