Comparison

Maxlyft vs Stride

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

Head to head
About

Maxlyft

This fitness app allows users to log workouts, track personal records, and monitor progress with detailed analytics. It offers customizable routines, exercise tracking, and body measurement logging, all stored securely via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Customizable workout splits
  • Exercise and rep logging
  • Personal record tracking
  • Progress graphs and analytics
  • Body measurement tracking
  • Workout streak tracking
  • Secure iCloud data storage
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A workout app that is ACTUALLY free. Build your split, log every set, and watch progress compound without the spreadsheet chaos. Maxlyft is a strength training app for lifters who want clear structure and honest numbers. YOUR SPLIT, YOUR WAY Create a rotating or weekly split with named days, rest days, and optional colors. Attach a routine to a training day, or start an empty workout when the plan changes. Your active split keeps today’s training ready to go — open the app and lift. LOG WITHOUT FRICTION Start today’s planned workout, resume mid-session after closing the app, or log freely. Sets are completed as you log them, and your last-session numbers appear as helpful references. A live timer, set count, and volume stay on screen while you train. Log barbell, dumbbell, bodyweight, assisted, duration, and distance work — including per-side weight. PRS THAT ACTUALLY MEAN SOMETHING Maxlyft highlights new records automatically and lets you track custom lifetime marks — best at a chosen weight, rep target, time, or distance. Finished workouts show a crown when you hit a PR. INSIGHTS, NOT NOISE See volume, sets, training time, and muscle-group distribution across 7 days, 30 days, 90 days, 1 year, or all time. Filter by muscle or split day. Open any exercise for lifetime totals, records, and charts tailored to how you track it. BUILT AROUND YOUR LIBRARY No giant canned catalog to fight. Name your own exercises, tag muscles, save routines, and reuse them. Rename a lift and your history stays with it. TRAIN OFFLINE. KEEP YOUR DATA SYNCED. Logging is local-first, so a dead gym signal doesn’t stop the session. Sign in with Apple or Google to sync and restore your data across devices. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Check today’s session or your last 7 days of volume without opening the app. HOW TO GET STARTED - Choose your units and build your first split — rotating or weekly. - Add the lifts you actually do. - Start today’s workout from Train and log your sets. - Check Insights after a few sessions to see the trend. Privacy Policy: https://www.maxlyft.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.maxlyft.com/terms

About

Stride

Compete with friends in step-based challenges and leagues. Turn your daily walks into races and track your progress with real-time updates and historical data. Offers customizable features and privacy controls.

Highlights
  • Weekly step leagues
  • Head-to-head friend races
  • Daily goal streaks
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Step history tracking
  • Private by default data
Features
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Your steps. Now it's a race. Stride is a step counter with a finish line. Your friends run beside you on a real track, each one a different-colored Bib, and the finish line is your daily goal. Stride also turns the steps you already walk into a weekly competition against real people. Every Monday you join a league group of up to 30. Every Sunday the top finishers move up and the bottom ones move down. No equipment, no workouts to log — just walk. WEEKLY LEAGUES Twelve leagues, Bronze to Immortal, stacked like floors of one mountain. Your daily step total is your score. Watch the board move in real time, see exactly how many steps put you in the promotion places, and find out where you finished when the season closes. RACE A FRIEND Challenge anyone to a head-to-head: most steps over three days, first to 50,000, or a weekend sprint. Everyone runs on a real track — each friend a different-colored Bib, the finish line at the target — so you see who's ahead, down to the last step. STREAKS AND MARKS Hit your daily goal to build a streak. Bib, your running buddy, will let you know — loudly — when it's about to break. Earn marks for the milestones that actually took effort. WIDGETS WITH PRO Today's progress, your league rank, your streak and your race, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen, updated through the day. STEP HISTORY Every day you've walked since you installed Stride, week by week, with your goal line drawn through it. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Stride reads one thing from Apple Health: your daily step count. No workouts, no location, no routes. No ads, no trackers, no data sold. Delete your account in Settings and everything goes with it. STRIDE PRO Monthly, yearly (starting with a 7-day free trial) or once for life. Streak freezes (miss a day, keep your streak) and a monthly streak repair, a League Shield (stay in your league once a month), Home and Lock Screen widgets, your own Bib — colour, headband, shirt, shades, a cap or a crown, and your friends see it — unlimited races, advanced statistics and the full history. The leagues, streaks and friend races are free forever. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://mosamir01.github.io/stride/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://mosamir01.github.io/stride/privacy.html Walking is more fun when someone's chasing you.

Screenshots

Maxlyft4 screens
Stride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stride at none against Maxlyft's shown. Stride also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). Maxlyft's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Maxlyft sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stride holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Maxlyft has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Maxlyft's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stride's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Maxlyft ships an update every 2 days, Stride every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Maxlyft versus Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaxlyftStride
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (18 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB30 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDylan MorganMohamed Aboushady

Customer experience

Maxlyft

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Stride

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Maxlyft

Subscriptions4
  • Maxlyft Monthly2 Months trial$1.991 Month
  • Maxlyft Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Maxlyft Yearly2 Months trial$17.991 Year
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  • Maxlyft pro Yearly$19.991 Year
3 purchases

Stride

Subscriptions2
  • Stride Pro — Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Stride Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Stride Pro$19.99

Questions

Is Maxlyft free?
Maxlyft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Maxlyft or Stride?
Stride is rated higher. Maxlyft averages 4.8 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Stride averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Maxlyft or Stride have ads?
Maxlyft shows ads; Stride does not.
Which is updated more often, Maxlyft or Stride?
Maxlyft ships an update every 2 days, and Stride every 4 days. Most recently, Maxlyft was updated on October 24, 2026 and Stride on October 24, 2026.

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