Stride vs NextSet

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.

NextSet is a simple rest timer for your sets. Tap one of your quick timers and your rest starts. You feel and hear the last seconds on your wrist or iPhone – then it’s time for your next set. ONE TAP TO REST • One or two big quick timers on the start screen (1:30 and 3:00 to begin with) • Up to 12 more timers below, each started with a single tap • Tap another timer during a rest to switch straight to it • ±15 seconds, pause and resume, or end your rest early • When the rest is over, “GO!” counts the time you’ve gone over, and “Repeat rest” starts the same rest again A COUNTDOWN YOU CAN FEEL • Signal in the last 3, 5 or 10 seconds – or turn it off • Strong haptics on iPhone, the Taptic Engine on Apple Watch • Three sounds: Beep, Chime and Digital. On iPhone they play over your music, which is briefly lowered, and even in silent mode • Mute the sounds right from the start screen MADE FOR APPLE WATCH • Big quick timers right on the start screen, more timers below • Full-screen ring with countdown, ±15 s, pause and “Repeat rest”, also on the Always On display • Keeps running with your arm down, so the countdown taps and the end signal reliably reach your wrist • Timers sync with your iPhone and can be edited on both devices ALWAYS IN VIEW • Live Activity on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island and in the Smart Stack on Apple Watch • A notification when your rest is over while the app is in the background • The display stays on during a rest (optional) SIRI, SHORTCUTS & ACTION BUTTON • “Start Quick Timer”, “Start Rest Timer” with any number of seconds, and “End Rest” • Start a rest hands-free with Siri or the Action button YOUR TIMERS, YOUR WAY • Rename timers, for example “Squats” • Reorder or delete them – long-press a timer for more options • Light and dark mode, large rounded digits, Liquid Glass design PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your timers and settings stay on your devices.