COMPARISON
Stride vs StepsApp: different jobs.
StepsApp is a beautiful pedometer with charts. Stride is a competition your group chat will not shut up about. Here is where each one actually fits.
THE SHORT VERSION
StepsApp is for watching your own numbers. Stride is for watching your friends fall beneath them.
Stride
StepsApp
What it really is
A daily competition with the people you know.
A polished personal step counter with charts.
The competition
The whole point. Titles, taunts, midnight resets.
Optional challenges and groups on the side.
Price
Free. Optional taunt voice packs.
Free download; Premium is $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year.
Watch and widgets
Widgets, yes. No Watch app yet. Your phone counts fine.
Full Apple Watch app, widgets, GPS workouts.
Personality
Dry jokes. Someone is always Couch King.
Clean charts and serious streaks.
WHEN STEPSAPP IS THE BETTER PICK
If you mostly care about your own numbers, StepsApp has the prettiest charts in the category, a real Watch app, and GPS workouts. Get it, it is good software. If you mostly care about beating Dave, get Stride. They read the same HealthKit steps, so nothing stops you from running both.
Do Stride and StepsApp count steps differently?
No. Both read from Apple Health, so the numbers match. Only the consequences differ.
Does Stride have a Watch app?
Not yet. Your iPhone counts steps either way, so the leaderboard does not care.
Your group chat needs a scoreboard.
App StoreFree · iPhone · iOS 17+