Comparison

Stride vs StepVault

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

Head to head
About

Stride

Features
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Count your steps. Then beat someone. Stride is a step counter and pedometer built around friendly walking competition. Track your daily steps, challenge a friend to a Step Battle, or race the pace you need to hit your goal with Stride Companion. CHALLENGE A FRIEND Send a Step Battle invitation, choose when it ends, and see who walks more. Your friend doesn't need to be online at the same time — the battle starts when they accept and only new steps count. DAILY STEPS See your daily step total and goal progress. Open Activity details for distance, active calories, and Lock Screen controls. Stride uses Apple Health and your iPhone's motion data. STRIDE COMPANION Compare your steps with the pace you need to reach your daily goal, shaped by your recent activity. See whether you're ahead or behind as the day unfolds. RANDOM BATTLES Want a stranger instead? Find another walker for a 30-minute Random Battle. Both walkers confirm they're ready, then compete during the same window. Most steps wins. Matching depends on another walker being available — if no one is, you can challenge a friend instead. Build your battle record with completed battles, wins, personal bests, milestones, and a weekly goal. WALKS AND WORKOUTS Track steps, distance, pace, and your route during a session. Review your completed walks and workouts in History. LOCK SCREEN AND DYNAMIC ISLAND Follow your current activity at a glance. An active battle takes priority while your walk tracking continues. HISTORY AND PROGRESS Compare your week with the previous one and review daily totals, sessions, and completed challenges. Light and dark appearances follow your iPhone's settings. YOU CHOOSE WHEN TO JOIN An invitation doesn't start a battle. Confirm when you're ready, manage invitation preferences, and report or block an opponent when needed. Your raw Apple Health records and walking routes stay on your device. Battles share the information needed to run the competition, including your display name and battle score. Opponent scores can pause while a phone is locked or offline. Reopen Stride to refresh them. Results can remain pending while final scores are checked.

About

StepVault

Features
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Your steps tell a story. StepVault makes it easy to see it. StepVault turns the activity already recorded in Apple Health into a simple, beautiful view of your daily and historical movement. See how many steps you've taken today, then go further with totals for your week, month, year and all-time recorded history. STEP HISTORY • Today's steps at a glance • Weekly step totals • Monthly step totals • Year-to-date steps • All-time recorded steps • Historical daily activity ACTIVITY DETAILS View your: • Steps • Walking and running distance • Active calories • Exercise minutes • Flights climbed GOALS Set a daily step goal that works for you. Choose from quick presets or enter your own custom goal. Choose a distance goal and display your distances in either miles or kilometers. HISTORY & TRENDS Explore your activity across different time periods and quickly understand how your movement changes over time. PERSONAL RECORDS Discover your best days, goal streaks, lifetime totals and other activity milestones. TROPHIES Unlock achievements for daily step milestones, goal streaks and lifetime accomplishments. Repeatable achievements can level up as you earn them again. PRIVATE BY DESIGN StepVault reads activity information you choose to share through Apple Health. No StepVault account is required. Your activity. Your history. Your StepVault. StepVault is intended for general fitness and informational purposes and is not a medical application.

Screenshots

Stride4 screens
StepVault4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: StepVault at 17.0 against Stride's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Stride costs $0.99 and StepVault $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Stride versus StepVault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrideStepVault
Price$0.99$0.99
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTom WeissJoshua Marcum

In-app purchases

None

Stride

No in-app purchases

None

StepVault

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stride free?
Stride costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is StepVault free?
StepVault costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stride or StepVault have ads?
Neither Stride nor StepVault shows ads.

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