Stride vs SNA Strive to Thrive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stride
Seamlessly transfer your Apple Watch workout data to Strava. Enjoy the full experience of your watch's cadence data and showcase your achievements on Strava.
- Upload Apple Watch workouts to Strava
- Utilizes Apple Watch cadence data
- Integrates with HealthKit
- Showcase personal bests on Strava
- Slick user experience
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Easily upload activities recorded with the Apple Watch Workouts app to Strava. Take full advantage of the cadence data and slick experience that the watch app provides and still be able to show off your hard slogs and epic personal bests on Strava. Stride uses workout data from HealthKit.
SNA Strive to Thrive
This app supports a wellness challenge, encouraging users to participate in fun activities and friendly competition. It promotes physical and mental health through movement and healthy habits. The app integrates with popular fitness trackers to sync step data.
- Wellness challenge participation
- Friendly peer competition
- Healthy activity promotion
- Step data integration
- Supports Fitbit, Garmin, Apple Health
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App supporting the School Nutrition Association's Strive to Thrive Wellness Challenge. Participate in some friendly competition with your peers and join in the fun activities. Staying active has proven beneficial for both physical and mental health, so join us in healthy activities for your body, mind and spirit - let's get moving together and thrive! The app supports step data from Fitbit, Garmin, and, via our integration with the Apple Health App, step data from Apple Watch and the step tracker integrated into your iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Stride at 5.0 against SNA Strive to Thrive's 4.6. Stride also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). SNA Strive to Thrive's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Stride holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SNA Strive to Thrive has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Stride ships an update every 4 weeks, SNA Strive to Thrive every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stride | SNA Strive to Thrive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (5 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sam Jones-Parry | School Nutrition Association Inc |
Customer experience
Stride
SNA Strive to Thrive
In-app purchases
Stride
No in-app purchases
SNA Strive to Thrive
No in-app purchases
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