Comparison

Stridekick Activity Challenges vs Built For This

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 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.

Highlights
  • 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)
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

Built For This

This app offers personalized fitness plans and workout tracking to help you achieve your health goals. It also includes features for meal tracking, habit building, and progress monitoring, with real-time coach messaging and integration with wearable devices.

Highlights
  • Personalized training plans
  • Workout video guidance
  • Meal and habit tracking
  • Goal setting and progress monitoring
  • Real-time coach messaging
  • Body measurement and progress photos
  • Wearable device integration
Features
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Empower Your Fitness Journey with Built For This. Our personalized approach will help you achieve your fitness goals and build habits for longevity. FEATURES: - Access training plans and track workouts - Follow along to exercise and workout videos - Track your meals and make better food choices - Stay on top of your daily habits - Set health and fitness goals and track progress towards your goals - Gain milestone badges for achieving new personal bests and maintaining habit streaks - Message your coach in real-time - Track body measurements and take progress photos - Get push notification reminders for scheduled workouts and activities - Connect your Apple Watch to track workouts, steps, habits, and more right from your wrist - Connect to other wearable devices and apps like the Apple Health App, Garmin, Fitbit, MyFitnessPal, and Withings devices to track workouts, sleep, nutrition, and body stats and composition Download the app today!

Screenshots

Stridekick Activity Challenges4 screens
Built For This4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Built For This at 5.0 against Stridekick Activity Challenges's 4.5. Built For This also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8). Stridekick Activity Challenges's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (4K vs 1). 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 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Built For This asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Built For This 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stridekick Activity Challenges ships an update every 6 days, Built For This every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Stridekick Activity Challenges versus Built For This: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStridekick Activity ChallengesBuilt For This
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings4K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.615.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB176 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStridekick IncBuilt For This LLC

Customer experience

Stridekick Activity Challenges

All ratings4,028 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews474 reviews
Positive45.8%
Neutral11.0%
Negative43.2%

Built For This

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
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

Built For This

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Stridekick Activity Challenges

Subscriptions8
  • 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
None

Built For This

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stridekick Activity Challenges free?
Stridekick Activity Challenges is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Built For This free?
Built For This is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stridekick Activity Challenges or Built For This?
Built For This is rated higher. Stridekick Activity Challenges averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4K ratings, while Built For This averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Stridekick Activity Challenges or Built For This have ads?
Neither Stridekick Activity Challenges nor Built For This shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stridekick Activity Challenges or Built For This?
Stridekick Activity Challenges ships an update every 6 days, and Built For This every 2 months. Most recently, Stridekick Activity Challenges was updated on October 14, 2026 and Built For This on September 21, 2026.

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