Comparison

Stride vs VibeFit

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

Head to head
About

Stride

This app provides versatile interval timers for various training routines like HIIT, Tabata, and EMOM. It offers customizable settings, music integration, and voice cues to enhance your fitness sessions. Upgrade for advanced features like background functionality and unlimited preset saving.

Highlights
  • HIIT, Tabata, EMOM timer modes
  • Customizable interval settings
  • Music integration
  • Voice and sound countdowns
  • Save custom workout presets
  • Background functionality (Pro)
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Stride is an interval timer for HIIT, Tabata and EMOM on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Big gym-board clock: orange for work, green for rest, haptic cues on your wrist. Use it for CrossFit-style workouts, Hyrox stations, home HIIT or any interval countdown. Key Features: • Gym-board clock: the active interval fills the screen from the center until it ends. Orange for work, green for rest, blue while you get ready. Readable from the floor. • Apple Watch: pick a workout on your wrist and go. Haptic taps at every interval change and a 3-2-1 countdown, heart rate on the timer, and the clock keeps counting when your wrist drops. Finished sessions are saved to Health as HIIT workouts. • Saved presets sync from iPhone to Apple Watch automatically. • Live Activity and widgets: follow the countdown on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, start your last workout from a widget, Control Center or Siri, and keep your training streak going. • Light or dark: choose Light, Dark or follow the system in Settings. • Tabata countdown: work and rest rounds with a preparation countdown. EMOM, Timer and Custom blocks are on the Pro Plan. • Music keeps playing. Beeps, vibration or a spoken countdown mark each interval. • Block builder (Pro): stack Work and Rest blocks into a timeline, tap EDIT on a block to move, duplicate or delete it, set rounds and prep. • Preset editor with cards in a full-height sheet. Full page on iPad. • Built for gym and home: running, cycling, lifting, bodyweight, boxing and CrossFit-style training. Why Choose Stride? Set the workout once, start the timer, keep your music on. Run Tabata as it is, or use Pro for EMOM, Timer and Custom block sequences. Take it to the gym floor on Apple Watch and leave the phone in the bag. Upgrade to the Pro Plan: A monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase, unlocks: • EMOM, Timer and Custom blocks. • Custom workouts: add Work and Rest blocks to a timeline (up to 40), reorder or duplicate them, set each duration, rounds and a preparation countdown. Saved Custom presets show a colored timeline strip. • Unlimited saved presets, synced to Apple Watch. • Speaking countdown. • Timer continues in the background when you switch apps. • No ads. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. The lifetime purchase is a one-time payment. Privacy: Stride does not sell your data. Heart rate and workouts stay in Apple Health on your devices. Download Now An interval timer, countdown timer and workout companion for Tabata, HIIT, EMOM and CrossFit-style training on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Terms of Service: https://www.skylarks.io/apps/stride/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.skylarks.io/apps/stride/privacy-policy

About

VibeFit

Achieve your fitness goals with personalized home workout plans, weight loss tracking, and motivational challenges. Build muscle, lose weight, and develop healthy habits with guided exercises and progress monitoring.

Highlights
  • Personalized home workout plans
  • 30+ equipment-free programs
  • Weight loss and muscle gain focus
  • Daily motivation and habit building
  • Progress tracking and weight management
  • Competitive sports leagues
  • Audio and video exercise guidance
Features
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Do you want to get the perfect figure in 28 days? Then VibeFit will help you achieve your goal - to lose weight, gain muscle mass and get in better shape with the help of a personal training plan without equipment, as well as acquire useful habits. Start a challenge and change your figure with other participants. The VibeFit app will create a personal home workout plan based on your performance so that you can achieve the best results in a short time. Fitness programs are suitable for everyone of any age. We also worked on fitness motivation - keep a training regime in order not to miss a home workout. Earn experience by doing daily workouts, follow your plan, keep weight records, use all the features of the app and you will get a beautiful figure. Accept the challenge and compete with other participants of sports leagues based on the experience gained during training. Features of the fitness app: - A personal training plan is a challenge to get the perfect figure. - 30+ personal home programs for muscle building and weight loss without equipment. - Daily tasks and experiences that will help you maintain motivation for successful workouts. - Fluid accounting to make weight loss more effective. - Weight management will help you keep track of your figure and results. - Sports clubs - rating of participants. You will advance through sports leagues, gaining experience and competing with other participants. - A simple and convenient workout with audio accompaniment. - Detailed video instructions for each exercise.

Screenshots

Stride4 screens
VibeFit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stride at none against VibeFit's shown. Stride also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 2). VibeFit's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 days) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Stride sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and VibeFit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VibeFit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stride ships an update every 4 days, VibeFit daily. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Stride versus VibeFit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrideVibeFit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrzemyslaw SkowronekNikita Poslanichenko

Customer experience

Stride

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

VibeFit

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Stride

Subscriptions3
  • Pro - 1 Week$0.997 Days
  • Pro - 1 Month$2.991 Month
  • Pro - 1 Year7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro - Lifetime$17.99
2 purchases

VibeFit

Subscriptions2
  • Month$9.991 Month
  • 30 days + trial 7 days$14.991 Month

Questions

Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VibeFit free?
VibeFit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stride or VibeFit?
VibeFit is rated higher. Stride averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while VibeFit averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Stride or VibeFit have ads?
VibeFit shows ads; Stride does not.
Which is updated more often, Stride or VibeFit?
Stride ships an update every 4 days, and VibeFit daily. Most recently, Stride was updated on October 27, 2026 and VibeFit on October 23, 2026.

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