Comparison

Upthrive vs Stride

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

Head to head
About

Upthrive

This app helps you build consistent daily habits and stay accountable. Track your progress, compete with friends, and visualize your success with smart streaks and advanced analytics. Make habit formation simple, fun, and motivating.

Highlights
  • Step tracking and challenges
  • Smart streaks and accountability
  • HealthKit integration
  • Advanced progress insights
  • Social motivation and friend challenges
  • Gamified habit building
Features
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Stay Consistent. Stay Accountable. Thrive Daily. Upthrive empowers you to turn daily actions into long-term success. Whether you’re tracking steps, creating new habits, or competing with friends, Upthrive makes habit formation simple, fun, and motivating. Why Upthrive? β€’ Step Tracker & Challenges – Get moving, compete with friends, and track your progress in real time. β€’ Smart Streaks & Accountability – Build unbreakable streaks and stay motivated. β€’ HealthKit Integration – Sync your steps and fitness data effortlessly. β€’ Advanced Insights – Visualize your progress with powerful charts and analytics. β€’ Social Motivation – Challenge your friends, stay connected, and achieve more together. β€’ Gamified Habit Tracking – Make habit-building fun and rewarding. No more forgotten goals or broken streaks. Start your Upthrive journey today and make every habit count. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Stride

Features
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Nothing worth building happens in a day. Stride is the habit tracker that helps you show up, see your progress, and keep the streak alive β€” one day at a time. Whether it’s a morning routine, the gym, or drinking more water, Stride makes it simple to stay on track on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. TRACK YOUR HABITS, YOUR WAY Create habits in seconds β€” from scratch or from a ready-made template β€” and check off a yes-or-no habit with a single tap. Pick an emoji and a color for each one, and arrange your list to match how your day runs. Not every habit is a simple yes or no. Measurable habits let you set a daily target and a unit, so β€œDrink Water β€” 8 glasses” or β€œRun β€” 5 km” tracks the amount, not just the checkmark. And not every habit is daily. Choose every day, a set number of times per week, or specific days β€” Monday, Wednesday, and Friday only, if that’s your gym schedule. Hit a weekly goal on whichever days suit you; that streak counts weeks, not days. STREAKS THAT KEEP YOU GOING Stride counts every streak automatically, so you can watch your momentum build. On a day your habit isn’t scheduled, it’s a rest day β€” it never breaks your streak. Miss a day? No guilt β€” just pick back up. Your longest run is saved alongside your current streak, and any streak can be shared as an image. STATISTICS & HEATMAP The Activity Heatmap is a color-coded grid of your last 12 weeks. You also get your current and best streak, your 30-day completion rate, and how you do by weekday. For a habit scheduled on specific days, that rate counts only the days it was actually due. WIDGETS ON IPHONE AND IPAD Widgets in every size: small, medium, and large on the Home Screen (and extra large on iPad), plus circular, inline, and rectangular on the Lock Screen. See today’s progress without opening the app β€” and from the medium and large widgets, tap a habit to check it off right there. REMINDERS FOR EVERY HABIT Give every habit its own reminder, at exactly the time you want it. Morning meditation at 7 AM, evening journal at 9 PM β€” Stride nudges you at the right moment, so the habit sticks. Mark it done or snooze it from the notification. SYNC ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Check in on your iPhone, review your stats on your iPad, finish the day on your Mac. With a free Stride account, your data follows you. STRIDE PRO Almost everything in Stride is free: unlimited habits, measurable habits, flexible schedules, widgets, per-habit reminders, the heatmap and statistics, habit templates, streak sharing, data export (CSV or JSON), and cross-device sync. Stride Pro adds three things: β€’ Habit Groups β€” organize habits into collapsible groups β€’ Advanced Analytics β€” the Insights card and the 8-week Trend chart β€’ Weekly Review β€” a look back at how your week went YOUR PRIVACY MATTERS Your habit data is yours. Stride keeps it on your device unless you sign in to sync; when you do, it goes to Stride’s own server and is used only to keep your own devices in step β€” never sold, never shared for advertising. Stride collects anonymous crash and diagnostic reports to fix bugs; they contain no habit content and are not linked to your identity. START TODAY You don’t need a Monday, a new year, or a fresh start. You need today. Download Stride and check off one habit. PURCHASE & SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Stride Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. The Lifetime purchase is paid once and does not renew. For subscriptions: payment is charged to your Apple ID account on confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before that period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://jasonyeyuhe.github.io/stride-site/terms Privacy Policy: https://jasonyeyuhe.github.io/stride-site/privacy

Screenshots

Upthrive3 screens
Stride3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Upthrive at every 4 days against Stride's weekly. Upthrive also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Upthrive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Stride sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Upthrive ships an update every 4 days, Stride weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
Upthrive versus Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUpthriveStride
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 4 days β€” betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size31 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRanjit SinghYuhe Ye

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Upthrive

Subscriptions2
  • GrindX_Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • GrindX_Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
3 purchases

Stride

Subscriptions2
  • Stride Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Stride Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Stride Pro (Lifetime)$39.99

Questions

Is Upthrive free?
Upthrive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Upthrive or Stride have ads?
Neither Upthrive nor Stride shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Upthrive or Stride?
Upthrive ships an update every 4 days, and Stride weekly. Most recently, Upthrive was updated on October 28, 2026 and Stride on October 31, 2026.

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