Comparison

Counter vs Daily Stride

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

Head to head
About

Counter

Easily create and manage counters for anything you want to track. Monitor progress with custom goals, detailed statistics, and interactive home screen widgets. Export your change history as a CSV file.

Highlights
  • Create and manage custom counters
  • Set custom goals for each counter
  • Track progress with detailed graphs
  • Export history as CSV
  • Organize counters into categories
  • Interactive home screen widgets
  • Automate counters with shortcuts
Features
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With Counter, you can easily create and manage counters for anything you want to track and monitor. Whether it's tracking the progress of your book reading, your daily water intake, or a project, Counter makes it simple and intuitive. With a clean and user-friendly interface, you can quickly create new counters and set custom goals for each one. To change the count, press the plus button or enter a new value from the keyboard. You can then easily track your progress and view detailed graphs and statistics that show your progress over time. The history of changes can be exported as a CSV file. For a better overview, the counters can be divided into categories. Use interactive Widgets on your Home-Screen so your goals are always in sight. With the Shortcuts, counters can be automated. Whether you're looking to make positive changes in your daily habits or simply stay organized, Counter is the perfect app for you. Download Counter today and start making progress towards your goals! Privacy Policy: https://zipoapps.com/progresstrackerios/privacy Terms of Use: https://zipoapps.com/progresstrackerios/terms

About

Daily Stride

Features
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Daily Stride is a deeply personal daily planner built around the way iOS actually works — with a full Apple Watch companion, Live Activities, geofenced location reminders, and Home Screen widgets that let you manage your day without ever unlocking your phone. Most productivity apps sit on your Home Screen collecting dust. Daily Stride lives everywhere: your Watch, your Lock Screen, your Dynamic Island, and your widgets — so your goals are always one glance away, never buried in a list. Deep iOS & watchOS Integration • Apple Watch Companion App — A full native Watch app shows your today's tasks and current streak on your wrist. Create new tasks on the go using the built-in Watch keyboard, or check today's progress at a glance. Dynamic complications keep your streak visible on any watch face. • Live Activities & Dynamic Island — Pin your current active task directly to your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. As you work through your day, your focus stays front and centre without opening the app. • Home Screen & Lock Screen Widgets — Multiple widget sizes (small, medium, large) display your daily progress and a dedicated Timeslots widget. Supports Siri Shortcuts so you can tick off tasks directly from your Home Screen. Smart, Location-Aware Reminders • Geofenced Location Reminders — Set a named location (gym, office, grocery store) on an interactive map and choose a custom arrival radius (100 m to 1 km). Daily Stride sends you a reminder the moment you arrive — no manual check-in required. • Morning Wake-Up Nudges — Start your day with a personalised task summary timed to your custom wake-up schedule. • Evening Reflections — Receive a customisable daily nudge to review progress and hit your minimum task goal before the day ends. Build Consistency, Not Just Lists • Task Management with Tomorrow Planning — Add tasks for today or plan ahead for tomorrow. Incomplete tasks from previous days surface automatically so nothing slips through the cracks. • Time-Block Scheduling — Assign AM/PM preferences or specific time slots to tasks and sort your day intelligently. • Recurring Daily Habits — Set up habits that repeat on specific days of the week with configurable streaks, icons, and Apple Health integration signals. • Progress Calendar — View your completion history across weeks and months to see your consistency at a glance. • Secure Cloud Sync — Sign in with Apple or Google. Your tasks, streaks, and settings sync across all your devices in real time with offline-first reliability. Gamification That Actually Motivates • Streaks — Build and maintain a daily completion streak. Your current and best-ever streaks are always visible. • Points & Ranking System — Earn points for every completed task and climb from Rookie all the way to Legend. A dedicated Productivity Gains chart tracks your percentage improvement over time. • Achievement Badges — Unlock unique badges for hitting milestones in consistency, streaks, and lifetime task completions. • Confetti Celebrations — Finish all your tasks for the day and Daily Stride celebrates with you. Daily Stride Pro Upgrade to Pro to unlock unlimited daily tasks, unlimited recurring habits, timeslot sorting, and advanced streak analytics — while supporting ongoing development of the app. Small steps every day lead to massive results. Download Daily Stride and take the first stride toward a more productive, organised, and focused you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Counter4 screens
Daily Stride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Counter at none against Daily Stride's shown. Daily Stride's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and device support (4 vs 2). On price and in-app purchases 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. Counter sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days and Daily Stride sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Counter ships an update monthly, Daily Stride every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Counter versus Daily Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCounterDaily Stride
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (69 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings69 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZipoAppsDANIEL JAMES PHILIP WYBURN

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Counter

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited Access3 Days trial$8.997 Days
One-time1
  • Counter Pro$7.99
2 purchases

Daily Stride

Subscriptions2
  • Daily Stride Pro3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Daily Stride Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Counter free?
Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daily Stride free?
Daily Stride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Counter or Daily Stride have ads?
Daily Stride shows ads; Counter does not.
Which is updated more often, Counter or Daily Stride?
Counter ships an update monthly, and Daily Stride every 10 days. Most recently, Counter was updated on November 4, 2026 and Daily Stride on November 5, 2026.

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