Comparison

CrossCountry 2 vs Strides Exercises

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

Head to head
About

CrossCountry 2

This app helps equestrian event riders visualize, plan, and measure cross-country courses. It offers interactive maps, jump details, and the ability to record and review your own courses for better preparation and performance.

Highlights
  • Explore 18,000+ course maps worldwide
  • Interactive course maps with jump photos/videos
  • Record and measure your own course walks with GPS
  • Add custom jump details and voice comments
  • Automatic minute marker calculation
  • Offline map access
  • Virtual guided course walks with expert commentary
Features
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CrossCountry is the No.1 app for event riders. Thousands of equestrians, from novices to Olympians, use CrossCountry app to visualise and plan their course and ride to time. Leave the start box with confidence and perform better when you prepare with CrossCountry app. EXPLORE CROSS COUNTRY COURSES - View over 18,000 quality course maps from around the world - See photos and videos of jumps - Get interactive course maps for events you're competing in - Look up past courses and be more prepared RECORD YOUR OWN COURSE MAPS - Map & measure your course walk with GPS - Add in jumps with photos, videos, text, striding and voice comments - Automatically calculate minute markers - Use for cross country, steeplechase, TREC and in training - Review before you ride RIDE TO TIME - See minute markers and jump times - Count up and count down minute markers - Learn to ride at a smooth, safe pace - Practice at home OFFLINE MAPS - Download maps to use offline anywhere - Record courses with no internet or mobile (cell) phone connection - Edit downloaded maps and add your own photos and comments LEARN FROM THE BEST - Download virtual guided course walks with expert commentary - Get unique insights on different cross country courses SHARE AND PUBLISH COURSES - Share your course privately or to social media - Publish on CrossCountry app EASY TO USE - Excellent design makes this app a pleasure to use COURSE DESIGN - Do more with your courses in the CrossCountry Toolkit - In CrossCountry Toolkit you can design courses, print maps and edit the track. Find out more at www.crosscountryapp.com/toolkit (Yearly Subscription Required) Terms of Use https://www.crosscountryapp.com/files/Equimaps%20Terms%20and%20Conditions%20of%20use%2025%20November%202020.pdf

About

Strides Exercises

Features
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Strides Exercises displays a various jump schooling exercises for horses and riders. Each displayed exercise has brief directions on how to jump them and an option to open a full description about them. Jumping Exercises include canter poles, grids (gymnastic exercises), continuous exercises, related lines, short courses and more. The general theme for Strides Exercises is simplicity. Strides Exercises are simple to set up, simple to do, but challenging to master! To attain full access to Strides Exercises and without any adverts a monthly or annual subscription is required. Subscription purchases can be made inside the App after download or inside Apple's App Store. These subscriptions will be auto renewing. Subscription purchases are subject to the Terms of Use as stated in https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CrossCountry 24 screens
Strides Exercises4 screens

Verdict

The call

CrossCountry 2 and Strides Exercises are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. CrossCountry 2 sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year and Strides Exercises 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

CrossCountry 2 ships an update every 2 months, Strides Exercises every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
CrossCountry 2 versus Strides Exercises: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrossCountry 2Strides Exercises
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (614 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings614 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB1 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEquimaps Pty LtdEdward Bullock

Bugs and requests

CrossCountry 2

Requested features

3 requests
  • Allow editing courses after finishing
  • Add more compulsory passages
  • Add waypoints before minute markers

Strides Exercises

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CrossCountry 2

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
2 purchases

Strides Exercises

Subscriptions2
  • Strides Exercises 1 Month$2.991 Month
  • Strides Exercises 1 year$29.991 Year

Questions

Is CrossCountry 2 free?
CrossCountry 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Strides Exercises free?
Strides Exercises is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CrossCountry 2 or Strides Exercises have ads?
Neither CrossCountry 2 nor Strides Exercises shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CrossCountry 2 or Strides Exercises?
CrossCountry 2 ships an update every 2 months, and Strides Exercises every 3 months. Most recently, CrossCountry 2 was updated on October 26, 2026 and Strides Exercises on October 25, 2026.

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