Comparison

BeepBop vs Stride

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

Head to head
About

BeepBop

This app offers a versatile workout timer and training companion with multiple formats like interval, EMOM, and counter workouts. It features AI-powered training assistance, comprehensive tracking of your progress, and over 50 structured training plans. Syncs with Apple Health and is compatible with Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Multiple workout timer formats
  • AI-powered workout builder
  • Intelligent exercise swapping
  • Workout logging and progress tracking
  • 50+ structured training plans
  • Apple Health and Apple Watch integration
  • Workout sharing and discovery
Features
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BeepBop is a training timer with a real workout log behind it. Set your beeps, train, and everything you did is recorded. No second app for tracking. THREE WAYS TO TRAIN • Intervals — clean beeps for work and rest. HIIT, circuits, running, mobility. • EMOM — every minute on the minute drills, with the next move called before it starts. • Counters — sets, reps and weight for gym work, logged with a tap. A LIBRARY YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUILD Browse a full library of presets for free weights, machines and bodyweight training, or build your own from scratch and save it. Send a workout to a training partner and it opens straight in their app. YOUR BODY, MAPPED Every exercise is mapped to the muscles it works. Train something and it lights up; recover and it fades back. Tap a muscle group to see the exercises and workouts that hit it. APPLE WATCH — LEAVE THE PHONE IN YOUR BAG A full Apple Watch app runs your workout live on your wrist: heart rate, calories, and sets logged right at the rack. Sessions appear on your phone the moment you finish, and haptics take over when your phone is on silent. A COACH THAT KNOWS YOUR WEEK Tell BeepBop your goals, experience and available equipment, and it suggests workouts that fit. Every week you get a report: volume against last week, muscle groups trained, active days, heart rate trends, and the exercises you let slip. DESCRIBE A WORKOUT, GET A WORKOUT Say or type what you want — "20 minutes, dumbbells only, upper body" — and BeepBop builds it, ready to run. Included with BeepBop Premium. ALSO IN THE APP • Apple Health: workouts you record elsewhere show up in your history • Export finished sessions to your calendar • Full-screen timer that stays awake and readable from across the gym • Voice cues, custom sounds, and beeps that play over your music • Available in 16 languages BeepBop is free to use. BeepBop Premium is an auto-renewing monthly subscription that unlocks AI workout generation. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase, and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your account settings.

About

Stride

Features
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A running tracker that speaks up, so you don't have to look down. Stride measures your run with your iPhone's GPS and calls out every milestone out loud: "3 kilometers. Time, 16 minutes 12 seconds. Average pace, 5 minutes 24 seconds per kilometer." Choose the spacing that suits you — every half, one, two or five kilometres or miles. BUILT TO BE GLANCED AT • One big number: how far you have gone • A ring that fills as you close in on the next milestone • Time, average pace and current pace. Nothing else. ANNOUNCEMENTS ON YOUR TERMS • Choose what you hear: distance, elapsed time, average pace, last split • Ducks your music instead of stopping it • Mute or unmute with one tap mid-run • Hear a sample in Settings before you head out EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR IPHONE Stride has no account, no sign-up and no internet connection. Your runs, splits and GPS routes are stored only on your device. Nothing is uploaded, because there is nowhere to upload it to. AFTER THE RUN • Every run saved with a split for each kilometre or mile • Your route drawn on a map • Distance, time and run count for the week at a glance • Search back through everything you have run Keeps working with the screen off and the phone in your pocket, so the distance keeps counting and the milestones keep coming. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.pyrean.com/stride/privacy/

Screenshots

BeepBop4 screens
Stride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stride at none against BeepBop's shown. BeepBop's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, 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. BeepBop sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BeepBop versus Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeepBopStride
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size196 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTobias RattfeltPyrean B.V.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BeepBop

Subscriptions1
  • BeepBop AI Coach$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Ad Free$4.99
3 purchases

Stride

Subscriptions2
  • Stride Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Stride Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Stride, Bought Once$49.99

Questions

Is BeepBop free?
BeepBop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BeepBop or Stride have ads?
BeepBop shows ads; Stride does not.
Which is updated more often, BeepBop or Stride?
BeepBop ships an update weekly, and Stride weekly. Most recently, BeepBop was updated on October 6, 2026 and Stride on October 13, 2026.

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