Teku Teku: Japanese Walking

Brisk for 3 minutes, easy for 3 minutes, 5 times. Clear chime, voice and vibration cues, even with the screen locked and your own music playing.

Teku Teku is a simple coach for Japanese walking, the interval walking method from Japan that became popular as "Japanese Walking". Walk briskly for 3 minutes, then easily for 3 minutes, and repeat 5 times: about 30 minutes in all.

CUES YOU WON'T MISS • A chime, a voice and a vibration at every switch, plus a 10-second heads-up • Keeps working with the screen locked • Play your own music or podcasts in any app. Teku Teku plays its cues over them and can lower your music only while a cue sounds • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island shows the current interval and the time left

A WEEKLY GOAL THAT FITS THE METHOD • This week's goal: 4 walking days and 60 brisk minutes • A calendar stamps every day you walked • Optional Apple Health link: see the steps of each walk and save it as a walking workout

A FRIENDLY TOWN WALK • A felt cat walks with you through a Japanese town • The background follows the seasons where you live (spring, summer, autumn, winter), or pick your favorite • Large, easy-to-read numbers and buttons

FREE • The standard Japanese Walking session (3 min brisk / 3 min easy x 5) • Chime, voice and vibration cues, with the screen locked and with your music • This week's goal and this month's calendar Nothing free will be taken away later.

TEKU TEKU PRO (one-time purchase, no subscription) • Custom intervals and number of sets • Pace tempo: a metronome for brisk walking (90 to 150 steps per minute) • Apple Watch app with haptic cues and heart rate, saved as a workout • Past months of history and CSV export

PRIVACY No account, no ads, no tracking. Your walks stay on your device (and in Apple Health only if you connect it).

Based on interval walking research from Shinshu University, Japan. Teku Teku is a timer and record for your walks. It is not a medical device and does not give medical advice. If you have any health concerns, consult a doctor before exercising.