Comparison

StepCat vs Stride

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

Head to head
About

StepCat

This app transforms your daily steps into a rewarding experience by letting you build and decorate a charming cat cafe. Track your progress, collect adorable cats, and stay motivated to move more.

Highlights
  • Automatic step tracking
  • Cat cafe building and decoration
  • Cat collection and unlocking
  • Goal setting and progress tracking
  • Friend system for comparison and visits
  • Streak maintenance and rewards
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Build a cozy cat cafe with every step. StepCat Pedometer turns your daily walks into something warm, playful, and rewarding. Track your steps automatically, stay motivated, and grow a cafe filled with adorable cats as you move through the day. Whether you want a gentle push to walk more or a fun way to stay consistent, StepCat makes daily movement feel lighter and more enjoyable. What you can do in StepCat: • Track your daily steps automatically • Set goals and watch your progress grow • Build and decorate your own cat cafe • Unlock and collect charming cats • Keep up your streak and earn rewards • Add friends, compare progress, and visit their cafes StepCat is designed for people who want a more comforting, feel-good alternative to traditional fitness apps. It gives you the motivation of a step tracker without the cold, clinical vibe. If you’ve ever wanted a pedometer that feels cute, cozy, and actually fun to come back to, StepCat is for you. Take more steps. Grow your cafe. Collect more cats. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Stride

Compete with friends in step-based challenges and leagues. Turn your daily walks into races and track your progress with real-time updates and historical data. Offers customizable features and privacy controls.

Highlights
  • Weekly step leagues
  • Head-to-head friend races
  • Daily goal streaks
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Step history tracking
  • Private by default data
Features
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Your steps. Now it's a race. Stride is a step counter with a finish line. Your friends run beside you on a real track, each one a different-colored Bib, and the finish line is your daily goal. Stride also turns the steps you already walk into a weekly competition against real people. Every Monday you join a league group of up to 30. Every Sunday the top finishers move up and the bottom ones move down. No equipment, no workouts to log — just walk. WEEKLY LEAGUES Twelve leagues, Bronze to Immortal, stacked like floors of one mountain. Your daily step total is your score. Watch the board move in real time, see exactly how many steps put you in the promotion places, and find out where you finished when the season closes. RACE A FRIEND Challenge anyone to a head-to-head: most steps over three days, first to 50,000, or a weekend sprint. Everyone runs on a real track — each friend a different-colored Bib, the finish line at the target — so you see who's ahead, down to the last step. STREAKS AND MARKS Hit your daily goal to build a streak. Bib, your running buddy, will let you know — loudly — when it's about to break. Earn marks for the milestones that actually took effort. WIDGETS WITH PRO Today's progress, your league rank, your streak and your race, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen, updated through the day. STEP HISTORY Every day you've walked since you installed Stride, week by week, with your goal line drawn through it. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Stride reads one thing from Apple Health: your daily step count. No workouts, no location, no routes. No ads, no trackers, no data sold. Delete your account in Settings and everything goes with it. STRIDE PRO Monthly, yearly (starting with a 7-day free trial) or once for life. Streak freezes (miss a day, keep your streak) and a monthly streak repair, a League Shield (stay in your league once a month), Home and Lock Screen widgets, your own Bib — colour, headband, shirt, shades, a cap or a crown, and your friends see it — unlimited races, advanced statistics and the full history. The leagues, streaks and friend races are free forever. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://mosamir01.github.io/stride/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://mosamir01.github.io/stride/privacy.html Walking is more fun when someone's chasing you.

Screenshots

StepCat4 screens
Stride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stride at every 4 days against StepCat's every 2 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. StepCat sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Stride sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. 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 StepCat against 5.0 for Stride. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StepCat ships an update every 2 weeks, Stride every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
StepCat versus Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepCatStride
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB30 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHumbal HassanMohamed Aboushady

Customer experience

StepCat

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

Stride

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

StepCat

Subscriptions3
  • StepCat Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • StepCat Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • StepCat Pro Annual$59.991 Year
3 purchases

Stride

Subscriptions2
  • Stride Pro — Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Stride Pro — Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Stride Pro$19.99

Questions

Is StepCat free?
StepCat 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, StepCat or Stride?
StepCat and Stride are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do StepCat or Stride have ads?
Neither StepCat nor Stride shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StepCat or Stride?
StepCat ships an update every 2 weeks, and Stride every 4 days. Most recently, StepCat was updated on October 24, 2026 and Stride on October 29, 2026.

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