Comparison

Strides vs Simple Progress Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Strides

This app helps you organize your habits, routines, and goals in a single to-do list. Track progress with reminders and charts, and choose from over 150 templates or create your own. Get organized and build your perfect routine.

Highlights
  • Habit and goal tracking
  • Customizable trackers
  • 150+ templates
  • Progress reports and charts
  • Reminders
  • Daily checklist
Features
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Imagine having all of your most important habits, routines and goals together in one simple to do list. Now you can! With Strides, you can track good or bad habits, SMART goals, and more. Keep up with reminders to hold you accountable and charts to keep you motivated. Explore new ways to manage your life with over 150 templates and the ability to create your own trackers. Get organized with a daily checklist to help create your perfect routine. Keep up with what you’ve accomplished with progress reports that compile your goals, projects and progress all in one place. Set up reminders and add notes to ensure you’re on track and on task. Track anything you want with four types of trackers. Streak calendars let you keep up with your success rate, and milestone calendars help you to keep up with project timelines. Want to keep track of a repeating number? Check out the Average tracker. Looking to hit a goal by a specific date? Give the Target tracker a try. Start keeping track of your habits and goals anywhere you go. Download today to get organized and create the perfect routine with Strides. TRACKERS: - 150+ templates to choose from, or create your own customized tracker - Progress Reports with everything in one place - View charts with history, streak, success rate and more - Unlimited reminders to set yourself up for success ADDITIONAL FEATURES: - Integration with Apple Health - Sync between iPhone, iPad & Mac - Add notes to logs and trackers - Reminders to keep you on track SEE WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING: "I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU! Strides is one of the most useful apps out there. Nowadays, I can't even imagine myself without it :)” ~Leyla "Amazing app. The sheer amount of flexibility with what you can track with Strides is amazing." ~Carlo "My life has become so much more organized and fulfilled since I started using your app. I really appreciate it!” ~Micah "Best tracking app. I love, love, love this app! This is exactly what I've been looking for for two or three years. I can track multiple goals and see them all on one screen. Perfect!" ~Kate – Strides is free forever to track what's most important to you. If you want to get even more out of it and support development, you can upgrade to Strides Plus with a monthly or annual subscription - or with a one-time purchase of the lifetime plan - to unlock all premium features, including Unlimited Trackers, sync between iPhone, iPad & Mac, Tags & Filters, Today List, Export Data, Goal Notes and more. Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be identified. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. – Read our full Privacy Policy / Terms of Use: https://www.stridesapp.com/privacy.html https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Keep making strides!

About

Simple Progress Tracker

Features
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Simple Progress Tracker is an app that lets you add tasks and the desired value goal for each one. You can easily and simply increase or decrease your task progress to reach your goal! It's great for tracking courses and books. Features: ◽Add tasks and the value to reach ◽View tasks and easily modify their value ◽Enable progress percentage ◽View the added date for each task ◽Multiple themes ◽Sort tasks by time, value, max value, and name (pro) ◽View the total of all progress (pro) All Tasks are stored locally on each device. Here's the link to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy: https://qookie-privacy.carrd.co/#progresstracker

Screenshots

Strides4 screens
Simple Progress Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Simple Progress Tracker at weekly against Strides's fortnightly. Simple Progress Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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. Strides sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Simple Progress Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.69 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strides ships an update fortnightly, Simple Progress Tracker weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Strides versus Simple Progress Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStridesSimple Progress Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings19K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size145 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoals LLCCarlos Saoud

Bugs and requests

Strides

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes after iOS 14.8 update
  • Incorrect data logging and display issues
  • Notification bugs showing outdated information

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow more than 3 habits in free version
  • Add time tracking and time-based goals
  • Improve syncing and notification reliability
  • Introduce more customization and organization options
  • Provide a one-time purchase option instead of subscription

Simple Progress Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Strides

Subscriptions6
  • Strides Plus$4.991 Month
  • Strides Plus$7.991 Month
  • Strides Plus$9.991 Month
Show 3 more
  • Strides Plus7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Strides Plus7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Strides Plus1 Month trial$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • Strides Plus$39.99
  • Strides Plus$99.99
  • Strides Plus$149.99
2 purchases

Simple Progress Tracker

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Service$0.691 Month
One-time1
  • Pro Version$4.99

Questions

Is Strides free?
Strides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Progress Tracker free?
Simple Progress Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Strides or Simple Progress Tracker have ads?
Neither Strides nor Simple Progress Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strides or Simple Progress Tracker?
Strides ships an update fortnightly, and Simple Progress Tracker weekly. Most recently, Strides was updated on October 13, 2026 and Simple Progress Tracker on October 5, 2026.

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