Comparison

Stride vs Stride

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. • 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

Stride

Features
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Stride is the interval timer and workout tracker for people who like to train on their own terms. Build your own HIIT, Tabata, or circuit routines, run them with a clean full-screen timer, and let Stride keep the record — all in one simple, ad-free app. DESIGN YOUR WORKOUTS • Create routines with custom work and rest intervals, rounds, and a color • Precise control — set minutes and seconds exactly how you want • Build anything: HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, circuits, stretching, or breath work RUN WITH A SMART TIMER • Big, glanceable scoreboard timer with a 3-2-1 countdown (skippable) • Beeps and vibration cue every work and rest change — train eyes-free • See the current interval, round, and overall progress at a glance TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Every finished workout is logged to a calendar automatically • Color-coded days show what you trained at a glance • Stats break down your time by day and by workout STAY ORGANIZED • Keep training notes — form cues, goals, personal bests — right in the app • Light and dark themes PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads, no accounts, no sign-in • All your data stays on your device and is never uploaded • Export and import your own backups anytime Whether it's a quick 4-minute Tabata or a full circuit session, Stride helps you plan it, run it, and track it. Design your workout, hit start, and go.

Screenshots

Stride4 screens
Stride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stride at none against Stride's 4. Stride also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence, 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. Stride sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Stride asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stride ships an update every 5 days, Stride every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Stride versus Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrideStride
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrzemyslaw SkowronekMinseong Jeon

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Stride

Subscriptions3
  • Pro - 1 Week$0.997 Days
  • Pro - 1 Month$2.991 Month
  • Pro - 1 Year$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro - Lifetime$17.99
None

Stride

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stride or Stride have ads?
Neither Stride nor Stride shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stride or Stride?
Stride ships an update every 5 days, and Stride every 10 days. Most recently, Stride was updated on October 3, 2026 and Stride on October 14, 2026.

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