Stride vs Pacewall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Stride
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Stride is a beautifully simple step tracker designed around one thing: the satisfaction of closing your daily goal. Watch your steps climb a single glowing ring in real time as you walk. Cross your goal and the ring comes alive with a celebration โ and your streak grows by another day. โ A LIVING RING โ Your day is one elegant ring that fills as you move, lapping itself when you blow past your goal. Powered by your iPhone's motion sensor and Apple Health, it updates live. โ STREAKS THAT KEEP YOU GOING โ Every day you hit your goal extends your streak. Tap the flame to celebrate. Switched from another app? Import your history so your streak picks up right where it left off. โ DAY, WEEK & MONTH โ Swipe between days, weeks, and months with smooth finger-following carousels. See per-day bars, weekly totals, a full month calendar, and long-range trend charts at a glance. โ INSIGHTS โ A "My Day" view plots today's pace against your typical day so you know if you're ahead or behind. Trends break down steps, distance, calories, and active time across any period, with personal records for your best day, best week, and longest streak. โ MADE YOURS โ Light or dark theme, a palette of accent colors from neon to soft pastels, and an adjustable daily goal. โ PRIVATE BY DESIGN โ Stride has no account, no servers, and no tracking. Your data is read from Apple Health and your iPhone's pedometer and stays entirely on your device. Stride reads steps and walking + running distance from Apple Health and uses Motion & Fitness to count live. It never writes to Health and never sends your data anywhere.
Pacewall
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Pacewall shows you your steps โ clear, motivating, and without the clutter. Pick your goal: set a fixed daily target, or let Pacewall calculate it for you. With an active monthly or yearly goal, the app automatically adjusts your daily target based on your progress so far โ recalculated fresh every day. STEPS AT A GLANCE โข A big, easy-to-read progress ring โข Distance and calories in one view โข Current streak: how many days in a row have you hit your goal? A HISTORY THAT MOTIVATES โข Week, month, and year views โข Calendar heatmap for the month โข Trend compared to the previous period โข Best days, with the date FLEXIBLE GOALS โข Set your own daily goal โข Or set a monthly or yearly goal โ Pacewall works out a dynamic daily suggestion for you โข You decide, consciously, whether to adopt the suggestion WIDGETS โข Home Screen: small and medium โข Lock Screen: circular, rectangular, and inline text REMINDERS THAT MAKE SENSE โข An evening nudge if today's goal isn't reached yet โข With a dynamic goal: a morning heads-up with today's suggested step target โข An instant congratulations the moment you hit your goal YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Pacewall reads your data from Health and processes everything directly on your device. Nothing is ever sent to a server or a third party. No account required, no tracking, no ads. Pacewall is built for anyone who wants to keep an eye on their daily movement โ without distraction, without complexity. Just you and your steps.
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Verdict
Stride and Pacewall are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Stride | Pacewall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SpicyTab | Max Brunsch |
In-app purchases
Stride
No in-app purchases
Pacewall
No in-app purchases









