Stridekick Activity Challenges vs A Step Ahead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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
A Step Ahead
This app offers a patented system to help manage anxiety directly from your phone. It provides tools and resources designed to support mental well-being and reduce stress.
- Patented anxiety management system
- Convenient mobile access
- Tools for stress reduction
- Supports mental well-being
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Help manage your anxiety with a first of its kind patented system, all from the convenience of your phone. Please review our "Terms of Use" https://astepahead.app/terms-and-condition/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: A Step Ahead at 83% against Stridekick Activity Challenges's 46%. A Step Ahead also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Stridekick Activity Challenges's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (4K vs 8). 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. Stridekick Activity Challenges sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and A Step Ahead sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
A Step Ahead holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stridekick Activity Challenges has 4K ratings behind it against 8, 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 83% of A Step Ahead's.
Stridekick Activity Challenges ships an update every 6 days, A Step Ahead every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stridekick Activity Challenges | A Step Ahead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4K ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.8% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stridekick Inc | ASA Development LLC |
Customer experience
Stridekick Activity Challenges
A Step Ahead
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
A Step Ahead
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Stridekick Activity Challenges
- 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
A Step Ahead
- $9.99 per month7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- $29.95 for 6 months$29.956 Months
- $59.99 per year7 Days trial$59.991 Year
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