Comparison

Step vs Stridekick Activity Challenges

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

Head to head
About

Step

This app motivates you to reach your daily step goals with progress tracking, personalized reminders, and achievement awards. It offers a 21-day challenge and allows sharing progress with friends. Connect to a health website and use with a compatible pedometer.

Highlights
  • Track daily steps and goal progress
  • Set personal walking reminders
  • Earn achievement awards
  • Share achievements on social media
  • 21-day walking challenge
  • Modify daily goals
  • Fitbit device support
Features
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The EveryBODY Step-Up App can help motivate you to walk your recommended daily amount of steps! It provides a fun and simple way to meet your daily step goal and track your progress. With the Step-Up App, you can: • Track the steps you walk and view your goal progress • Set personal walking reminders • Earn achievement awards for walking your recommended daily steps. • Share your achievements and step progress with friends and family on Facebook and Twitter. • 21-day walking challenge with new goals per week • Modify your daily goals at anytime • Enhanced for iOS7 • Fitbit device support • Connect to EveryBodyGetHealthy.com • Improved Application Flow • 9 new achievements In a sea of unproven nutrition apps, the EveryBODY Get Healthy apps help you focus on one healthy lifestyle change at a time. Track your steps for 21 days and help your brain create a new neural pathway to better health. Track your steps for 90 days and you can form a healthy habit that lasts a lifetime! Step-Up requires an external pedometer to track your daily steps. Download the Step-Up App today!

About

Stridekick Activity Challenges

Engage in fun, free activity challenges with friends and family, regardless of their fitness tracker. Connect various devices or use your smartphone to compete in different challenge modes and track your progress over time. Upgrade for longer, private challenges and higher participant limits.

Highlights
  • Connects to multiple fitness trackers
  • Smartphone activity tracking
  • Manual activity entry
  • Create custom challenges (Leaderboard, Streak, Target)
  • Join community challenges (Journey, Teams, Group Target)
  • Social activity feed and friend leaderboards
  • Track progress over time (weekly, monthly, yearly)
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

Screenshots

Step4 screens
Stridekick Activity Challenges4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Step at 5.0 against Stridekick Activity Challenges's 4.5. Step also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and review sentiment (67% vs 46%). Stridekick Activity Challenges's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (4K vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Step asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Step holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stridekick Activity Challenges has 4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Step's written reviews are positive against 46% of Stridekick Activity Challenges's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Step ships an update every 4 months, Stridekick Activity Challenges every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Step versus Stridekick Activity Challenges: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepStridekick Activity Challenges
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (4K ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better45.8% of reviews
Number of ratings14K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS9.3 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB83 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperFinity, Inc.Stridekick Inc

Customer experience

Step

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Stridekick Activity Challenges

All ratings4,028 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews474 reviews
Positive45.8%
Neutral11.0%
Negative43.2%

Bugs and requests

Step

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or 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

In-app purchases

None

Step

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Stridekick Activity Challenges

Subscriptions8
  • Stridekick Workouts–Echelon–Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Stridekick Pro–10$12.991 Month
  • Stridekick Pro–20$24.991 Month
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  • Stridekick Pro–50$49.991 Month
  • Stridekick Workouts–Echelon–Annual$79.991 Year
  • Stridekick Pro–10$139.991 Year
  • Stridekick Pro–20$274.991 Year
  • Stridekick Pro–50$549.991 Year

Questions

Is Step free?
Step is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stridekick Activity Challenges free?
Stridekick Activity Challenges is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Step or Stridekick Activity Challenges?
Step is rated higher. Step averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Stridekick Activity Challenges averages 4.5 from 4K ratings.
Do Step or Stridekick Activity Challenges have ads?
Neither Step nor Stridekick Activity Challenges shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Step or Stridekick Activity Challenges?
Step ships an update every 4 months, and Stridekick Activity Challenges every 6 days. Most recently, Step was updated on October 5, 2026 and Stridekick Activity Challenges on October 14, 2026.

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