Comparison

Stride vs Pacewall

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

Head to head
About

Stride

Features
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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.

About

Pacewall

Features
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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 โ€ข A big, easy-to-read progress ring โ€ข Distance and calories in one view โ€ข Current streak: how many days in a row have you hit your goal? A HISTORY THAT MOTIVATES โ€ข Week, month, and year views โ€ข Calendar heatmap for the month โ€ข Trend compared to the previous period โ€ข Best days, with the date FLEXIBLE GOALS โ€ข Set your own daily goal โ€ข Or set a monthly or yearly goal โ€” Pacewall works out a dynamic daily suggestion for you โ€ข You decide, consciously, whether to adopt the suggestion WIDGETS โ€ข Home Screen: small and medium โ€ข Lock Screen: circular, rectangular, and inline text REMINDERS THAT MAKE SENSE โ€ข An evening nudge if today's goal isn't reached yet โ€ข With a dynamic goal: a morning heads-up with today's suggested step target โ€ข 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.

Screenshots

Stride4 screens
Pacewall3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Stride versus Pacewall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStridePacewall
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpicyTabMax Brunsch

In-app purchases

None

Stride

No in-app purchases

None

Pacewall

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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