Big Team Challenge vs Stridekick Activity Challenges
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Big Team Challenge
This app facilitates workplace walking challenges for organizations. It allows groups to participate in fixed-length pedometer events and can optionally sync steps automatically with Apple Health.
- Workplace walking challenges
- Pedometer events
- Fixed-length events
- Apple Health sync
- Organizational sign-up required
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Big Team Challenge is a simple, affordable and flexible workplace challenge system that allows organisations and groups to run fixed-length walking/pedometer events. You can connect to Apple Health to automatically sync your steps to your account. This is an optional feature and can be turned off at any time. ** This app is only for use by members of organisations that have signed up to Big Team Challenge. **
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.
- 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)
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Big Team Challenge at none against Stridekick Activity Challenges's 8. Big Team Challenge also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Stridekick Activity Challenges's advantage is review sentiment (46% vs 15%) and update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Stridekick Activity Challenges sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Big Team Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.
Big Team Challenge holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 4.5K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 15% of Big Team Challenge'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.
Big Team Challenge ships an update monthly, Stridekick Activity Challenges every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Big Team Challenge | Stridekick Activity Challenges |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better | 4.6 (4.5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 15.4% of reviews | 46.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K | 4.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Team Challenge Apps Ltd | Stridekick Inc |
Customer experience
Big Team Challenge
Stridekick Activity Challenges
User reviews
Big Team Challenge
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Synced via Apple Health
- 🚀 Big team challenge
Room to improve
- 🐛 Syncing issues
- 🔍 Not very inclusive
- 🔍 Misleading
- 🔍 Difficult to use
- 🔍 App won't allow registration
Stridekick Activity Challenges
From 4.5K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Big Team Challenge
Reported bugs
3 issues- Syncing doesn't work
- App keeps crashing
- Incorrect data recording
Requested features
3 requests- Integration with Strava
- Conversion chart
- Screenshot submission for approval
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
Big Team Challenge
No in-app purchases
Stridekick Activity Challenges
- 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
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