Strides vs Daily Stride
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Habit and goal tracking
- Customizable trackers
- 150+ templates
- Progress reports and charts
- Reminders
- Daily checklist
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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!
Daily Stride
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Daily Stride is a deeply personal daily planner built around the way iOS actually works — with a full Apple Watch companion, Live Activities, geofenced location reminders, and Home Screen widgets that let you manage your day without ever unlocking your phone. Most productivity apps sit on your Home Screen collecting dust. Daily Stride lives everywhere: your Watch, your Lock Screen, your Dynamic Island, and your widgets — so your goals are always one glance away, never buried in a list. Deep iOS & watchOS Integration • Apple Watch Companion App — A full native Watch app shows your today's tasks and current streak on your wrist. Create new tasks on the go using the built-in Watch keyboard, or check today's progress at a glance. Dynamic complications keep your streak visible on any watch face. • Live Activities & Dynamic Island — Pin your current active task directly to your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. As you work through your day, your focus stays front and centre without opening the app. • Home Screen & Lock Screen Widgets — Multiple widget sizes (small, medium, large) display your daily progress and a dedicated Timeslots widget. Supports Siri Shortcuts so you can tick off tasks directly from your Home Screen. Smart, Location-Aware Reminders • Geofenced Location Reminders — Set a named location (gym, office, grocery store) on an interactive map and choose a custom arrival radius (100 m to 1 km). Daily Stride sends you a reminder the moment you arrive — no manual check-in required. • Morning Wake-Up Nudges — Start your day with a personalised task summary timed to your custom wake-up schedule. • Evening Reflections — Receive a customisable daily nudge to review progress and hit your minimum task goal before the day ends. Build Consistency, Not Just Lists • Task Management with Tomorrow Planning — Add tasks for today or plan ahead for tomorrow. Incomplete tasks from previous days surface automatically so nothing slips through the cracks. • Time-Block Scheduling — Assign AM/PM preferences or specific time slots to tasks and sort your day intelligently. • Recurring Daily Habits — Set up habits that repeat on specific days of the week with configurable streaks, icons, and Apple Health integration signals. • Progress Calendar — View your completion history across weeks and months to see your consistency at a glance. • Secure Cloud Sync — Sign in with Apple or Google. Your tasks, streaks, and settings sync across all your devices in real time with offline-first reliability. Gamification That Actually Motivates • Streaks — Build and maintain a daily completion streak. Your current and best-ever streaks are always visible. • Points & Ranking System — Earn points for every completed task and climb from Rookie all the way to Legend. A dedicated Productivity Gains chart tracks your percentage improvement over time. • Achievement Badges — Unlock unique badges for hitting milestones in consistency, streaks, and lifetime task completions. • Confetti Celebrations — Finish all your tasks for the day and Daily Stride celebrates with you. Daily Stride Pro Upgrade to Pro to unlock unlimited daily tasks, unlimited recurring habits, timeslot sorting, and advanced streak analytics — while supporting ongoing development of the app. Small steps every day lead to massive results. Download Daily Stride and take the first stride toward a more productive, organised, and focused you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Strides at none against Daily Stride's shown. Daily Stride's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Strides sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Daily Stride sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Strides ships an update every 2 weeks, Daily Stride every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strides | Daily Stride |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (19K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Goals LLC | DANIEL JAMES PHILIP WYBURN |
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
Daily Stride
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Strides
- 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
- Strides Plus$39.99
- Strides Plus$99.99
- Strides Plus$149.99
Daily Stride
- Daily Stride Pro3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Daily Stride Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Year









