UMAWALK: Step-Count Horse Training Game Arrives on iOS and Android
UMAWALK treats the phone as the thing to be limited, converting idle screen time and early sleep into horse stats, and it ranks weekly races by walking volume rather than raw step count.
Reporting from 2 sources: ASCII.jp, Inside.
Switch Media LLC launched UMAWALK, a free smartphone training game, on the App Store and Google Play on October 19, 2026. Players raise one of 13 racehorses through daily step counts read from Apple Health and Health Connect, plus focus sessions and a nighttime Good Night mode. Races run every Sunday at 21:00, with horses grouped by similar walking amounts. The app carries in-app ads.
The game reads steps from Apple Health on iPhone and Health Connect on Android, so movement logged while the app is closed still counts. Each morning players pick which ability to train. Afternoon and evening sessions work differently: leaving the phone untouched for 30 minutes, 1 hour, or 2 hours raises Smartness, and activating Good Night between 20:00 and 3:59 calms Temperament and improves the horse's condition the next day.
A horse retires after 24 races. Progress carries into titles, with 16 types available based on horses raised and wins, and records of every past horse are kept. Logging in through Apple, Google, or LINE is optional, and the company states that health data is not used for advertising.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.