Strut vs Pace Monster

Walk more. Scroll less. It really is that simple. Strut turns your daily step goal into the key that unlocks your favorite apps. Choose the apps you waste the most time on, set your step target, and Strut keeps them locked until you've earned them. No willpower required — just put one foot in front of the other. YOUR STEPS, YOUR RULES Set a daily step goal that works for you. Strut tracks your progress in real time through Apple Health and adjusts throughout the day based on your walking schedule. Hit your goal early? Your apps unlock for the rest of the day. Fall behind? Strut keeps you honest. THREE LEVELS OF ACCOUNTABILITY Not everyone needs the same push. Choose the level that fits your lifestyle: - Gentle: A friendly reminder that you're behind — no blocking, just awareness. - Moderate: Apps are blocked, but you get a few snoozes when you really need access. - Strict: No exceptions. Walk first, scroll later. DESIGNED AROUND YOUR DAY Pick a walking schedule that matches your routine — morning walker, lunch and after-work, evening walker, or steady throughout the day. Set your active hours so blocking only applies when it should. Your phone, your schedule, your terms. STREAKS THAT MATTER Every day you hit your goal counts. Build streaks that keep you coming back. Life happens — use a weekly streak freeze so one off day doesn't break your momentum. WALK WITH FRIENDS Add friends, climb the leaderboard, and challenge each other to step competitions. A little friendly rivalry makes the habit stick. SEE YOUR PROGRESS A beautiful dashboard shows your step ring, hourly breakdown, and real-time pace throughout the day. Swipe over to your activity view for history, trends, and a stark look at what your screen time really costs you. CELEBRATE THE WINS When you hit your goal, you'll know it. Confetti, haptics, and the satisfying feeling of earning back your screen time. It never gets old. Strut is for anyone who knows they should walk more and scroll less but needs a reason to actually do it. No guilt. No lectures. Just a simple trade: steps for screens. Download Strut. Start walking. Earn your apps. — Strut is free to use. Strut Pro unlocks unlimited app blocking, extra weekly streak freezes, all strictness levels, custom walking schedules, active hours, and advanced insights. Free 7-day trial, then $4.99/month or $29.99/year. Friends, leaderboards, and challenges are always free. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

A monster is always behind you. Pace Monster turns your iPhone's step counter into a chase. A cute monster walks at your daily step goal, all day, every day. Every step you take keeps you ahead of it. Sit still too long and it closes in. If it catches you, you lose a heart. Lose every heart in one day and it evolves into something scarier, and your streak breaks. A walking game for anyone who wants a reason to move. No workouts. No sessions. No GPS. Just walk. HOW IT WORKS • Pick your daily pace (2,000–12,000 steps) and how many hearts you get each day • Your iPhone's motion sensor drives the chase. Add the Home Screen widget and one glance shows how close it is • Wear an Apple Watch? Allow Apple Health and your watch steps join the chase. The watch app and complication show the monster on your wrist • The monster's face tells the story: oblivious when you're safely ahead, game face when it's gaining, genuinely scary when it's close • Hit your daily goal and the monster falls asleep until tomorrow. Nothing catches you after that • Win a day and it calms down a phase. Get wiped out and it evolves into a faster, meaner monster • Every day lands on your streak calendar. Tap any day to see how it went, hour by hour BUILT TO BE FAIR • Every 7-day streak earns a freeze token, and you can hold two. Sick, injured or traveling? Freeze the day and your streak survives • Pause everything, any time, penalty-free • Steps past double your pace earn nothing extra. This is a walking game, not a grinding game • Walking is always enough. Running is never required • Changes to your pace or hearts start tomorrow, so every day is played by the rules it started with YOUR DATA • No account needed. No GPS • Steps come from your iPhone's motion sensor and, if you allow it, from Apple Health (HealthKit), so Apple Watch steps count too. Pace Monster reads steps only, never writes to Apple Health, and processes them on your iPhone. Health data is never used for ads or shared with anyone • Create an optional account (Sign in with Apple, Google or email) to back up your streak and settings for a new phone • Export or erase everything from Settings • Two short video ads and nothing more: one before you spend a freeze token, and at most one a day when you open your streak history. Never when you get caught, and pausing is always ad-free Choose your pace. Stay ahead. Don't get caught.