Comparison

FitFerry vs Stride

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

Head to head
About

FitFerry

Easily import and export your workout data from various fitness platforms into Apple Health. This app allows you to bring your historical runs, rides, and swims with original dates and details, and also export your Apple Health workouts to standard file formats.

Highlights
  • Import GPX, TCX, FIT files
  • Import entire platform exports
  • Preview file contents
  • Export workouts from Apple Health
  • Filter and multi-select exports
  • No accounts or server data
Features
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Your data should be yours. The runs, rides, and swims you've logged over the years belong to you, not to whichever platform holds them. FitFerry moves them into Apple Health and back out again, whenever you like. Import GPX, TCX, and FIT files — one at a time or a whole export zip from other platforms, like Strava or Garmin — into Apple Health as genuine historical workouts: original dates, GPS routes, heart rate, and distance. Every file is previewed first and logged after. Workouts already imported are skipped and likely duplicates are flagged, so importing the same export twice is safe. IMPORT ▸ Bring GPX, TCX, and FIT files into Apple Health as genuine historical workouts with real past dates, GPS routes, and heart rate ▸ Drop in a whole platform export zip and bring your entire history over in one pass ▸ The File Inspector shows exactly what each file carries before anything is written ▸ Delete anything FitFerry imported — one workout, one batch, or everything EXPORT ▸ Take workouts out of Apple Health as GPX or TCX files ▸ Filter, multi-select, and export as many as you like ▸ Export is always free and unlimited No accounts. No analytics. No data on servers. No third-party access. Your files and health data are processed on your iPhone or iPad. FitFerry is not affiliated with Apple, Strava, or Garmin.

About

Stride

Track your walks and runs with real-time GPS, rewarding milestones, and personal insights. Monitor shoe mileage, set weekly goals, and advance through lifetime tiers without ads or battery drain.

Highlights
  • Real-Time GPS Tracking
  • Apple Watch Companion
  • Apple Health Integration
  • Weekly Goal Tracking
  • Lifetime Level Progression
  • Personal Records & Analytics
  • Shoe Closet & Health Tracker
Features
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Stride is a fast, beautiful, and distraction-free walking and running tracker designed to turn your daily mileage and steps into a rewarding journey. Whether you are hitting your daily step goal, taking a morning neighborhood walk, training for your first 5K, or tracking lifetime mileage across your favorite pairs of shoes, Stride delivers real-time GPS tracking, step counting, rewarding milestones, and deep personal insights without the noise, ads, or battery drain of traditional fitness apps. KEY FEATURES - Integrated Step Counting: Track your total steps for every walk, hike, or run. Monitor your step count in real time during active workouts and review total steps in your post-walk summary and history. - Real-Time GPS Tracking & Live Activities: Track distance, active duration, current pace, average pace, elevation gain, and steps with precision. Glance at live workout metrics right from your Dynamic Island and Lock Screen, with customizable split audio announcements. - Apple Watch Companion & Standalone Tracking: Track workouts directly on your wrist with native Apple Watch support. Monitor real-time heart rate and step counts, feel crisp haptic split alerts, and close your Activity rings with full HealthKit integration. Start on your watch and finish on your iPhone (or vice versa) with seamless live mirroring, or leave your phone behind for untethered Watch GPS workouts. - Apple Health Integration: Seamlessly sync your workouts, routes, steps, and active metrics to Apple Health to keep all your fitness data in one place. - Weekly Goal Tracking: Set custom weekly distance goals in miles or kilometers. Watch your weekly progress bar fill up in the History tab, track your goal on your Home Screen widget, and celebrate every time you hit your target. - Lifetime Level Progression: Advance through 10 lifetime tiers from Explorer all the way to Legend. Watch the app theme dynamically shift to match your earned tier, and track your next milestone on the interactive Lifetime Roadmap. - Personal Records & Analytics: Automatically track your all-time fastest achievements across 1-Mile, 5K, 10K, and Half Marathon distances. - Shoe Closet & Health Tracker: Track mileage across your running shoe rotation. Visual wear gauges monitor midsole life and notify you when it is time to retire a pair before injury strikes. - Hands-Free Siri Controls: Pause, resume, or finish workouts hands-free using Siri on your iPhone or AirPods ("Hey Siri, pause Stride"). - External Heart Rate Sensor Support: Connect standard Bluetooth LE chest straps and armbands to stream live heart rate directly into your workout stats. YOUR DATA BELONGS TO YOU - 100% PRIVATE We believe your fitness journey, daily routes, and physical habits are deeply personal. - No Third-Party Accounts: No email signups, no social logins, and no third-party tracking SDKs. - Private iCloud Sync: All workouts, routes, splits, steps, and shoe data are stored strictly on your device and inside your own personal, encrypted Apple iCloud container. - Zero Data Collection: We never have access to your GPS routes, workout history, or personal data. We cannot see, store, share, or sell your data to advertisers or data brokers. Ever. BUILT FOR WALKERS & RUNNERS - Customizable Units of Distance: Easily switch between miles and kilometers. - Light & Dark Modes: Clean, modern interface designed specifically for iOS and watchOS. - Battery & Storage Optimized: Lightweight data footprint ensures long battery life and minimal storage impact. Move with purpose. Track with pride. Download Stride today! SUBSCRIPTION & TERMS Stride offers an optional annual auto-renewable subscription (Stride Pro) with a 14-day free trial. See full terms and privacy policy at these links: Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/strideapp/privacy-policy

Screenshots

FitFerry4 screens
Stride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stride at every 5 days against FitFerry's every 3 weeks. Stride also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. FitFerry sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Stride sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FitFerry against 5.0 for Stride. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FitFerry ships an update every 3 weeks, Stride every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
FitFerry versus Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFitFerryStride
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReforged Studio LLCMatthew Adjemian

Customer experience

FitFerry

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

Stride

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FitFerry

One-time1
  • Unlimited Imports$2.99
1 purchases

Stride

Subscriptions1
  • Stride Pro Annual14 Days trial$1.991 Year

Questions

Is FitFerry free?
FitFerry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FitFerry or Stride?
FitFerry and Stride are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do FitFerry or Stride have ads?
Neither FitFerry nor Stride shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FitFerry or Stride?
FitFerry ships an update every 3 weeks, and Stride every 5 days. Most recently, FitFerry was updated on October 31, 2026 and Stride on October 24, 2026.

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