Comparison

SweatLoss vs Stride

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

Head to head
About

SweatLoss

Features
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Lose sweat, not track. SweatLoss helps you plan your fluid intake for sports, training, and everyday life. The app calculates your hydration needs, accounts for weather and temperature, and reminds you to drink at the right time. Whether it is warm-up, workout, race day, or cool-down, SweatLoss shows how much you have already had, how much is left, and which drinks contribute to your day. Hydration where you train: • Keep your hydration goal and progress in view • Smart reminders at the right time • Adjustments for weather, heat, and personal data • Apple Watch app for quick access during workouts • Widgets for hydration and quick logging • History, trends, and daily overview Caffeine tracking: Track coffee, energy drinks, tea, and other caffeinated drinks. SweatLoss shows your daily intake, personal limit, estimated remaining caffeine, and current caffeine phase. With Live Activities, your caffeine status stays visible on the Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, StandBy, and Apple Watch without opening the app. SweatLoss Premium: • More drink types • Custom drinks and individual amounts • Barcode scanner for faster logging • Alternative app icons • Advanced personalization • Convenience features for everyday life and training Missing a feature? In SweatLoss, you can submit ideas and vote for new features. Drink more consciously, plan smarter, and keep hydration and caffeine in view. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Stride

Track your walks and runs with real-time GPS, rewarding milestones, and personal insights. Monitor shoe mileage, set weekly goals, and advance through lifetime tiers without ads or battery drain.

Highlights
  • Real-Time GPS Tracking
  • Apple Watch Companion
  • Apple Health Integration
  • Weekly Goal Tracking
  • Lifetime Level Progression
  • Personal Records & Analytics
  • Shoe Closet & Health Tracker
Features
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Stride is a fast, beautiful, and distraction-free walking and running tracker designed to turn your daily mileage and steps into a rewarding journey. Whether you are hitting your daily step goal, taking a morning neighborhood walk, training for your first 5K, or tracking lifetime mileage across your favorite pairs of shoes, Stride delivers real-time GPS tracking, step counting, rewarding milestones, and deep personal insights without the noise, ads, or battery drain of traditional fitness apps. KEY FEATURES - Integrated Step Counting: Track your total steps for every walk, hike, or run. Monitor your step count in real time during active workouts and review total steps in your post-walk summary and history. - Real-Time GPS Tracking & Live Activities: Track distance, active duration, current pace, average pace, elevation gain, and steps with precision. Glance at live workout metrics right from your Dynamic Island and Lock Screen, with customizable split audio announcements. - Apple Watch Companion & Standalone Tracking: Track workouts directly on your wrist with native Apple Watch support. Monitor real-time heart rate and step counts, feel crisp haptic split alerts, and close your Activity rings with full HealthKit integration. Start on your watch and finish on your iPhone (or vice versa) with seamless live mirroring, or leave your phone behind for untethered Watch GPS workouts. - Apple Health Integration: Seamlessly sync your workouts, routes, steps, and active metrics to Apple Health to keep all your fitness data in one place. - Weekly Goal Tracking: Set custom weekly distance goals in miles or kilometers. Watch your weekly progress bar fill up in the History tab, track your goal on your Home Screen widget, and celebrate every time you hit your target. - Lifetime Level Progression: Advance through 10 lifetime tiers from Explorer all the way to Legend. Watch the app theme dynamically shift to match your earned tier, and track your next milestone on the interactive Lifetime Roadmap. - Personal Records & Analytics: Automatically track your all-time fastest achievements across 1-Mile, 5K, 10K, and Half Marathon distances. - Shoe Closet & Health Tracker: Track mileage across your running shoe rotation. Visual wear gauges monitor midsole life and notify you when it is time to retire a pair before injury strikes. - Hands-Free Siri Controls: Pause, resume, or finish workouts hands-free using Siri on your iPhone or AirPods ("Hey Siri, pause Stride"). - External Heart Rate Sensor Support: Connect standard Bluetooth LE chest straps and armbands to stream live heart rate directly into your workout stats. YOUR DATA BELONGS TO YOU - 100% PRIVATE We believe your fitness journey, daily routes, and physical habits are deeply personal. - No Third-Party Accounts: No email signups, no social logins, and no third-party tracking SDKs. - Private iCloud Sync: All workouts, routes, splits, steps, and shoe data are stored strictly on your device and inside your own personal, encrypted Apple iCloud container. - Zero Data Collection: We never have access to your GPS routes, workout history, or personal data. We cannot see, store, share, or sell your data to advertisers or data brokers. Ever. BUILT FOR WALKERS & RUNNERS - Customizable Units of Distance: Easily switch between miles and kilometers. - Light & Dark Modes: Clean, modern interface designed specifically for iOS and watchOS. - Battery & Storage Optimized: Lightweight data footprint ensures long battery life and minimal storage impact. Move with purpose. Track with pride. Download Stride today! SUBSCRIPTION & TERMS Stride offers an optional annual auto-renewable subscription (Stride Pro) with a 14-day free trial. See full terms and privacy policy at these links: Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/strideapp/privacy-policy

Screenshots

SweatLoss4 screens
Stride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Stride at 17.6 against SweatLoss's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads 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. SweatLoss sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.79 per month and Stride sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SweatLoss ships an update every 9 days, Stride every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
SweatLoss versus Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSweatLossStride
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size345 MB10 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTIM RORINGMatthew Adjemian

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SweatLoss

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly1 Month trial$1.791 Month
  • Premium Yearly1 Year trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$24.99
1 purchases

Stride

Subscriptions1
  • Stride Pro Annual14 Days trial$1.991 Year

Questions

Is SweatLoss free?
SweatLoss is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SweatLoss or Stride have ads?
Neither SweatLoss nor Stride shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SweatLoss or Stride?
SweatLoss ships an update every 9 days, and Stride every 5 days. Most recently, SweatLoss was updated on October 24, 2026 and Stride on October 24, 2026.

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