Comparison

Stridekick Activity Challenges vs Walk & Talk

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

Walk & Talk

This app tracks your daily steps and transforms walking into a fun, competitive activity. Monitor your progress, see how you rank against others locally and globally, and stay motivated to walk more.

Highlights
  • Step tracking
  • Local and global ranking
  • Daily progress monitoring
  • Motivational features
  • Competitive walking
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Walk more. Feel better. Have fun. Walk & Talk tracks your steps and turns walking into friendly competition. What you can do: • Track your steps • See how you rank locally and globally • Stay motivated with daily progress • Find nearby walkers (coming soon) Walk at your own pace. Compare with others. Keep improving. Download now and start climbing the ranks.

Screenshots

Stridekick Activity Challenges4 screens
Walk & Talk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Walk & Talk at none against Stridekick Activity Challenges's 8. Walk & Talk also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Stridekick Activity Challenges's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (4.4K vs 1). On price and update cadence 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. Walk & Talk asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Walk & Talk 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 4.4K 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, Walk & Talk every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Stridekick Activity Challenges versus Walk & Talk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStridekick Activity ChallengesWalk & Talk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.4K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.4K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB19 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStridekick IncDanny Witters

Customer experience

Stridekick Activity Challenges

All ratings4,426 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral3.5%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews474 reviews
Positive46.0%
Neutral11.0%
Negative43.0%

Walk & Talk

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

Walk & Talk

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

Walk & Talk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stridekick Activity Challenges free?
Stridekick Activity Challenges is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Walk & Talk free?
Walk & Talk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stridekick Activity Challenges or Walk & Talk?
Walk & Talk is rated higher. Stridekick Activity Challenges averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.4K ratings, while Walk & Talk averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Stridekick Activity Challenges or Walk & Talk have ads?
Walk & Talk shows ads; Stridekick Activity Challenges does not.
Which is updated more often, Stridekick Activity Challenges or Walk & Talk?
Stridekick Activity Challenges ships an update every 6 days, and Walk & Talk every 4 days. Most recently, Stridekick Activity Challenges was updated on October 17, 2026 and Walk & Talk on October 10, 2026.

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