I hate walking, so I tried to rewire my habits with a free app. It works — but I'm still torn about recommending it for 3 reasons.

• Walkr is a Taiwanese gamification app that incentivizes users to walk by rewarding them with planets.
• In my experience though, the app motivates you to walk more through peer pressure than gamification.
• Much as I loved my experience of using it, I think this won't be everyone's cup of tea.

The core premise of "Walkr: Fitness Space Adventure" is simple: the more you walk, the more "energy" you collect, which you can use to speed up the discovery of a new planet for your collection.