Comparison

Strides vs Count Up Timer

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

Count Up Timer

Track multiple concurrent time sessions for cooking, workouts, or work sprints. Gain insights into your time usage with daily, weekly, and monthly statistics. Build habits with goal setting and stay motivated with streak tracking.

Highlights
  • Multiple concurrent timers
  • Session insights by day, week, month
  • Habit building with daily goals
  • Streak tracking and accountability
  • Background running
  • Lock Screen Live Activities
Features
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Stop losing track of how long things actually take. Count Up Timer runs multiple timers at once. For work, workouts, study, or anything you want to measure. 100% free. No ads. No subscription. FEATURES • Multi-timer: track several activities at once • Tags & goals: label sessions, set daily targets, build streaks • Insights: see where your time goes by day, week, month, all-time • Widget + Lock Screen Live Activities: keeps running when the app is closed • No accounts, no ads, no data collection PERFECT FOR Work sprints • Pomodoro • HIIT & workouts • Study sessions • Cooking • Habit tracking • Side projects • Meditation Be mindful, stay productive and track your time with Count Up Timer

Screenshots

Strides4 screens
Count Up Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Count Up Timer at none against Strides's 9. Count Up Timer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Strides's advantage is ratings volume (19K vs 5) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Count Up Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Strides against 4.8 for Count Up Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strides has 19K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Strides's written reviews are positive against 100% of Count Up Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strides ships an update fortnightly, Count Up Timer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Strides versus Count Up Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStridesCount Up Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19K ratings)4.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews81.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19K — better5
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size145 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoals LLCTaras Savytskyi

Customer experience

Strides

All ratings19,214 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews1,165 reviews
Positive81.1%
Neutral5.0%
Negative13.9%

Count Up Timer

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Count Up Timer

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
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  • 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
None

Count Up Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Strides free?
Strides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Count Up Timer free?
Count Up Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Strides or Count Up Timer?
Strides and Count Up Timer are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 19K and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Strides or Count Up Timer have ads?
Neither Strides nor Count Up Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strides or Count Up Timer?
Strides ships an update fortnightly, and Count Up Timer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Strides was updated on October 16, 2026 and Count Up Timer on October 9, 2026.

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