Comparison

StrideWise vs Stepvera

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

Head to head
About

StrideWise

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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

Stepvera

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Most step counters count too much - car rides, phone shakes, phantom steps - or lose your day to a random reset. Stepvera is a pedometer built for one thing: a daily step count you can actually trust. Version 2.0 adds a daily log, week, month and year stats, new goals, and a fresh look. ACCURATE STEPS, FEWER CAR MISCOUNTS - Counts with your iPhone's motion sensor: battery-friendly and precise. - The vehicle filter reduces steps counted during car and bus rides. While you ride, the dial says so and the number holds still, and your daily log shows the steps left out that day. You can switch the filter off in Settings. YOUR COUNT DOES NOT RESET - Your iPhone keeps counting while Stepvera is closed, and Stepvera saves those steps, so a day you never opened the app is not lost. - Reboot-safe: your daily total survives phone restarts - no more waking up to zero. - No account, no sign-up. Counting works offline, and your step history is never sent to us. DAILY LOG - A calendar that folds between month and week. Tap any day to see steps, distance, calories, active time, your goal, and hour-by-hour activity, compared with the 7 days before. STATS BY WEEK, MONTH, AND YEAR - Calendar week, month, and year charts - step back through your history. - Personal records, time-of-day patterns, and the weekday you walk most. - A clean steps counting app view - see your week improve at a glance. STEP BREAKDOWN (ESTIMATED) - An optional view that splits your total into flat walking, running, and stairs - always labeled as an estimate. Off until you turn it on in Settings. GOALS THAT FIT YOU - A daily goal (10,000 steps by default, adjustable 6,000-20,000) and a streak that counts every day you reach it - even days you did not open the app. - A weekly goal: choose how many days a week to walk and build a weekly streak. - A goal suggestion based on your last 28 days, plus type goals for floors climbed, running time, and brisk walking time (estimated). - 16 milestones for total distance, total steps, and long streaks. WEEKLY REPORT - Your week on one page: total, daily average, best day, and how it compares with the week before. - Optional Weekly report and Yesterday's summary notifications - off until you turn them on. CALORIES AND DISTANCE - Calories now take walking pace, running, and stairs into account. Add your weight and height in My info (optional - it stays on your phone) for a closer estimate. Past days are kept as they were. BACKUP AND EXPORT - Export a backup file and import it on a new phone. Importing merges, so no day ever goes down. Export your steps as CSV for spreadsheets. WIDGET AND REMINDER - A home screen widget shows today's steps and progress without opening the app. - An optional reminder nudges you at your chosen time if you are short of your goal. READY FOR IPHONE DUO - On the inner screen of iPhone Duo, Stepvera uses a two-pane layout that keeps the center band clear. EASY TO READ, EASY TO USE - Large text mode and high contrast for comfortable reading at any age. - Nothing to set up: open Stepvera once and it counts. - Found a bug or have an idea? Use Send feedback in Settings. LIGHT ADS - REMOVABLE FOREVER Stepvera is free to use, supported by light ads. No adware. Prefer zero ads? A single one-time purchase removes them all forever. No subscription. Walk, trust the number, hit your goal. That is all Stepvera does - honestly.

Screenshots

StrideWise4 screens
Stepvera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: StrideWise at none against Stepvera's shown. Stepvera's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26). On price, update cadence, 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. StrideWise sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per year and Stepvera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StrideWise ships an update every 5 days, Stepvera every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
StrideWise versus Stepvera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrideWiseStepvera
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS2615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB36 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBjoern KapitzPantaLabs

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
1 purchases

Stepvera

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is StrideWise free?
StrideWise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stepvera free?
Stepvera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StrideWise or Stepvera have ads?
Stepvera shows ads; StrideWise does not.
Which is updated more often, StrideWise or Stepvera?
StrideWise ships an update every 5 days, and Stepvera every 4 days. Most recently, StrideWise was updated on October 27, 2026 and Stepvera on October 31, 2026.

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