Comparison

WaveFast vs MapStride

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

Head to head
About

WaveFast

Track your intermittent fasting with a visually engaging and user-friendly interface. This app offers a one-time purchase, no subscriptions, and prioritizes user privacy by storing all data locally. Stay motivated with fluid animations and smart notifications.

Highlights
  • Mesmerizing fluid wave animation
  • Dynamic Island & Live Activities integration
  • History and streak tracking
  • Customizable water themes
  • Body status insights
  • Smart notifications
  • Privacy-focused local data storage
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Reach your intermittent fasting goals with WaveFast, the most visually stunning and intuitive fasting tracker on the App Store. Say goodbye to bloated apps and expensive monthly subscriptions. WaveFast is built for one thing: tracking your fast with an elegant, fluid interface that makes reaching your goals satisfying and stress-free. Pay once, use forever. No accounts, no data tracking, no subscriptions. CORE FEATURES: 1、Mesmerizing Fluid Animation: Watch your progress rise like water. The calming wave animation reduces anxiety and keeps you motivated. 2、Dynamic Island & Live Activities: Never open the app just to check the time. Keep your fast visible on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. 3、History & Streak Tracking: Never lose your progress. WaveFast automatically saves your completed fasts so you can track your journey, view your longest fast, and build your streaks. 4、Custom Water Themes: Personalize your experience with stunning premium colors like Sakura Pink, Aurora Green, and Midnight Purple. 5、Body Status Insights: Know exactly what's happening inside your body—from fat burning to autophagy—based on real-time scientific milestones. 6、Smart Notifications: Get instantly notified when you reach the fat-burning zone and when your goal is achieved. 7、Privacy First: All your data stays locally on your device. We respect your privacy. Available fasting plans include 12h, 14h, 16h, 18h, and 20h. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned faster doing OMAD, WaveFast is your perfect companion. Start your health journey today, beautifully. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

MapStride

Track your runs, walks, and cycling routes with live GPS mapping. Monitor distance, speed, pace, steps, and calories burned. Review your progress and workout history with a clean, ad-free interface.

Highlights
  • Live GPS route tracking
  • Real-time workout statistics
  • Distance, speed, and pace measurement
  • Calorie burn calculation
  • Weekly progress dashboard
  • Workout history log
Features
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MapStride is a free GPS run, walk and cycle tracker that maps your route, measures your stats and tracks your fitness progress in one clean app. Need a run tracker, walking tracker or cycle tracker? MapStride handles all three without a subscription or paywall, and without the clutter of Strava, MapMyRun or MapMyWalk. No account required to start. GPS ROUTE TRACKING ON A LIVE MAP Every workout is tracked live on a GPS map. Your route appears as you move. Choose from multiple map styles. When you finish, your complete route is saved to review, share or compare. Run it, walk it, cycle it on your workout map. FREE RUNNING TRACKER, WALKING TRACKER AND CYCLING TRACKER IN ONE APP Built for runners, walkers, cyclists, hikers and anyone who moves outdoors. A free running app and run tracker with GPS pace and distance. A walking tracker, step counter and step tracker with calories burned. A cycling tracker and cycle tracker with speed and distance. A hike tracker or hiking tracker for trails and trekking. All in one app. REAL-TIME GPS STATS FOR EVERY WORKOUT • Distance in kilometres or miles • Time, duration and moving time • Current speed and average speed • Pace per kilometre or mile • Steps during walking and running • Elevation gain • Calorie tracker estimates from your profile (height, weight, age and activity) Stats update live. Track running distance, track walking distance and use MapStride as a cardio tracker, distance tracker and outdoor fitness tracker. Plan walking routes on the map as you go. RELIABLE BACKGROUND TRACKING Background GPS keeps recording with the screen off or in other apps. Pause and resume mid-workout. Recover a session if the app closes. Data saves locally even offline. Switch metric or imperial units anytime. GOALS, STREAKS AND PROGRESS RINGS Set goals for distance, steps, calories, duration or workout count: daily, weekly or monthly. Mark a primary goal on home-screen rings. Build a daily streak, celebrate milestones and personal bests, with evening reminders, weekly recap alerts and re-engagement messages. PROGRESS CHARTS, CALENDAR AND WEEKLY INSIGHTS Interactive charts for week, month and year, plus a calendar view. See weekly distance, calories, steps and active time by running, walking and cycling. A fitness tracker and workout tracker focused on improvement, not a social feed. WORKOUT HISTORY, SHARING AND ROUTE REVIEW Every workout saves its GPS route map, time, distance, pace, speed, steps, elevation and calories. Filter by activity. Export shareable workout cards in multiple styles after each outing. GUEST MODE, CLOUD SYNC AND APPLE HEALTH Start as a guest with no sign-up. Local history from session one. Sign in with Apple, Google or email for cloud backup, synced goals and a profile across devices. Optionally connect Apple Health to import or export steps, workouts, distance and calories. PERSONALISATION Light, dark or system theme. Metric or imperial units. Multiple languages. Profile photo and health profile for accurate calorie estimates. OUTDOOR FITNESS WITHOUT THE COMPLEXITY Clean GPS tracking for outdoor run, walk, cycle or hike. No social feed. No premium paywall on core tracking. No subscription required for everyday logging. Looking for a free running app, walking app, walking tracker, cycling tracker, step counter app or Strava alternative? MapStride covers walk, run and cycle in one focused package. FREE TO DOWNLOAD GPS maps, live stats, step counter, steps tracker, calorie tracking, elevation, history, goals, streaks, charts, shareable cards and route review are free to use. Download MapStride free on the App Store. Start your run, walk or cycle. Track it on the map. TERMS OF USE (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

WaveFast4 screens
MapStride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MapStride at none against WaveFast's 1. MapStride also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. WaveFast sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MapStride asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for WaveFast against 5.0 for MapStride. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MapStride has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WaveFast ships an update every 3 weeks, MapStride every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
WaveFast versus MapStride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWaveFastMapStride
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings116 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.616.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB98 MB
Age rating9+4+
Developer瑞华 张ARTEVUS TECHNOLOGIES (PRIVATE) LIMITED

Customer experience

WaveFast

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MapStride

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WaveFast

One-time1
  • WaveFast Pro$4.99
None

MapStride

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WaveFast free?
WaveFast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MapStride free?
MapStride is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WaveFast or MapStride?
WaveFast and MapStride are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 16 ratings respectively.
Do WaveFast or MapStride have ads?
Neither WaveFast nor MapStride shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WaveFast or MapStride?
WaveFast ships an update every 3 weeks, and MapStride every 4 days. Most recently, WaveFast was updated on October 3, 2026 and MapStride on October 9, 2026.

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