Comparison

Stridekick Activity Challenges vs Simple Run Streak

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

Head to head
About

Stridekick Activity Challenges

Engage in fun, free activity challenges with friends and family, regardless of their fitness tracker. Connect various wearables or use your smartphone to compete in diverse challenge modes and track your progress over time. Upgrade for longer challenges and private groups.

Highlights
  • Cross-device compatibility
  • Multiple challenge modes
  • Community challenges
  • Progress tracking
  • Social activity feed
  • Customizable challenges
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

About

Simple Run Streak

This app helps you monitor your running streaks and history. It offers manual entry or GPS tracking for runs, supporting both kilometers and miles. Participate in a global leaderboard and sync data across devices with an optional account.

Highlights
  • Track run streaks
  • Log run history
  • Global leaderboard
  • Manual run entry
  • GPS run tracking
  • Kilometer and mile support
  • Cross-device sync
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Keep track of your run streaks, keep track of your history and participate in a global leader board. You can get started without registering an account, but some features will be limited. You can at any point convert to a full account and be able sync your data across devices. Simple Run Streak allows to add runs manually or to track your runs using your device's position. It works both with kilometers and with miles.

Screenshots

Stridekick Activity Challenges4 screens
Simple Run Streak4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stridekick Activity Challenges at 46% against Simple Run Streak's 0%. Stridekick Activity Challenges also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 19 months). Simple Run Streak's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On price, ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Stridekick Activity Challenges sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Simple Run Streak asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stridekick Activity Challenges holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stridekick Activity Challenges has 4.6K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Stridekick Activity Challenges's written reviews are positive against 0% of Simple Run Streak's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stridekick Activity Challenges ships an update weekly, Simple Run Streak every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Stridekick Activity Challenges versus Simple Run Streak: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStridekick Activity ChallengesSimple Run Streak
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.6K ratings) — better2.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews45.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4.6K — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB61 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStridekick IncRichard Lundh

Customer experience

Stridekick Activity Challenges

All ratings4,582 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews475 reviews
Positive45.9%
Neutral10.9%
Negative43.2%

Simple Run Streak

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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

Simple Run Streak

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Stridekick Activity Challenges

Subscriptions6
  • Stridekick Pro–10$12.991 Month
  • Stridekick Pro–20$24.991 Month
  • Stridekick Pro–50$49.991 Month
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  • Stridekick Pro–10$139.991 Year
  • Stridekick Pro–20$274.991 Year
  • Stridekick Pro–50$549.991 Year
None

Simple Run Streak

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stridekick Activity Challenges free?
Stridekick Activity Challenges is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Run Streak free?
Simple Run Streak is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stridekick Activity Challenges or Simple Run Streak?
Stridekick Activity Challenges is rated higher. Stridekick Activity Challenges averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.6K ratings, while Simple Run Streak averages 2.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Stridekick Activity Challenges or Simple Run Streak have ads?
Neither Stridekick Activity Challenges nor Simple Run Streak shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stridekick Activity Challenges or Simple Run Streak?
Stridekick Activity Challenges ships an update weekly, and Simple Run Streak every 19 months. Most recently, Stridekick Activity Challenges was updated on November 7, 2026 and Simple Run Streak on November 3, 2026.

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