Comparison

Strive vs Count.It Journey

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

Head to head
About

Strive

Compete in fitness challenges with friends using various metrics like weight loss, steps, and body fat. Track your progress with integrated health data and visualize your journey with insightful charts and graphs.

Highlights
  • Interactive leaderboards
  • 7 competition types
  • Health App integration
  • Smart Scale integration
  • Charts and graphs
  • Weight loss challenges
  • Step tracking
Features
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Strive has built an interactive Leaderboard so you can compete in step challenges, chat, and encourage each other to Strive! Strive Individual plans: * Monthly Premium: $5.99 * Yearly Premium: $24.99 Strive Group plans: * 5 Users Yearly Premium: $99.99 * 10 Users Yearly Premium: $199.99 * 25 Users Yearly Premium: $499.99 * 50 Users Yearly Premium: $999.99 More information on how to host an Employee Step Challenge: https://www.strivecompetitions.com/employee-step-challenge Payments and Renewal: * Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. * Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. * You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your Account settings at any time after purchase * No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active period. Terms of use: https://www.strivecompetitions.com/terms
Privacy policy: https://www.strivecompetitions.com/privacypolicy

About

Count.It Journey

This app facilitates interactive virtual wellness challenges for corporate teams, syncing with fitness trackers to encourage healthy habits and community building. Users can participate in various challenge types and engage with a dynamic virtual journey.

Highlights
  • Virtual challenge path with user avatars
  • Multiple challenge types (steps, exercises, mindfulness)
  • Real-time data syncing
  • One-tap emoji reactions
  • Configurable goals and rewards
  • Smart scaling for challenge difficulty
Features
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Introducing the brand new Count.It app, a breakthrough in corporate wellness and team building. The new app seamlessly syncs with Apple Health and other fitness tracking apps and creates an interactive, virtual wellness challenge. Built to get people moving and promote healthy community culture, the new app is the result of nearly a decade of market experience. Among many innovations: --A zoomable virtual challenge path that displays user avatars as though they were together on a real world journey. --Multiple challenge types, including daily steps, hundreds of exercises, and mindfulness/meditation. --A new sync'ing engine build from the ground up to ensure fast delivery data to make challenges feel increasingly "real time." --Hooray for one tap emoji reactions! Yep, that's in there too. --Configurable goals and rewards for individual users, and the group as a whole. --Smart scaling technology which allows admins to set the relative difficulty of their challenge --And much more! Come host a challenge, and get your people moving!

Screenshots

Strive4 screens
Count.It Journey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Count.It Journey at none against Strive's 14. Strive's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 40%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Strive sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Count.It Journey asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Strive holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3K and 1.6K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Strive's written reviews are positive against 40% of Count.It Journey's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strive ships an update every 9 days, Count.It Journey every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Strive versus Count.It Journey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStriveCount.It Journey
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3K ratings) — better4.5 (1.6K ratings)
Positive reviews71.1% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3K — better1.6K
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB108 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperStrive Competitions LLCCount It Labs, Inc.

Customer experience

Strive

All ratings3,048 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive71.1%
Neutral4.4%
Negative24.4%

Count.It Journey

All ratings1,621 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative9.9%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral7.3%
Negative52.7%

Bugs and requests

Strive

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to read chat
  • Frustrating loss of steps
  • Waste of Money

Requested features

2 requests
  • Relative goals for challenges like apple fitness
  • Weekend challenges

Count.It Journey

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Strive

Subscriptions13
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Strive Monthly$1.491 Month
  • Strive Monthly$2.991 Month
Show 10 more
  • 6 Months$3.996 Months
  • Strive Yearly$4.991 Year
  • Annual$5.991 Year
  • Monthly with FREE 7-Day Trial7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Strive Yearly$9.991 Year
  • Yearly with FREE 7-Day Trial7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • 10 Users7 Days trial$39.991 Month
  • 10 Users$50.001 Year
  • 25 Users$100.001 Year
  • 100 Users$300.001 Year
One-time1
  • Public Challenges$5.00
None

Count.It Journey

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Strive free?
Strive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Count.It Journey free?
Count.It Journey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Strive or Count.It Journey?
Strive is rated higher. Strive averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3K ratings, while Count.It Journey averages 4.5 from 1.6K ratings.
Do Strive or Count.It Journey have ads?
Neither Strive nor Count.It Journey shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strive or Count.It Journey?
Strive ships an update every 9 days, and Count.It Journey every 2 weeks. Most recently, Strive was updated on October 25, 2026 and Count.It Journey on October 25, 2026.

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