Comparison

Strive vs Upkeep Social

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

Upkeep Social

This app helps you build consistent fitness habits by creating and joining step challenges. Track your progress, earn a consistency score, and compete with friends or solo to stay motivated and accountable.

Highlights
  • Create personalized step challenges
  • Compete solo, 1-on-1, or in groups
  • Automatic step syncing from Apple Health
  • Track consistency score and streaks
  • Daily verification to prevent cheating
  • Flexible challenge scheduling
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Upkeep Social is the fitness accountability app where your consistency is verified, ranked, and visible to the people who matter. Create step challenges for yourself or with friends. Set a daily step goal, pick your success criteria, and prove you can show up — day after day, week after week. Whether you're building a daily walking habit or defending a 10K-step streak, Upkeep tracks whether you kept your word. HOW IT WORKS Pick a daily step goal: 2K, 3K, 5K, 7K, or 10K. Choose your success threshold: hit your target 70%, 85%, or 100% of days. Go solo, challenge a friend 1-on-1, or compete in a group. Your steps sync automatically from Apple Health — no manual logging, no separate step counter. At the end of each week, see exactly who showed up and who didn't. YOUR CONSISTENCY SCORE Every verified day earns points toward your Consistency Score — a single number from 0 to 100 that represents your long-term commitment to showing up. Skip a week and your score decays. The score isn't just a stat. It becomes your fitness identity. Tiers: Getting Started → Building Momentum → Committed → Relentless → Elite → Legendary. CHALLENGE MODES Solo: Challenge yourself. No invite needed. Start immediately. Duel: Go head-to-head with one friend. Group: Compete with multiple people and follow the leaderboard. BUILT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY Daily verification confirms your steps are real — no shaking your phone to fake it. Leaderboards show who's on track and who's falling behind. Streak tracking rewards consistency with visual milestones. Share cards let you post your results to Instagram, WhatsApp, or anywhere you want proof. FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING Start a challenge now, tomorrow, or pick a specific day. No waiting for a fixed weekly window. MORE THAN A STEP TRACKER A pedometer counts your steps. A habit tracker takes your word for it. Upkeep Social does neither — it verifies your activity against Apple Health data and puts the result where your friends can see it. Your daily walk, your workout streak, your active days: all of it counts, none of it can be faked. WHY UPKEEP SOCIAL? Most fitness apps track what you do. Upkeep Social tracks whether you keep your word. The difference is accountability — and it changes everything. Free to use, with an optional Pro upgrade for deeper fitness insights and higher challenge limits. No ads. FOR TEAMS AND ORGANIZERS Running a step challenge for your office, club, campus, or community? Create the challenge, share one invite link, and your participants join free. Verification means the winner earned it — no manual honor-system spreadsheets, no disputed results. Free groups hold up to 15 people; with Pro, up to 250. Questions or feedback? Reach us at support@upkeep.social Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Strive4 screens
Upkeep Social4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Upkeep Social at free against Strive's subscription. Upkeep Social also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Strive's advantage is ratings volume (3.1K vs 10) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). 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. Strive sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Upkeep Social sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Strive holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strive has 3.1K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Strive's written reviews are positive against 100% of Upkeep Social's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strive ships an update every 8 days, Upkeep Social every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Strive versus Upkeep Social: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStriveUpkeep Social
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.1K ratings) — better4.5 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews71.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.1K — better10
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB52 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperStrive Competitions LLCImperial Engineering Labs

Customer experience

Strive

All ratings3,050 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive71.1%
Neutral4.4%
Negative24.4%

Upkeep Social

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Upkeep Social

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
5 purchases

Upkeep Social

Subscriptions4
  • Upkeep Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Upkeep Pro Yearly14 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Upkeep Pro Annual Plan$49.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • Upkeep Pro Annual$69.991 Year
One-time1
  • Creator Pass$4.99

Questions

Is Strive free?
Strive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Upkeep Social free?
Upkeep Social is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Strive or Upkeep Social?
Strive is rated higher. Strive averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.1K ratings, while Upkeep Social averages 4.5 from 10 ratings.
Do Strive or Upkeep Social have ads?
Neither Strive nor Upkeep Social shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strive or Upkeep Social?
Strive ships an update every 8 days, and Upkeep Social every 5 days. Most recently, Strive was updated on October 29, 2026 and Upkeep Social on October 24, 2026.

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