Consult+ vs Ride.Tide.Stride
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Ride.Tide.Stride
Compete with friends on a monthly leaderboard tracking moving time, distance, and elevation. This social activity motivator encourages friendly competition.
- Monthly leaderboards
- Track moving time
- Track distance
- Track elevation
- Social activity motivation
- Friend competition
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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!
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Consult+ | Ride.Tide.Stride |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dialogue Technologies Inc | Travis Pirozzini |
Customer experience
Consult+
Ride.Tide.Stride
In-app purchases
Consult+
No in-app purchases
Ride.Tide.Stride
No in-app purchases
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