Comparison

Strides vs Slate

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

Slate

This tool uses a physical card to help you disconnect from your phone. Schedule app blocking for specific times and track your progress in reducing screen time. It offers a calm approach to digital well-being without gamification.

Highlights
  • Physical card integration for focus control
  • Customizable app blocklists
  • Scheduled blocking for specific times
  • Automatic session resumption after breaks
  • Emergency unlock feature
  • Screen Time activity tracking
  • Account-free operation
Features
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Slate is a focus tool with a physical switch. Tap the Slate Card to your phone and the apps you choose go quiet. Tap it again to come back. Put a blocklist on a schedule and Slate locks those hours on its own: mornings for deep work, evenings off, whatever pulls at you most. No streaks. No scores. Nothing to keep up with. Just a calm way to put your phone down. What you get Blocklists. Named sets of apps to silence, as many as you like. Schedules. Pick the days and hours. Slate starts and ends on its own, even when the app is closed. Breaks. A short break lifts the block for five minutes and the session picks back up by itself. Emergency unlocks. A few for the days the card is out of reach. Activity. Your real Screen Time, week by week, next to the hours Slate was on. Watch one go down while the other goes up. The cost. Onboarding shows what your daily hours add up to over a lifetime, in days. Blocking runs entirely on Apple's Screen Time. Slate never sees which apps you pick and the list never leaves your phone. No tracking, no ads, no data sold. Slate works without an account. Sign in with Apple or Google only if you want your blocklists, schedules and unlocks waiting on your next phone. Slate is built around the Slate Card, sold separately at tapslate.co. Requires iOS 16 or later.

Screenshots

Strides4 screens
Slate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Slate at none against Strides's 9. Slate also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Strides's advantage is ratings volume (19K vs 2) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. Slate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strides has 19K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Strides's written reviews are positive against 100% of Slate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Strides ships an update every 2 weeks, Slate every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Strides versus Slate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStridesSlate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoals LLCJACK BONDI FEJER

Customer experience

Strides

All ratings19,250 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews1,168 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative14.0%

Slate

All ratings2 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

Slate

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
None

Slate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Strides free?
Strides is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Slate free?
Slate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Strides or Slate?
Slate is rated higher. Strides averages 4.8 out of 5 from 19K ratings, while Slate averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Strides or Slate have ads?
Neither Strides nor Slate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Strides or Slate?
Strides ships an update every 2 weeks, and Slate every 9 days. Most recently, Strides was updated on October 31, 2026 and Slate on October 24, 2026.

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