Comparison

Stridekick Activity Challenges vs Steppers

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. An upgrade offers extended challenges and higher participant limits.

Highlights
  • Connects multiple fitness trackers
  • Smartphone activity tracking
  • Manual activity entry
  • Variety of challenge modes
  • Community challenges
  • Progress tracking over time
  • Social activity feed
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

Steppers

This app transforms your daily steps into a fun, social game. Create teams with friends and family, customize your in-game character, and compete on leaderboards. It encourages friendly competition and motivates you to move more by tracking your progress and celebrating milestones together.

Highlights
  • Create or join teams with friends
  • Personalize in-game characters
  • Sync real steps for progress tracking
  • Compete in daily leaderboards
  • Participate in weekly contests
  • Celebrate streaks and milestones
Features
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Steppers is a walking social game. Join teams with friends and family, turn yourself into your own in-game character, and watch your real steps move you up the leaderboard. Instead of just looking at a step count, Steppers gives you a shared game to play with people you actually know - and let you encourage each other or joke about it. You can compete in daily rankings, follow weekly contests, and stay motivated by seeing your own character make progress as you walk. With Steppers, you can: • Create or join teams with friends, family, and other groups • Turn a photo of yourself into your own in-game character • Sync your real steps and see your progress each day • Compete in daily leaderboards and weekly contests • Be part of multiple teams at the same time • Celebrate streaks, milestones, and wins together Steppers is built around friendly competition. It’s not about being perfect or taking fitness too seriously. It’s about moving a little more, checking in with your people. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Stridekick Activity Challenges4 screens
Steppers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Steppers at 90% against Stridekick Activity Challenges's 46%. Steppers also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Stridekick Activity Challenges's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (4.5K vs 31). On price, update cadence, 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 Steppers sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Steppers holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stridekick Activity Challenges has 4.5K ratings behind it against 31, 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 90% of Steppers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stridekick Activity Challenges ships an update weekly, Steppers every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stridekick Activity Challenges versus Steppers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStridekick Activity ChallengesSteppers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (4.5K ratings)4.8 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.9% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.5K — better31
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB122 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperStridekick IncGuy Tepper

Customer experience

Stridekick Activity Challenges

All ratings4,530 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral3.5%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews475 reviews
Positive45.9%
Neutral10.9%
Negative43.2%

Steppers

All ratings31 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral6.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
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

Steppers

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
9 purchases

Steppers

Subscriptions2
  • Super Steppers Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Super Steppers Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time7
  • New Stepper$0.99
  • Special Offer$1.99
  • 50 Coins$1.99
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  • Stepper Outfit$2.99
  • 150 Coins$4.99
  • 350 Coins$9.99
  • 800 Coins$19.99

Questions

Is Stridekick Activity Challenges free?
Stridekick Activity Challenges is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Steppers free?
Steppers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stridekick Activity Challenges or Steppers?
Steppers is rated higher. Stridekick Activity Challenges averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.5K ratings, while Steppers averages 4.8 from 31 ratings.
Do Stridekick Activity Challenges or Steppers have ads?
Steppers shows ads; Stridekick Activity Challenges does not.
Which is updated more often, Stridekick Activity Challenges or Steppers?
Stridekick Activity Challenges ships an update weekly, and Steppers every 5 days. Most recently, Stridekick Activity Challenges was updated on October 30, 2026 and Steppers on October 30, 2026.

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