Strides vs RECON Plus
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!
RECON Plus
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RECON is site management for construction teams that live in the field, not behind a desk. Log hours, raise dockets and keep day diaries from your phone, with everything flowing straight back to your workspace for sign-off. BUILT FOR THE CREW Log your hours against the right project and cost code in seconds. Raise dockets on the spot and attach photos of the work. Keep your day diary as the day happens, with site photos and receipts captured straight from your camera. BUILT FOR SUPERVISORS AND ADMINS See logged, checked and assigned hours across every member of your team. Review and approve diaries, dockets and timesheets from the approvals queue. Approved records lock, giving you a clean audit trail for every project. EVERY PROJECT AT A GLANCE The dashboard shows your logged sheets, submissions and active projects the moment you open the app. Jump into any project to see its dockets, diaries and hours in one place. WORKSPACES, ROLES AND PERMISSIONS RECON is built around workspaces. Invite your team, set their roles and control exactly what each person can see and do. Switch between workspaces if you work across more than one organisation. KEY FEATURES Fast timesheet logging with project and cost code tracking Dockets with photo attachments and status tracking Day diaries with site photos and receipts Approvals with locked, audit-ready records Team statistics for logged, checked and assigned hours Role-based permissions per workspace Light and dark mode RECON works with a RECON workspace. Create an account in the app and join your team's workspace by invitation, or visit reconplus.au to learn more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RECON Plus at none against Strides's 9. RECON Plus also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Strides sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. RECON Plus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Strides ships an update every 2 weeks, RECON Plus weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strides | RECON Plus |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Goals LLC | RECON PLUS PTY LTD |
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
RECON Plus
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
RECON Plus
No in-app purchases









