Stride

Turn your runs into adventures

4.2•14 reviews•

13 followers

Turn your runs into adventures

4.2•14 reviews•

13 followers

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Stride is a new game for runners and walkers. The objective is simple: own the most tiles in your neighbourhood. To capture tiles just hit start and the app tracks your physical movement in the background.

Stride Reviews

The community submitted 14 reviews to tell us what they like about Stride, what Stride can do better, and more.

4.2

Based on 14 reviews

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Stride is a popular app that turns running and walking into a competitive game, encouraging users to explore new routes and claim territory. Users appreciate its motivational aspect, with many noting it has added excitement to their exercise routines. However, some users express concerns about cheating and the developers' lack of response to these issues. Despite this, the app is praised for its seamless integration with devices like Garmin and its ability to make physical activity more engaging and social. Overall, Stride is well-received for its unique approach to fitness.

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Pros

exploration encouragement (7)

motivates physical activity (5)

territory building (5)

social competition (3)

Garmin integration (2)

Cons

poor customer support (4)

cheating issues (3)

expensive premium version (2)

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Cons

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Founder Reviews (1)

peakery

•1 review

Love it, have played since in beta. In my experience Stride really shines at 2 things: 1) encouraging you to explore new areas to color in the hexes. As an added incentive, if you do a loop run all of the hexes in the middle color in as well. Stride's led me to get out of my same-old run and explore all kinds of new, different routes that I never would have. It's made running far more varied and interesting. 2) the first time I lost hexes to another player I found myself caring and plotting a new running route to reclaim the hexes. This social competition has led to a friendly tug-of-war of key hexes which definitely makes running more exciting.

What's great

social competition (3)exploration encouragement (7)

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4yr ago

Other Reviews (13)

•1 review

Fantastic app. As a top 10 global leaderboard user, I've enjoyed this reboot from Day 1 (much more than Run an Empire!). Worth every penny and keeps me exploring regularly. I look forward to every weekend trek with a passion I never had before. Only areas of improvement are better customer service and more attention to weeding out cheaters. It seems only posting on Reddit gets some attention from the devs, and even then it's occasional. Other than that minor quip though, the app is a solid 10!

What's great

exploration encouragement (7)

What needs improvement

poor customer support (4)cheating issues (3)

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4yr ago

Stride

Wow - great to meet a top ten player! We have improvements coming to weed out cheaters

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4yr ago

•1 review

Great game, really enjoyed making my long bike rides strategic. You loose your whole loop (yes even those 17 mile loops) if you loose signal even for a moment though. I stopped playing a year ago because of this, and am back hoping for a change. It’s an easy fix, why wait so long, low signal here in the mountains. Cache the loop data to the phone as a backup in case signal is lost. Wish wasn’t so absurdly expensive, waiting for a discount day 🤞 Update: a glitch prevented me from ending my track and ended up getting flagged for cheating once I got in a car later that day. No response from customer support as of day 12. Customer support was no good a year ago too. Never received 3 months free promo either. Looking for a refund but hopefully a response first.

What needs improvement

poor customer support (4)expensive premium version (2)signal loss issues (1)

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4yr ago

Stride

Thanks Robert - discount day is today! Don't forget to fill in the form in the top comment. We have a fix for offline mode coming in the next release!

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4yr ago

•1 review

I have been running with Stride since it began as Run An Empire. It lost its way for while, but is now back to the basics, which are the really fun parts of the game! I love running, and Stride adds an extra layer of achievement to my runs. Plus, it encourages me to go running in new areas, and claim new territory, instead of running around the same park every time (although I need to keep running around my park as well so no one else steals it!). A great game, with new features being released regularly, so I would highly recommend it to everyone that wants to spend more time outdoors. My vote for the next feature is to be able to message other runners, so you can meet like minded people and create teams (not just from your existing friends). Well done to the Stride developers - all the best for the launch!!

What's great

motivates physical activity (5)territory building (5)regular feature updates (1)exploration encouragement (7)

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4yr ago

•1 review

Great app that adds some fun to your walks and runs. No need to use the app while your out and about, since you can upload your routes from Apple Health. However, the devs don’t respond at all to feedback about cheating users. They literally post about Product Hunt and different campaigns on Reddit but ignore users’ complaints about cheaters. So I’m not sure if I’ll stick around in the long run, if they only focus on monetizing and expanding and not taking care of the existing users.

What's great

Apple Health integration (1)

What needs improvement

poor customer support (4)cheating issues (3)

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4yr ago

•1 review

I've been using the free version of Stride, which has really motivated me to go out on (longer) walks and explore new territory. I like the competitive element of 'chasing' others who also frequent that area. I've had a few instances in which the app froze or didn't save, which was annoying. This may now be resolved. I'm considering joining as premium member but think it's too expensive. The upside of that would be to be sort of a club or community, which I'm currently not

•1 review

I just returned from my run using my Garmin. The game synchronized nicely. That is a must for me behause usually I do not take my phone with me when I go running. Like the app so far.