Comparison

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter vs Strive

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

Head to head
About

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter

This app is a social pedometer that encourages users to be more active by tracking steps, distance, and calories. It allows users to compete with friends and colleagues in step challenges, fostering motivation and healthy competition. The app integrates with various wearables and health platforms, offering a battery-efficient way to monitor daily activity and achieve fitness goals.

Highlights
  • Automatic step tracking
  • Distance and calorie monitoring
  • Social step challenges
  • Real-time leaderboards
  • Goal setting and achievements
  • Battery-efficient design
  • Syncs with Apple Health and other wearables
Features
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StepUp makes walking surprisingly fun with friends! Hit your goals, build streaks, join challenges, cheer each other on and walk more together! And StepUp is completely FREE! No subscription needed. No features locked behind paywalls. TRACK YOUR ACTIVITY - Automatically track steps, distance, floors & calories burned - Use just your phone, or sync with wearables - See daily, weekly, monthly & yearly progress - Step up solo or with friends, whatever moves you! BETTER WITH FRIENDS - Get family, friends & colleagues moving together - See daily, weekly & monthly leaderboards - Cheer, taunt, chat and encourage each other - You control who can see your steps FREE STEP CHALLENGES - Great for friends, families, walking & run clubs, offices, teams, schools, gyms & communities - Private groups for a few friends or up to 15,000 people - Group chat to keep the friendly banter going - Set start & end dates, or keep it ongoing - Group admins can export detailed step reports - Hide today’s step counts until tomorrow with Mystery Mode WORKS ACROSS PHONES & WEARABLES - Compete across iPhone, Android & different wearables - See steps on the Apple Watch app & complications - Sync with Apple Health and most wearables like Apple Watch, Fitbit, Garmin, Oura, WHOOP, Withings, Mi Band, Amazfit, Google Fit & Samsung Health STAY MOTIVATED EVERY DAY - Crush your daily goal at your own pace - Build streaks & keep them going with Rest Days - Keep your steps visible with widgets - Set personal records & celebrate achievements - See your country & global ranking - Look back on monthly & yearly StepUp Recaps - Share your walking stats on beautiful photos BOTS KEEP YOU ON YOUR TOES Compete with our walking bots for extra motivation - Try to beat Active Bot or take it easy with Chill Bot - Beat your steps from this time yesterday with Yesterday Bot STOP SCROLLING, START STROLLING! We’re built to move and connect. Join over 10 million people stepping up on StepUp! Invite your friends, get moving and see who gets the most steps today! Contact: team@thestepupapp.com Terms: http://www.thestepupapp.com/terms Privacy: http://www.thestepupapp.com/privacy

About

Strive

Compete in fitness challenges with friends using various metrics like weight loss, steps, and body fat. Track your progress with integrated health data and visualize your journey with insightful charts and graphs.

Highlights
  • Interactive leaderboards
  • 7 competition types
  • Health App integration
  • Smart Scale integration
  • Charts and graphs
  • Weight loss challenges
  • Step tracking
Features
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Strive has built an interactive Leaderboard so you can compete in step challenges, chat, and encourage each other to Strive! Strive Individual plans: * Monthly Premium: $5.99 * Yearly Premium: $24.99 Strive Group plans: * 5 Users Yearly Premium: $99.99 * 10 Users Yearly Premium: $199.99 * 25 Users Yearly Premium: $499.99 * 50 Users Yearly Premium: $999.99 More information on how to host an Employee Step Challenge: https://www.strivecompetitions.com/employee-step-challenge Payments and Renewal: * Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. * Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. * You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your Account settings at any time after purchase * No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active period. Terms of use: https://www.strivecompetitions.com/terms
Privacy policy: https://www.strivecompetitions.com/privacypolicy

Screenshots

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter4 screens
Strive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: StepUp Pedometer Step Counter at free with in-app purchases against Strive's subscription. StepUp Pedometer Step Counter also leads on ratings volume (147K vs 3K) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). Strive's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. StepUp Pedometer Step Counter sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month and Strive sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 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 — 4.8 for StepUp Pedometer Step Counter against 4.8 for Strive. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StepUp Pedometer Step Counter has 147K ratings behind it against 3K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of StepUp Pedometer Step Counter's written reviews are positive against 71% of Strive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter ships an update every 3 days, Strive every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter versus Strive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStepUp Pedometer Step CounterStrive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (147K ratings) — better4.8 (3K ratings)
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews — better71.1% of reviews
Number of ratings147K — better3K
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#47 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB101 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPratik StephenStrive Competitions LLC

Customer experience

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter

All ratings146,485 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews1,462 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral7.4%
Negative19.4%

Strive

All ratings3,048 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive71.1%
Neutral4.4%
Negative24.4%

User reviews

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter

From 147K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Motivating and competitive
  • 👍 Accurate step tracking
  • 👍 Easy to use and navigate
  • 👍 Helpful for weight loss and fitness
  • 👍 Integrates with wearables

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate step counting
  • 🐛 Syncing issues with wearables
  • 🐛 Losing friends/contacts
  • 🐛 Logging out issues
  • 🐛 Inconsistent performance

Strive

From 3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great customer service
  • 🚀 Amazing app for friendly competitions
  • 💡 Fun and motivating
  • 👍 Measuring goals
  • 🚀 Fantastic extrinsic motivator

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Subscription changed significantly
  • 🐛 Glitch
  • 🐛 Support nonexistent
  • 🐛 Doesn't work
  • 🐛 $ to connect to Fitbit , do deleting

Bugs and requests

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Steps not updating correctly
  • Randomly adding extra steps
  • Unable to add friends
  • Frequent app crashes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Apple Watch support
  • Implement a chat feature
  • Allow changing step length settings
  • Provide more detailed leaderboard information
  • Add option to change daily start/end time

Strive

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to read chat
  • Frustrating loss of steps
  • Waste of Money

Requested features

2 requests
  • Relative goals for challenges like apple fitness
  • Weekend challenges

In-app purchases

9 purchases

StepUp Pedometer Step Counter

Subscriptions5
  • Support StepUp$1.001 Month
  • Support StepUp2 variants$2.001 Month
  • Support StepUp$6.001 Year
Show 2 more
  • Support StepUp$10.001 Year
  • Support StepUp$12.001 Year
One-time4
  • Support StepUp$5.00
  • Support StepUp$15.00
  • Support StepUp$20.00
Show 1 more
  • Support StepUp$25.00
14 purchases

Strive

Subscriptions13
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Strive Monthly$1.491 Month
  • Strive Monthly$2.991 Month
Show 10 more
  • 6 Months$3.996 Months
  • Strive Yearly$4.991 Year
  • Annual$5.991 Year
  • Monthly with FREE 7-Day Trial7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Strive Yearly$9.991 Year
  • Yearly with FREE 7-Day Trial7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • 10 Users7 Days trial$39.991 Month
  • 10 Users$50.001 Year
  • 25 Users$100.001 Year
  • 100 Users$300.001 Year
One-time1
  • Public Challenges$5.00

Questions

Is StepUp Pedometer Step Counter free?
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Strive free?
Strive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, StepUp Pedometer Step Counter or Strive?
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter is rated higher. StepUp Pedometer Step Counter averages 4.8 out of 5 from 147K ratings, while Strive averages 4.8 from 3K ratings.
Do StepUp Pedometer Step Counter or Strive have ads?
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter shows ads; Strive does not.
Which is updated more often, StepUp Pedometer Step Counter or Strive?
StepUp Pedometer Step Counter ships an update every 3 days, and Strive every 9 days. Most recently, StepUp Pedometer Step Counter was updated on October 25, 2026 and Strive on October 25, 2026.

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