Comparison

Beat Stride 2 vs StepMate

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

Head to head
About

Beat Stride 2

This app analyzes your heart rate and steps to provide a Heart Efficiency Index, a unique metric for understanding your fitness level. Track your progress with daily and monthly charts and sync data seamlessly with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Heart Efficiency Index score
  • Daily and monthly progress charts
  • Track fitness improvement
  • Apple Health integration
  • Color-coded heat maps
Features
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BeatStride: Your Heart & Step Efficiency Tracker Take control of your fitness journey with BeatStride. By analyzing your heart rate and steps, our app gives you a unique metric—the Heart Efficiency Index—to help you understand your fitness level in a new way. Key Features: Heart Efficiency Index: Get a single, easy-to-understand score that reveals your heart's efficiency. Daily & Monthly Charts: View your progress over time with intuitive, color-coded heat maps and charts. Track Your Progress: See how your efficiency improves with every step you take. Seamless Integration: Syncs effortlessly with Apple Health to securely access your data. BeatStride is the simple, powerful way to measure what matters most.

About

StepMate

This app helps you monitor your daily steps and activity progress with a clear, simple interface. View your recent activity, track goal achievement, and stay motivated with visual progress indicators. It also offers Apple Watch integration for convenient wrist-based tracking.

Highlights
  • Daily step tracking
  • Clear daily goal progress
  • Last 7 days overview
  • Improved history view
  • Percentage progress above 100%
  • Apple Watch support
  • Light and dark mode
Features
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StepMate helps you keep your daily movement clear, simple, and easy to follow. Track your steps, complete your daily goals, and see how your activity develops over time. The app shows your current daily progress and now also displays the last 7 days directly on your phone screen. This gives you a quick overview of your recent activity, the days when you reached your goal, and how consistent you have been throughout the week. The history view has also been improved to make your past results easier to read and understand. StepMate also supports Apple Watch. With the watchOS app and new Apple Watch widgets, you can follow your progress directly from your wrist. A quick glance at your watch is all you need to see how close you are to reaching your daily step goal. The app is designed to be simple, fast, and pleasant to use every day. The refreshed design brings a cleaner look, better readability, and a more natural way to view your activity data. Percent values now also show progress above 100%, so you can clearly see when you have exceeded your daily goal. You can personalize StepMate in the settings. Choose light mode, dark mode, or follow your system appearance. You can also select the app language to make StepMate feel more comfortable for you. StepMate is ideal for anyone who wants to stay aware of their daily movement, build healthier habits, and stay motivated through simple progress tracking. Main features: - daily step tracking - clear daily goal progress - last 7 days overview - improved history view - percentage progress above 100% - Apple Watch support - new Apple Watch widgets - light and dark mode - app language selection - simple and clean design StepMate helps make movement a natural part of your day. Track your progress, reach your goals, and keep your steps always within reach.This version brings new features, a refreshed design, and several improvements to make tracking your daily movement clearer and more enjoyable.

Screenshots

Beat Stride 24 screens
StepMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: StepMate at none against Beat Stride 2's shown. StepMate also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Beat Stride 2's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Beat Stride 2 against 5.0 for StepMate. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beat Stride 2 ships an update every 4 weeks, StepMate weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Beat Stride 2 versus StepMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeat Stride 2StepMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMarc L. MelcherPatrik Portes

Customer experience

Beat Stride 2

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

StepMate

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Beat Stride 2

No in-app purchases

None

StepMate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Beat Stride 2 free?
Beat Stride 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StepMate free?
StepMate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Beat Stride 2 or StepMate?
Beat Stride 2 and StepMate are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Beat Stride 2 or StepMate have ads?
Beat Stride 2 shows ads; StepMate does not.
Which is updated more often, Beat Stride 2 or StepMate?
Beat Stride 2 ships an update every 4 weeks, and StepMate weekly. Most recently, Beat Stride 2 was updated on October 5, 2026 and StepMate on September 30, 2026.

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