Comparison

Pacto vs Stride

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

Head to head
About

Pacto

This app helps you build habits by connecting with friends. Prove your progress with photos and stay accountable in private groups. Track streaks, set goals, and chat with your group to encourage each other.

Highlights
  • Photo proof for habit check-ins
  • Private group creation
  • Activity status tracking
  • Streak and goal monitoring
  • In-app group chat and reactions
Features
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Build real habits with real friends. Pacto is the group habit tracker where you prove your progress with photos. No fake check-ins -- snap a photo, share it with your group, and stay accountable together. WHY PACTO WORKS -- Photo Proof -- Take a photo when you complete your habit. Your group sees the proof. No more checking a box and lying to yourself. -- Small Groups, Real Pressure -- Create private groups of friends around any habit -- fitness, reading, meditation, cooking. When everyone can see who showed up and who didn't, you show up. -- Activity Status -- Every member earns a status based on consistency: Locked In, Active, Present, or MIA. Your group knows exactly where you stand. -- Streaks & Goals -- Track your streak and set weekly goals. Watch your consistency grow over time. -- Stay Connected -- Chat with your group, react to check-ins, cheer your friends on, or poke the ones falling behind. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create or join a group around a habit you want to build 2. Check in daily by snapping a photo of your progress 3. See your group's check-ins, streaks, and activity status 4. Chat, react, cheer, and hold each other accountable Pacto works best with people you actually know. Invite your friends, your gym partners, your book club -- anyone you want to build habits with. Download Pacto and start proving it.

About

Stride

Features
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Start doing. Stride turns your goals into daily habits and puts a real accountability partner - or your whole team - in your corner. Every check-off updates a Lock Screen Live Activity, so your day is always one glance away. WHY ANOTHER HABIT APP? Because tracking alone doesn't change anything. The thing that actually moves the needle is having someone who cares whether you did it. Stride is built around that one idea. WHAT YOU GET - Daily Execution Score One 0–100% number that tells you how today is really going. Personal habits show in green. Team tasks show in blue. Skipping doesn't ding you, but pretending you did doesn't help either. - Real Accountability Partners Search by @username, send an invite, and your partner sees what you completed and what you didn't. They can nudge you, congratulate you, or just be a quiet presence. No bots. No streak shame. Real humans. - Teams & Shared Workspaces Cofounder duos, gym buddies, study groups, sales pods. Create a team, share goals, assign tasks, watch progress roll up across everyone. - Live Activity + Lock Screen Your score ring lives on the Lock Screen. Up to 5 of your most important habits sit right there. Tap to complete from the Dynamic Island. Glance to know where you stand. - Four Goal Types That Match How You Think Milestone, Outcome, Performance, or Habit — pick the one that fits, and Stride links the right habits underneath automatically. - Story Entries Attach a photo and a note to any goal. Build a real record of how you got there. Share the milestone card when you hit it. - Smart Notifications Morning briefing. Evening check-in. Habit reminders. Partner activity. You control all of it. - Built for iOS 17+ Native SwiftUI. Dark mode. Dynamic Island. Apple-tier polish, not a website wrapped in a webview. WHO IT'S FOR Founders, students, athletes, creators — anyone whose progress depends on showing up daily and who already knows that solo discipline isn't quite cutting it. PRIVACY Your data is yours. We don't sell it, we don't run ads, we don't profile you. Account deletion happens entirely in-app. TRY STRIDE Free to start with one accountability partner and unlimited personal goals. Pro unlocks teams, unlimited partners, full story photo history, and advanced insights. Stop tracking. Start doing. Your future gets built one Stride at a time.

Screenshots

Pacto4 screens
Stride4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pacto and Stride are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pacto versus Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPactoStride
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB6 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLucky Echo Labs, Inc.Fika Media LLC

In-app purchases

None

Pacto

No in-app purchases

None

Stride

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pacto free?
Pacto is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pacto or Stride have ads?
Neither Pacto nor Stride shows ads.

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