UMAWALK Horse-Raising App Launches on iOS and Android
Switch Media's free step-count horse-raising game lets players race every Sunday at 21:00 and retire horses after 24 races.
Switch Media released UMAWALK, a smartphone horse-raising game, for iOS and Android on October 19, 2026, according to gamebiz.jp.
The game is free to play with in-app ads. It runs on iPhone devices with iOS 15.0 or later and Android devices with Android 8.0 or later.
Players raise a racehorse using daily step counts read from Apple Health on iPhone or Health Connect on Android. Each player picks one of 13 pastel-colored horses and gives it a name.
Races are held every Sunday at 21:00 for all players nationwide and run automatically. A horse retires after 24 races, after which the player selects the next one. The app offers 16 titles tied to the number of horses raised and wins.
Switch Media states that health data is not used for advertising and that accounts can be deleted from within the app. Features planned for future updates include raising a single horse together with other users and inheriting the bloodline of retired horses.
Quick answers
When was UMAWALK released?
UMAWALK was released for iOS and Android on October 19, 2026.
How much does UMAWALK cost?
The game is free to play with in-app ads.
What devices does UMAWALK support?
It requires iOS 15.0 or later on iPhone and Android 8.0 or later on Android, and reads step data from Apple Health or Health Connect.