Comparison

Guide Magazine vs Stride

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

Head to head
About

Guide Magazine

This app provides a platform for young writers to share stories and poems, fostering creativity and faith. It offers moderated content, including videos and audio stories, and a community discussion board for Christian living topics. Users can also collect digital characters.

Highlights
  • Submit stories and poems
  • Weekly print magazine submissions
  • Christian living discussion board
  • Moderated content
  • Original videos, games, and audio stories
  • Digital character collection
Features
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Ages 9+ Published by Pacific Press Publishing Association pacificpress.com Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use, or your age. The Guide app creates a space for writers to share short stories and to enjoy the creativity of others. The stories are chosen to encourage young people and build their faith. The app is a service of Guide magazine, which has a 70-year history of sharing positive stories with preteens. App features include: - Easy ways to submit stories and poems for sharing with the online community. - An option to submit stories for the weekly print magazine. - A discussion board where writers can share ideas and discuss questions about Christian living. - All content is moderated to make sure it is appropriate for younger users. - Original content Includes videos, games, and audio stories. - Opportunity to trade and collect Thumbuddy digital characters.

About

Stride

Features
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Start doing. Stride turns your goals into daily habits and puts a real accountability partner - or your whole team - in your corner. Every check-off updates a Lock Screen Live Activity, so your day is always one glance away. WHY ANOTHER HABIT APP? Because tracking alone doesn't change anything. The thing that actually moves the needle is having someone who cares whether you did it. Stride is built around that one idea. WHAT YOU GET - Daily Execution Score One 0–100% number that tells you how today is really going. Personal habits show in green. Team tasks show in blue. Skipping doesn't ding you, but pretending you did doesn't help either. - Real Accountability Partners Search by @username, send an invite, and your partner sees what you completed and what you didn't. They can nudge you, congratulate you, or just be a quiet presence. No bots. No streak shame. Real humans. - Teams & Shared Workspaces Cofounder duos, gym buddies, study groups, sales pods. Create a team, share goals, assign tasks, watch progress roll up across everyone. - Live Activity + Lock Screen Your score ring lives on the Lock Screen. Up to 5 of your most important habits sit right there. Tap to complete from the Dynamic Island. Glance to know where you stand. - Four Goal Types That Match How You Think Milestone, Outcome, Performance, or Habit — pick the one that fits, and Stride links the right habits underneath automatically. - Story Entries Attach a photo and a note to any goal. Build a real record of how you got there. Share the milestone card when you hit it. - Smart Notifications Morning briefing. Evening check-in. Habit reminders. Partner activity. You control all of it. - Built for iOS 17+ Native SwiftUI. Dark mode. Dynamic Island. Apple-tier polish, not a website wrapped in a webview. WHO IT'S FOR Founders, students, athletes, creators — anyone whose progress depends on showing up daily and who already knows that solo discipline isn't quite cutting it. PRIVACY Your data is yours. We don't sell it, we don't run ads, we don't profile you. Account deletion happens entirely in-app. TRY STRIDE Free to start with one accountability partner and unlimited personal goals. Pro unlocks teams, unlimited partners, full story photo history, and advanced insights. Stop tracking. Start doing. Your future gets built one Stride at a time.

Screenshots

Guide Magazine4 screens
Stride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Guide Magazine at 12.4 against Stride's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Guide Magazine versus Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuide MagazineStride
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB6 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPacific Press Publishing Association, IncFika Media LLC

In-app purchases

None

Guide Magazine

No in-app purchases

None

Stride

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Guide Magazine free?
Guide Magazine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Guide Magazine or Stride have ads?
Neither Guide Magazine nor Stride shows ads.

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