HexStride vs Flapups
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
HexStride
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Where you walk becomes yours. HexStride turns the streets you already walk into a board of hexagons, twenty-seven metres across. Walk a street and the hexagons under your feet are yours. Close a loop and everything inside it is yours too. Walk through a rival's ground and you take it, one layer at a time. The biggest patch leads, and the board never resets. EARNED ON FOOT Every hexagon on the map was walked by somebody. Claims count walking or running, and a walk at vehicle speed, or one your phone's step counter says you didn't walk, claims nothing. No clock ever holds ground for anyone: what defends a hexagon is walking it again, which hardens it, and a rival needs one walk to crack a layer and another to take it. How claims are checked is public at hexstride.app/fair-play. A GAME THAT STAYS KIND Your score only goes up. Losing ground stops it climbing, never subtracts. Two rest days a week are free, and a short week is never called a failure. One nudge a day at your usual hour, nothing between ten at night and eight in the morning, no red badges. WALK. RUN. LOOP. Start counts you down and follows you through real 3D streets. During the walk the hexagons you'd claim light up as outlines; tap End and they sweep in along your route. Runs count too and are saved to Apple Health as runs. THE BOARD A board for every district, city, region and country, with a podium at the top and your own row pinned wherever it falls. Tap any patch to see who holds it: their name, their photo and how much ground they hold against yours. Send a wave. Invite a friend to the same streets. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account and no sign-up. Your routes never leave your phone; only the hexagons you claimed do. Nobody, including us, can see where you walked. No ads, no analytics that track you, no data sale. Delete everything from inside the app, any time. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN A Live Activity for the walk in progress, and widgets for the week's days out and the ground you hold. Share a walk as a story or a post, or send it to Strava. A city with nobody in it is yours for the taking. Bring a friend and it's a rivalry.
Flapups
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THE WORKOUT YOU WANT TO PLAY. FlapUps turns push-ups into an arcade game. Put your iPhone on the floor, get into a plank and your head becomes the controller: go down and Pip dives, push up and Pip climbs through the pipes. No counting reps, no gym. TRY IT FIRST Play a short demo round in onboarding before you decide on a subscription. FRESH PIPES EVERY FLIGHT Every round is a new random course that runs until you hit a pipe. Perfect clears stack combos up to x4. STREAKS, LEVELS AND FRIENDS One counted push-up a day keeps your streak. Earn XP, level up and unlock gear for Pip. Beat your friends on the daily board, where the best score of the day wins, and share a score card with an invite link. YOUR PLAN Tell us how many push-ups you can do and what you want to reach. FlapUps shows your daily target and nudges you at the time you choose. PRIVACY BY DESIGN Movement tracking runs on your iPhone. FlapUps does not record or upload your camera video, and we never sell your data. PLAY SAFELY Place your iPhone on a stable surface with enough clear space and good light. Move within a comfortable range and stop if you feel pain, dizziness or unusual shortness of breath. FlapUps is a fitness game and does not provide medical advice. SUBSCRIPTION A FlapUps subscription is required after the demo round. Weekly and yearly plans are available with no free trial. The price is shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://abenteuergeist.com/flapups/privacy Terms of Use: https://abenteuergeist.com/flapups/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Flapups at every 2 days against HexStride's every 5 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. HexStride sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Flapups sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HexStride ships an update every 5 days, Flapups every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HexStride | Flapups |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BEN DUSHNITZKY | Abenteuergeist |
In-app purchases
HexStride
- Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Annual14 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Lifetime$79.99
Flapups
- Sweatcade Pro Weekly$6.997 Days
- Sweatcade Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year









