Comparison

Social Steps 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

Social Steps

This app transforms daily walking into a fun, competitive experience. Set personal step goals, challenge friends, and track your progress automatically. It integrates with popular fitness trackers to keep you motivated and active.

Highlights
  • Set daily step goals
  • Compete with friends
  • Automatic step tracking
  • Connect with friends
  • Earn top walker status
  • Integrates with Apple Health, Apple Watch, Garmin, Fitbit
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Set goals. Compete with friends. Stay active. Social Steps makes walking more fun by turning your daily steps into friendly competition. Track your progress, challenge friends, and push yourself to be more active every day. Key Features: - Set your daily goal: Choose how many steps to walk each day and track your progress automatically. - Add friends: Connect with friends and see who is hitting their goals. - Compete and win: Beat your friends and earn the top walker status. - Automatic tracking: Social Steps imports steps from Apple Health—no setup or tracking start required. - Supported devices: Works with Apple Watch, Garmin, and Fitbit, so you don’t need to carry your phone all the time. Stay motivated. Walk, compete, and succeed with Social Steps.

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

Social Steps4 screens
Stridekick Activity Challenges4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Social Steps at 62% against Stridekick Activity Challenges's 45%. Social Steps also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Stridekick Activity Challenges's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Social Steps sells 3 one-off in-app purchases 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

Social Steps holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5.2K and 3.9K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Social Steps's written reviews are positive against 45% of Stridekick Activity Challenges's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Social Steps ships an update weekly, Stridekick Activity Challenges every 6 days. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Social Steps versus Stridekick Activity Challenges: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSocial StepsStridekick Activity Challenges
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5.2K ratings) — better4.5 (3.9K ratings)
Positive reviews62.4% of reviews — better45.5% of reviews
Number of ratings5.2K — better3.9K
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB83 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJose JeriaStridekick Inc

Customer experience

Social Steps

All ratings5,162 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive62.4%
Neutral10.8%
Negative26.9%

Stridekick Activity Challenges

All ratings3,851 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews466 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral10.9%
Negative43.6%

User reviews

Social Steps

From 5.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great app for family/friend competition
  • 🚀 Motivates users to be more active
  • 💡 Allows tracking steps across different devices
  • 😊 Fun and engaging way to stay healthy

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate step tracking
  • 🐛 Syncing issues with connected devices
  • 🐛 Inconsistent data display
  • 🤔 Limited features for a step tracking app

Stridekick Activity Challenges

From 3.9K 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

Social Steps

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Unable to add friends
  • Steps not syncing correctly
  • App crashes or freezes
  • Delayed or missing step updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add group/team challenges
  • Implement chat/messaging functionality
  • Provide more detailed statistics and analytics
  • Expand compatibility to Android and other devices

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

3 purchases

Social Steps

One-time3
  • Small$1.99
  • Medium$4.99
  • Large$9.99
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 Social Steps free?
Social Steps 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, Social Steps or Stridekick Activity Challenges?
Social Steps is rated higher. Social Steps averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.2K ratings, while Stridekick Activity Challenges averages 4.5 from 3.9K ratings.
Do Social Steps or Stridekick Activity Challenges have ads?
Neither Social Steps nor Stridekick Activity Challenges shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Social Steps or Stridekick Activity Challenges?
Social Steps ships an update weekly, and Stridekick Activity Challenges every 6 days. Most recently, Social Steps was updated on September 22, 2026 and Stridekick Activity Challenges on September 22, 2026.

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