Comparison

StepBet 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

StepBet

Earn money by meeting personalized step goals through weekly fitness games. Connect your activity tracker, join a game with a bet, and stay active to win and split the pot with other participants. Offers a risk-free trial with a full refund within the first week.

Highlights
  • Personalized step goals
  • Weekly fitness games
  • Bet on yourself
  • Split pot with winners
  • Connects with activity trackers
  • Risk-free trial
Features
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Become more active and earn money doing it! Receive personalized Step Goals based on your activity/exercise tracker history, and bet money on yourself during weekly health-focused games where you’ll be encouraged to walk and exercise to meet your personalized step targets. How it works: - Download the StepBet app. - Select your step source (Apple Health, Apple Watch, Fitbit, and Garmin) to get your custom fitness goals. - Find a game and place a bet into the game’s pot to officially join. - Walk, exercise, and stay active to hit your fitness goals every week of the game. - Win, and split the pot with other winners to recoup your bet and then some! By committing real money, engaging in the social aspect of our games, and interacting with our one-of-a-kind customer support team, you’ll find unparalleled motivation in reaching your health and fitness goals. Try it risk-free! Cancel any time during the first week for a full refund. Terms of Use: https://stepbet.com/terms

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

StepBet4 screens
Stridekick Activity Challenges4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stridekick Activity Challenges at none against StepBet's shown. Stridekick Activity Challenges also leads on review sentiment (46% vs 35%). StepBet's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (23K vs 4.5K). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. StepBet sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month 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

StepBet holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StepBet has 23K ratings behind it against 4.5K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 35% of StepBet's written reviews are positive against 46% of Stridekick Activity Challenges's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StepBet ships an update every 10 days, Stridekick Activity Challenges every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
StepBet versus Stridekick Activity Challenges: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepBetStridekick Activity Challenges
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (23K ratings) — better4.6 (4.5K ratings)
Positive reviews34.9% of reviews46.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23K — better4.5K
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB86 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperFitnessAI Inc.Stridekick Inc

Customer experience

StepBet

All ratings23,242 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews390 reviews
Positive34.9%
Neutral11.0%
Negative54.1%

Stridekick Activity Challenges

All ratings4,487 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews474 reviews
Positive46.0%
Neutral11.0%
Negative43.0%

User reviews

StepBet

From 23K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Motivating
  • 💰 Gets you paid for walking
  • 👥 Supportive community
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🤝 Great customer service

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Syncing issues
  • 💰 High fees/low payouts
  • 🤖 Unrealistic step goals
  • 🔒 Difficult to cancel/refund
  • 📵 App not working/crashing

Stridekick Activity Challenges

From 4.5K 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

StepBet

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Steps not syncing correctly
  • Logging in/account issues
  • Challenges not working as expected

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to change tracking devices during a challenge
  • Option to set custom step goals
  • Improved app stability and performance

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

9 purchases

StepBet

Subscriptions8
  • StepBet Membership7 Days trial$10.991 Month
  • StepBet Membership$12.991 Month
  • StepBet Membership1 Month trial$12.991 Month
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  • StepBet Membership14 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • StepBet Quarterly Membership$29.993 Months
  • StepBet Annual Membership$59.991 Year
  • StepBet Annual Membership7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • StepBet Annual Membership$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • StepBet Lifetime Membership$119.99
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 StepBet free?
StepBet 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, StepBet or Stridekick Activity Challenges?
StepBet is rated higher. StepBet averages 4.8 out of 5 from 23K ratings, while Stridekick Activity Challenges averages 4.6 from 4.5K ratings.
Do StepBet or Stridekick Activity Challenges have ads?
StepBet shows ads; Stridekick Activity Challenges does not.
Which is updated more often, StepBet or Stridekick Activity Challenges?
StepBet ships an update every 10 days, and Stridekick Activity Challenges every 6 days. Most recently, StepBet was updated on October 24, 2026 and Stridekick Activity Challenges on October 24, 2026.

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