Comparison

StrideWise vs Vigor

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

Head to head
About

StrideWise

Features
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Reach your daily step goal and bring your friends along. StrideWise was born out of a family challenge to hit 10,000 steps a day. It reads your steps straight from Apple Health and turns them into something you actually want to look at. WALK TOGETHER Add friends with a code or a link and watch your steps line up next to theirs on a shared leaderboard. Compare today, yesterday, this week, this month, or the whole year, ranked by steps, goal reached, or current streak. A podium crowns the top three, because a plain list never made anyone walk further. TAKE ON A CHALLENGE Pick a friend, pick a length and see who moves. Most steps wins, or best goal percentage so nobody is punished for having longer legs, or one shared target the whole group walks towards together. Anything from a single day up to a month. Finished challenges stay in your archive, so you can still settle who won last summer. SEE YOUR PROGRESS A daily ring that fills as you walk. Your last seven days at a glance. Streaks, a goal calendar, monthly and yearly charts, and a year end forecast that tells you where you will land if you carry on like this. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Works with your iPhone alone or with an Apple Watch. Nothing to set up beyond your daily goal. Available in English, Deutsch, and Português (Brasil). PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No ads, no analytics, no tracking. Your steps stay on your device unless you choose to set up a Friends profile and even then only the people you accept can see them. 100 % free to use! Privacy Policy: https://www.stridewise.de/app-privacy/ EULA: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

About

Vigor

Features
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Vigor eliminates the manual math of fragmented health data. One glance for your weekly averages, active calories, and the Apple Watch complication you really want.

Screenshots

StrideWise4 screens
Vigor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vigor at none against StrideWise's 3. Vigor also leads on iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26). StrideWise's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). 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. StrideWise sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per year. Vigor asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StrideWise ships an update every 5 days, Vigor every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
StrideWise versus Vigor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrideWiseVigor
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS2618.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBjoern KapitzCiprian Placinta

In-app purchases

3 purchases

StrideWise

Subscriptions1
  • Buy me a Coffee regularly$8.991 Year
One-time2
  • Buy me a Coffee$2.99
  • Buy me a Coffee & Cake$11.99
None

Vigor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StrideWise free?
StrideWise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vigor free?
Vigor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do StrideWise or Vigor have ads?
Neither StrideWise nor Vigor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StrideWise or Vigor?
StrideWise ships an update every 5 days, and Vigor every 3 months. Most recently, StrideWise was updated on October 27, 2026 and Vigor on October 28, 2026.

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