Comparison

Stridekick Activity Challenges vs StepCrush

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

StepCrush

This app motivates users to increase their daily movement through gamified team challenges and friendly competition. It focuses on habit formation with features like streaks, awards, and team-based goals to encourage sustained activity.

Highlights
  • Team-based step challenges
  • Gamification (streaks, awards)
  • Goal-based earned discounts
  • Team vs team competition
  • World rankings
  • Movement habit formation
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Looking for a fun way to stay active? Turn your daily walks into friendly competitions with friends, family, coworkers, and teammates. StepCrush transforms everyday walking into team step challenges that keep everyone motivated. Build healthy habits, maintain step streaks, climb leaderboards, and compete together in fun, social fitness challenges that make it easier to stay active every day. Whether you’re challenging friends, organizing a family competition, or running a workplace wellness challenge, StepCrush makes every step count. Why StepCrush? Most step trackers simply count your steps. StepCrush keeps you motivated by turning walking into a social game built around accountability, teamwork, and friendly competition. Key Features: • Team Step Challenges: Create teams and compete head-to-head to see who can walk the most each day or week. • Friends, Family & Coworkers: Invite the people you know and stay motivated together through shared goals and friendly rivalry. • Leaderboards & Rankings: Track team versus team performance, celebrate milestones, and climb the friend and global rankings. • Step Streaks & Achievements: Build consistency, unlock awards, and keep your streak alive every day. • Boosts & Rest Days: Strategically use boosts to help your team or take a well-earned rest day without breaking momentum. • Character Progression: Meet your goals consistently to level up your character; but don’t slack off, or you might start to devolve. • Automatic Step Tracking: Securely sync your daily steps using your phone's built-in sensors or wearable, so you can focus on the competition instead of tracking manually. Whether you call it a pedometer, a step counter, or a walking tracker, StepCrush is built to make fitness social, competitive, and genuinely fun. Download StepCrush today and start your first team step challenge! Terms of service: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Stridekick Activity Challenges4 screens
StepCrush4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: StepCrush at 100% against Stridekick Activity Challenges's 46%. StepCrush also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Stridekick Activity Challenges's advantage is ratings volume (4.6K vs 7) and device support (3 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

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 and StepCrush sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StepCrush holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stridekick Activity Challenges has 4.6K ratings behind it against 7, 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 100% of StepCrush's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stridekick Activity Challenges ships an update weekly, StepCrush every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Stridekick Activity Challenges versus StepCrush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStridekick Activity ChallengesStepCrush
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.6K ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.6K — better7
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB60 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperStridekick IncTindrels LLC

Customer experience

Stridekick Activity Challenges

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

StepCrush

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
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

StepCrush

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
3 purchases

StepCrush

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Extra Life$0.99

Questions

Is Stridekick Activity Challenges free?
Stridekick Activity Challenges is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StepCrush free?
StepCrush is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stridekick Activity Challenges or StepCrush?
StepCrush is rated higher. Stridekick Activity Challenges averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.6K ratings, while StepCrush averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Stridekick Activity Challenges or StepCrush have ads?
Neither Stridekick Activity Challenges nor StepCrush shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stridekick Activity Challenges or StepCrush?
Stridekick Activity Challenges ships an update weekly, and StepCrush every 3 days. Most recently, Stridekick Activity Challenges was updated on November 7, 2026 and StepCrush on October 30, 2026.

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