Comparison

FTW vs Stride Step Leaderboard

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

Head to head
About

FTW

Turn your daily walks into a fun team challenge. Create or join step groups with friends and compete on live leaderboards. Earn achievements and track your progress with weekly recaps.

Highlights
  • Team step competitions
  • Live leaderboards
  • Apple Watch complication
  • In-app cheers and taunts
  • Weekly and daily challenges
  • Ghost races
  • Achievements and stats
Features
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FTW turns walking into a team sport. Create a step group, invite your friends, and see who can walk the most. Live leaderboards update every 5 minutes so you always know where you stand. HOW IT WORKS - Sign in with Apple or Google - Create a group or join one with a 6-character invite code - Your steps sync automatically from Apple Health - Live leaderboards rank everyone in real time FEATURES - Real-time step leaderboards for groups up to 25 people - Apple Watch complication shows your rank at a glance - Send cheers and taunts to motivate your group - Weekly and daily competitions with automatic resets - Ghost races to compete head-to-head - Stats, personal records, and 50+ achievement badges - Weekly recap with charts and trends PRIVACY FIRST FTW reads your step count from Apple Health. That’s it. No heart rate, no GPS, no workouts. Your data is never sold or shared with advertisers. FTW is completely free. No subscriptions, no premium tiers, no ads.

About

Stride Step Leaderboard

Features
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Stride turns your friends into a weekly step race. Start a crew, share the invite code, and everyone's daily steps from Apple Health land on one leaderboard. The board resets every Monday, so every week is a fresh race. - See the whole board at a glance: today's steps, your rank, and exactly how far you are behind the next person. - Go head to head with anyone in your crew, day by day. - Look back over your last twelve weeks on a simple history grid. - Join as many crews as you like: family, office, running club. Your steps count in all of them. FAIR BY DESIGN Stride reads one number from Apple Health: your daily step count. It merges your iPhone and your watch or band the way Apple Health does, so nothing is counted twice, and it leaves out steps typed in by hand. The board reflects real walking. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Crews are invite-only. Stride never reads heart rate, sleep, workouts or location, and never sells or shares your data. You can delete your account and every step Stride has stored for you at any time, right in the app.

Screenshots

FTW4 screens
Stride Step Leaderboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Stride Step Leaderboard at 16.4 against FTW's 18.0. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FTW ships an update every 4 days, Stride Step Leaderboard every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
FTW versus Stride Step Leaderboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFTWStride Step Leaderboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApres AI LLCTanishq Mehta

In-app purchases

None

FTW

No in-app purchases

None

Stride Step Leaderboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FTW free?
FTW is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stride Step Leaderboard free?
Stride Step Leaderboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FTW or Stride Step Leaderboard have ads?
Neither FTW nor Stride Step Leaderboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FTW or Stride Step Leaderboard?
FTW ships an update every 4 days, and Stride Step Leaderboard every 3 days. Most recently, FTW was updated on October 31, 2026 and Stride Step Leaderboard on October 31, 2026.

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