Comparison

Outwalk vs Stridekick Activity Challenges

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Outwalk

This app tracks your steps and distance, motivating you to build healthier habits. Compete with friends on live leaderboards, earn badges, and view detailed statistics. It integrates with Apple Health and offers background tracking, widgets, and Apple Watch support.

Highlights
  • Step and distance tracking
  • Live leaderboards
  • Nearly 100 unlockable badges
  • Detailed statistics and reports
  • Apple Health integration
  • Background activity tracking
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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Outwalk — Step Tracker & Leaderboards *** Featured by Apple in "New Apps We Love" and "Great on iPhone X" *** Outwalk turns your everyday movement into motivation. Track your steps and distance, compete with friends on live leaderboards, and unlock nearly 100 badges as you build healthier habits — all without draining your battery. TRACK SMARTER • Count steps and measure distance walked, run, or jogged — daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly • Get detailed graphs, statistics, and personalized weekly reports at a glance • Integrates with Apple Health to pull data from all sources: built-in motion sensor, third-party apps, and dedicated hardware COMPETE AND CONNECT • Challenge friends on custom leaderboards and climb the Global & Regional Rankings • Chat with friends directly in the app or invite new ones to fuel your rivalry • Share achievements and leaderboard positions to social media or via iMessage BUILT FOR YOUR LIFESTYLE • Stays active in the background — no need to keep the app open • Glanceable Widgets on your Home Screen and Lock Screen • Full Apple Watch support with step and distance complications • Localized for all 50 App Store languages Restore your data seamlessly on a new device with Sign in with Apple or Google Follow us for news and updates facebook.com/multipinch x.com/multipinch

About

Stridekick Activity Challenges

Engage in fun, free activity challenges with friends and family, regardless of their fitness tracker. Connect various devices or use your smartphone to compete in different challenge modes and track your progress over time. Upgrade for longer, private challenges and higher participant limits.

Highlights
  • Connects to multiple fitness trackers
  • Smartphone activity tracking
  • Manual activity entry
  • Create custom challenges (Leaderboard, Streak, Target)
  • Join community challenges (Journey, Teams, Group Target)
  • Social activity feed and friend leaderboards
  • Track progress over time (weekly, monthly, yearly)
Features
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Compete in free, fun activity challenges with your friends and family–no matter which fitness tracker they have. Sign-up for free, connect a wearable device or smartphone and get moving with others. CONNECT A VARIETY OF WEARABLE DEVICES Stridekick connects to a variety fitness trackers so you can compete with your friends no matter which device they use. Don’t have a fitness tracker? No problem. Connect using your smartphone or enter your activity manually. We connect with the following devices: Fitbit, Apple Watch, Garmin, Withings, Misfit, iPhone 5S+, Apple Health, Polar, and Xiaomi. CREATE YOUR OWN ACTIVITY CHALLENGES Choose from three challenge modes: Leaderboard, Streak, and Target. JOIN COMMUNITY ACTIVITY CHALLENGES Join bigger community challenges with other steppers on the Stridekick platform. Community challenges feature different modes of competition including Journey, Stick to it!, Teams, and even a collective Group Target! We're always adding new community challenges, so check back often. A SOCIAL COMMUNITY TO KEEP YOU MOVING Everything is more fun with others. Stay motivated with the community of Stridekick steppers. Add friends and follow each other's activity stats. Keep up with those you know best through our daily Friends Leaderboard. A VARIETY OF CHALLENGE GOALS, UNLIMITED FUN Our challenge types offer a variety of ways to compete. Whether you're seeking a highly competitive leaderboard, a daily activity goal, or a long-term step target, we’ve got you covered. Compete on steps or active minutes. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS OVER TIME View your weekly, monthly and yearly averages for steps, distance and active minutes. Keep track of your all-time best days and work to beat your personal records. Unlock activity levels as you increase your weekly activity average. Join for free to create challenges that - Last up to 7 days - Can include up to 10 people per challenge - Are public for anyone to join Upgrade your experience with a Pro subscription that includes - Longer challenges, up to 45 days - Higher participant limits - Private challenges for just your group - Priority support Terms of use: https://stridekick.com/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Outwalk4 screens
Stridekick Activity Challenges4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stridekick Activity Challenges at none against Outwalk's shown. Stridekick Activity Challenges also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 months). Outwalk's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Outwalk sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Stridekick Activity Challenges sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Outwalk against 4.6 for Stridekick Activity Challenges. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.1K and 4.4K respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 46% and 46% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Outwalk ships an update every 3 months, Stridekick Activity Challenges every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Outwalk versus Stridekick Activity Challenges: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOutwalkStridekick Activity Challenges
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.1K ratings) — better4.6 (4.4K ratings)
Positive reviews45.8% of reviews46.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.1K4.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB86 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMiroslav OtsedarskiStridekick Inc

Customer experience

Outwalk

All ratings2,116 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive45.8%
Neutral15.3%
Negative39.0%

Stridekick Activity Challenges

All ratings4,426 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral3.5%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews474 reviews
Positive46.0%
Neutral11.0%
Negative43.0%

User reviews

Outwalk

From 2.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and interactive
  • 👍 Great app for walking/running
  • 👍 Motivating to compete with friends

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate step/distance tracking
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and connection issues
  • 🐛 Unable to sync with other fitness apps
  • 🔍 Issues with adding/connecting friends

Stridekick Activity Challenges

From 4.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💪 Motivating app for fitness challenges
  • 👥 Great for connecting friends with different devices
  • 🤝 Excellent customer service
  • 🎨 Clean and user-friendly interface
  • 🏆 Engaging challenges and competitions

Room to improve

  • 🤖 Issues with syncing and data accuracy
  • 🔒 Lack of privacy/security controls
  • 💰 Paid subscription required for certain features
  • 🚫 Inability to manually add activities
  • 🤯 Buggy and unstable app

Bugs and requests

Outwalk

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Steps disappearing or not syncing correctly
  • Ads that cannot be closed
  • Blank screens and loading issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to link with other fitness apps
  • Custom distance/goal setting options
  • Better leaderboard and sharing features

Stridekick Activity Challenges

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent app crashes and login issues
  • Syncing problems with various fitness devices
  • Inability to edit or manually add activities
  • Notification issues and unclear in-app notifications

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to create larger group challenges
  • More activity tracking beyond just steps
  • Push notifications for challenge updates
  • Integration with more fitness trackers
  • Archiving of past challenges

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Outwalk

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
8 purchases

Stridekick Activity Challenges

Subscriptions8
  • Stridekick Workouts–Echelon–Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Stridekick Pro–10$12.991 Month
  • Stridekick Pro–20$24.991 Month
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  • Stridekick Pro–50$49.991 Month
  • Stridekick Workouts–Echelon–Annual$79.991 Year
  • Stridekick Pro–10$139.991 Year
  • Stridekick Pro–20$274.991 Year
  • Stridekick Pro–50$549.991 Year

Questions

Is Outwalk free?
Outwalk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stridekick Activity Challenges free?
Stridekick Activity Challenges is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Outwalk or Stridekick Activity Challenges?
Outwalk is rated higher. Outwalk averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while Stridekick Activity Challenges averages 4.6 from 4.4K ratings.
Do Outwalk or Stridekick Activity Challenges have ads?
Outwalk shows ads; Stridekick Activity Challenges does not.
Which is updated more often, Outwalk or Stridekick Activity Challenges?
Outwalk ships an update every 3 months, and Stridekick Activity Challenges every 6 days. Most recently, Outwalk was updated on October 15, 2026 and Stridekick Activity Challenges on October 16, 2026.

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