GLPal vs Stride
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GLPal
This app helps individuals on GLP-1 medication manage their health journey. It allows users to track injections, weight, nutrition, and daily patterns, providing a centralized tool for organization and progress monitoring.
- Log injections and shot schedule
- Track weight changes and progress
- Monitor dose changes and injection sites
- Log meals, protein, and nutrition
- Keep up with hydration and daily check-ins
- Notice daily feeling patterns
- Stay on top of reminders and routines
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GLPal is your companion for life on GLP-1 medication. Track your shots, weight progress, nutrition, and daily patterns in one place, so it feels easier to stay organized and see how things are changing over time. Whether you’re just starting or already established on your GLP-1 journey, GLPal helps you keep the essentials together without juggling multiple apps, notes, and reminders. With GLPal, you can: • Log injections and keep track of your shot schedule • Track weight changes and view progress over time • Monitor dose changes and injection site rotation • Log meals, protein, and nutrition in one place • Keep up with hydration and daily check-ins • Notice patterns in how you feel day to day • Stay on top of reminders and routines GLPal is designed to feel clear, supportive, and practical — whether you want a quick daily check-in or a better view of your overall progress.
Stride
This app supports your GLP-1 medication journey by tracking doses, weight, food intake, and overall well-being. It offers AI-powered support for common questions and helps visualize your progress with charts and milestones.
- Track GLP-1 doses and reminders
- Log food by photo, barcode, or search
- AI companion for GLP-1 related questions
- Monitor weight, macros, sleep, and mood
- Connect with Apple Health
- Visualize progress with charts and photos
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Stride is your GLP-1 companion Stride helps you stay consistent on your GLP-1 journey: track doses, weight, food, and how you feel, and get gentle, personal support along the way. Log food by photo Snap a picture of your meal and Stride estimates the foods and their nutrition for you. No more hunting through a database. You review and adjust every item, in real portions like "5 cashews" or "1 fillet," before anything is saved. Three ways to log food Photo, barcode scan, or search a database of millions of foods. Servings show in ounces and grams. Your AI Companion A knowledgeable, supportive companion that understands GLP-1 medications and remembers your journey. Ask about side effects, plateaus, protein, dose timing, and the ups and downs. It is not a medical provider, and it is not a substitute for your doctor. Track what matters Doses and dose reminders, weight trends, protein and macros, sleep, steps, workouts, mood, and non-scale wins. Connect Apple Health to bring it all together. See your progress Clear charts, progress photos, and milestones that show how far you've come. Premium Unlimited photo logging and Companion chats, full macro tracking, food database search, complete progress history, and watermark-free sharing. Basic includes a daily allowance so you can try everything. Stride is a wellness and tracking app. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always talk to your healthcare provider about medical decisions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GLPal at none against Stride's 2. GLPal also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Stride sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. GLPal asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GLPal against 5.0 for Stride. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
GLPal ships an update every 3 days, Stride every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.
| Parameter | GLPal | Stride |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | WENGE ZHANG | Kevin Zhu |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
GLPal
No in-app purchases
Stride
- Stride Premium$7.991 Month
- Stride Premium Annual$59.991 Year









