Comparison

Tribe Smart Watch vs Cadence

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

Head to head
About

Tribe Smart Watch

This app consolidates your health and wellness data, offering insights into activity, sleep, and stress. It connects you with a supportive community for motivation and accountability, helping you reach your fitness goals.

Highlights
  • Track daily activity and steps
  • Monitor sleep and recovery
  • Analyze daily balance, activity, and stress
  • View consolidated wellness data
  • Join a supportive community
  • Get motivation and accountability
Features
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Your sleep, HRV and daily movement — in one place. Tribe shows what your body did overnight and how your day is trending, in plain language. No score to chase, no guilt. Your data stays yours. We sell watches — not your health data. No advertising business, no data broker, nothing sold. Ever. Use Tribe on its own with just your phone, or pair a Tribe tracker or smartwatch for the full picture. What you'll see • Sleep and overnight recovery • Heart rate and HRV trends • Daily steps, movement and stress patterns • Streaks and challenges when you want them Get started free with your phone, or pair a Tribe device to unlock the full picture. General wellness use only. Tribe is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, monitor, or prevent any medical conditions or illnesses. Tribe is designed for general health, fitness, and wellness purposes only. The data shown — including activity, steps, heart rate, and sleep — is for general informational and motivational purposes only. The connected wearable is a consumer fitness accessory, not a certified medical device. Please do not make any changes to your medication, daily routine, nutrition, sleep schedule, or workouts without first consulting your doctor or another qualified healthcare professional. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare professional in addition to using this app, and before making any medical decisions.

About

Cadence

Track your daily steps, distance, floors climbed, and calories burned with a focus on simplicity and privacy. Set custom weekday and weekend goals and visualize your activity patterns with interactive heatmaps. Integrates seamlessly with Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Daily step, distance, floors, and calorie tracking
  • Customizable weekday and weekend goals
  • Interactive hour-by-hour heatmaps
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Private by design, no account required
  • Automatic iCloud history restore
Features
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Step tracking that stays out of your way Cadence helps you build a consistent walking habit without the usual noise. No social feed. No gamification. No upsells. Just an honest, clear picture of how you move every day. Weekday and Weekend Goals Most days aren't the same, so your goals shouldn't be either. Set separate targets for weekdays and weekends. Cadence automatically applies the right goal each day, and your history always reflects the target that was active on that specific day. Past records are never rewritten. Changed your mind about a goal? You can apply any update retroactively across your entire history with a single tap. Heatmaps You Can Actually Explore See your walking rhythm hour by hour. Scrub through today's heatmap to pinpoint exactly when you were most active, or zoom out to spot long-term patterns across weeks, months, and years. Beautifully color-coded and easy to understand. No chart reading required. Steps, Distance, Floors, and Calories Every day shows your full activity picture — steps, walking distance, flights climbed, and active calories. See how your week is shaping up with a projected end-of-week step total based on your current daily pace. Apple Watch and Complications A native three-page Apple Watch app gives you today's steps and progress, your full week chart, and goal settings directly on your wrist. Eight thoughtfully designed complications work beautifully on any watch face. Goals sync instantly between iPhone and Watch in both directions. Private by Design No account. No sign-up. No ads. Your health data stays on your device and syncs privately through your own iCloud. No analytics. No tracking. Your History, Restored Install Cadence on a new device signed into the same iCloud account and your complete history restores automatically — goals included. No exports or manual backups needed. Core step tracking, the Apple Watch app, and all complications are completely free and will always remain free. There's an optional tip jar if you'd like to support ongoing development.

Screenshots

Tribe Smart Watch4 screens
Cadence4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tribe Smart Watch at none against Cadence's 5. Tribe Smart Watch also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Cadence sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Tribe Smart Watch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tribe Smart Watch against 5.0 for Cadence. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tribe Smart Watch ships an update every 6 days, Cadence fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tribe Smart Watch versus Cadence: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTribe Smart WatchCadence
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreatly Social, LLCVlad Gankin

In-app purchases

None

Tribe Smart Watch

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Cadence

One-time5
  • Small Coffee$0.99
  • Medium Coffee$1.99
  • Large Coffee$2.99
Show 2 more
  • Coffee & Muffin$3.99
  • You're too kind$4.99

Questions

Is Tribe Smart Watch free?
Tribe Smart Watch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cadence free?
Cadence is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tribe Smart Watch or Cadence?
Tribe Smart Watch and Cadence are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Tribe Smart Watch or Cadence have ads?
Neither Tribe Smart Watch nor Cadence shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tribe Smart Watch or Cadence?
Tribe Smart Watch ships an update every 6 days, and Cadence fortnightly. Most recently, Tribe Smart Watch was updated on October 24, 2026 and Cadence on October 24, 2026.

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