Active Goals vs Beat Stride 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Active Goals
This app helps you set and achieve personalized fitness goals, track progress with detailed metrics, and stay motivated through streaks and insights. It integrates seamlessly with Apple Health to provide a comprehensive overview of your activity.
- Personalized goal setting (activity, distance, time, elevation, calories)
- In-depth progress tracking and stats
- Apple Health integration for workout data
- Yearly, monthly, and weekly performance breakdowns
- Goal streak tracking for consistency
- Activity insights for motivation
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Stay on track and crush your workout goals with Active Goals — the app designed for active people who want to stay consistent and achieve more! KEY FEATURES * Set and Achieve Your Goals: Create personalized goals for Activity, Distance, Time, Elevation, and Calories. * Stay Motivated: Track your progress with in-depth goal metrics and stats. * Seamless Health Integration: Read your existing workouts directly from the Apple Health app for a complete overview. * Smart Progress Tracking: Review recent activity and trends to help you set realistic and achievable goals. * Break It Down: Get detailed yearly, monthly, and weekly breakdowns of your performance. * Goal Streaks: Keep track of your goal streaks and stay motivated by hitting new consistency milestones. * Goal Insights: Track your progress against recent activity to stay motivated and push towards your goals. Active Goals helps you stay consistent, stay motivated, and reach new heights. Whether you're training for a marathon, improving your fitness, or setting daily activity goals, this app provides all the tools you need to succeed. Download now and take the first step toward your next achievement! TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS Apple Health Integration: Active Goals reads your workout data stored in the Health app, including workouts tracked by your Apple Watch. The app also supports workouts logged by third-party apps, but please note that some workout details might be incomplete depending on the data shared by those apps. Apple Watch Support: For the best experience, use Active Goals with your Apple Watch to fully utilize all workout and health tracking features. PRIVACY Your privacy is important. Data from Apple Health is read to provide personalized insights and goal tracking. All your health data stays securely on your device. Active Goals does not send your health data to any servers or third-party services. FEEDBACK I love hearing from you. If you encounter any bugs, have comments, or want to suggest improvements, please email support@riveralabs.com. Your feedback helps me make Active Goals even better.
Beat Stride 2
This app analyzes your heart rate and steps to provide a Heart Efficiency Index, a unique metric for understanding your fitness level. Track your progress with daily and monthly charts and sync data seamlessly with Apple Health.
- Heart Efficiency Index score
- Daily and monthly progress charts
- Track fitness improvement
- Apple Health integration
- Color-coded heat maps
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BeatStride: Your Heart & Step Efficiency Tracker Take control of your fitness journey with BeatStride. By analyzing your heart rate and steps, our app gives you a unique metric—the Heart Efficiency Index—to help you understand your fitness level in a new way. Key Features: Heart Efficiency Index: Get a single, easy-to-understand score that reveals your heart's efficiency. Daily & Monthly Charts: View your progress over time with intuitive, color-coded heat maps and charts. Track Your Progress: See how your efficiency improves with every step you take. Seamless Integration: Syncs effortlessly with Apple Health to securely access your data. BeatStride is the simple, powerful way to measure what matters most.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beat Stride 2 at none against Active Goals's 1. Active Goals's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Active Goals sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Beat Stride 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Active Goals against 5.0 for Beat Stride 2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Active Goals ships an update fortnightly, Beat Stride 2 every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Active Goals | Beat Stride 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Rivera Labs | Marc L. Melcher |
Customer experience
Active Goals
Beat Stride 2
In-app purchases
Active Goals
- Active Goals PRO$4.99
Beat Stride 2
No in-app purchases









