Comparison

Consult+ vs Ride.Tide.Stride

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Consult+

Access licensed healthcare professionals for non-urgent medical concerns. Connect via chat, audio, or video for consultations and prescription renewals. Available to Canada Life plan members and their dependents.

Highlights
  • Virtual consultations with doctors and nurses
  • Chat, audio, and video call options
  • Prescription renewals
  • Access for plan members and dependents
  • Integration with Apple HealthKit/CareKit
Features
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Doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals: a click away!  Consult+ for Canada Life members is a virtual healthcare clinic that gives you access to healthcare professionals for non-urgent medical issues and health concerns. Consult our licensed doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, and healthcare professionals by chat, audio or video, and renew prescriptions from home, at the office, or on-the-go. Consult+ is for plan members and their dependants covered by their Canada Life group benefits plan. Use Consult+ for:  
 - Minor or known headaches - Allergies, colds, flu and nasal congestion - Painless eye issues (eye stye, pink eye,…) - Infection of the upper respiratory tract (sinusitis, rhinitis,…) - Mild or known gastric issues - Mild infection of the digestive system - Asymptomatic sexual health - Genito-urinary infection in women - Breastfeeding support and related infections - Dermatologic infections and eruptions (rash, hives, eczema,…) - Minor cuts or bites - Thyroid issues - Medical prescriptions or renewals As an Apple HealthKit or CareKit user, you may optionally integrate your step tracking data to enhance your experience related to wellness goals and challenges. Consult+ is provided by Dialogue.

About

Ride.Tide.Stride

Compete with friends on a monthly leaderboard tracking moving time, distance, and elevation. This social activity motivator encourages friendly competition.

Highlights
  • Monthly leaderboards
  • Track moving time
  • Track distance
  • Track elevation
  • Social activity motivation
  • Friend competition
Features
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Compete with your friends on a leaderboard that tracks three categories - moving time, distance and elevation. The leaderboard resets each month. Join in on a little competition with this social activity motivator!

Screenshots

Consult+4 screens
Ride.Tide.Stride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ride.Tide.Stride at 5.0 against Consult+'s 4.1. Ride.Tide.Stride also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). Consult+'s advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ride.Tide.Stride holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Consult+ has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Consult+ ships an update weekly, Ride.Tide.Stride every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Consult+ versus Ride.Tide.Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConsult+Ride.Tide.Stride
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (22 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.414.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB128 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDialogue Technologies IncTravis Pirozzini

Customer experience

Consult+

All ratings22 ratings
Positive77.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.7%
Written reviews102 reviews
Positive57.8%
Neutral4.9%
Negative37.3%

Ride.Tide.Stride

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Consult+

No in-app purchases

None

Ride.Tide.Stride

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Consult+ free?
Consult+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ride.Tide.Stride free?
Ride.Tide.Stride is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Consult+ or Ride.Tide.Stride?
Ride.Tide.Stride is rated higher. Consult+ averages 4.1 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Ride.Tide.Stride averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Consult+ or Ride.Tide.Stride have ads?
Neither Consult+ nor Ride.Tide.Stride shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Consult+ or Ride.Tide.Stride?
Consult+ ships an update weekly, and Ride.Tide.Stride every 5 days. Most recently, Consult+ was updated on October 25, 2026 and Ride.Tide.Stride on October 19, 2026.

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