Stride vs Spoons

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.

Plan your day around the energy you actually have — not the energy you wish you had. Spoons is an energy-aware task planner built around Spoon Theory. Set your capacity for the day, give each task an energy cost, and see what you can realistically take on before you've overcommitted. Spoon theory was named by Christine Miserandino, who used a handful of spoons to explain to a friend what living with lupus felt like. The idea is simple: every task costs energy, and you only have so much to spend each day. Spoons turns that idea into a practical planner. HOW IT WORKS Each morning, tell Spoons how many spoons you have today. Rate tasks from 1 to 5 based on how much energy they take, then decide where they belong: • Today • Tomorrow • Next Day • Soon • Someday • On Hold Each bucket has a spoon cap, so you can see how much of your available energy you've committed. If you're taking on too much, Spoons gently pushes back — rebalance your day, or consciously decide that today is a bigger day than usual. Anything you don't finish rolls forward automatically. No guilt. No streaks. No shame. WHY SPOONS IS DIFFERENT • Plan around energy, not just time. See what you can realistically fit into the capacity you have today. • You stay in control. Place tasks where you want them. No algorithm decides what your day should look like. • See your limits before you hit them. Spoon caps show how full your day is. • Unfinished tasks roll forward instead of becoming another thing to feel guilty about. • Built for low-energy days. Low Energy Mode hides everything that isn't Critical or High priority when you need to simplify your day. • Projects, tags, due dates, and priorities give you the fundamentals of a task manager — without the pressure. • Light and dark themes follow your system settings. FREE FOREVER The full task manager is free. You don't need an account to use Spoons, and your tasks are stored locally on your device. There is no paywall blocking the core task-planning experience. Use Spoons for as long as you want without paying for Premium. PREMIUM When you're ready for more: • Cloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and soon the web • Recurring tasks — daily, weekly, monthly, or every X days • Full-text search across tasks, notes, and tags • Completion statistics and a yearly heatmap to see your patterns • Quick-add bar — add a task without opening a detail screen Premium is $3.99/month or $29.99/year and includes a 7-day free trial. WHO IS SPOONS FOR? • People living with chronic illness, fatigue, or pain conditions • People with ADHD who need a smaller, more realistic to-do list • Anyone recovering from burnout • Anyone who regularly plans more than they can realistically accomplish • Anyone who's tired of ending the day feeling like they "didn't do enough" Your energy isn't unlimited. Your planner shouldn't pretend that it is. PRIVACY Free users never need to sign in, and your tasks stay on your device. Spoons collects basic, anonymous usage analytics — such as app opens, daily check-ins, and task activity — tied to a private device ID rather than your name or email. This helps us understand whether Spoons is helping people and improve the app. There is no advertising, third-party analytics SDKs, ad tracking, or data brokerage. Premium cloud sync is opt-in and runs through Supabase. Subscriptions are managed through RevenueCat and Apple, which receive your purchase and subscription status. We don't sell your data. Spoons is inspired by Christine Miserandino's essay at butyoudontlooksick.com. Spoon theory belongs to the community; this app is a love letter to it. Subscription terms: Spoons Premium automatically renews until cancelled. Manage or cancel through your Apple ID subscription settings. Cancelling stops future renewals; existing paid periods are not refunded. The free trial converts to a paid subscription unless cancelled at least 24 hours before it ends.