Stridekick

Stridekick organizes activity challenges for friends, families, and organizations, with shared goals built around movement. Challenges can measure steps, distance, active minutes, calories, or sleep. People can link a wearable or smartphone, and custom activities can include meditation, sleep, or nutrition. The site lists 11 challenge types, including leaderboards, streaks, virtual races, group challenges, and team challenges. Stridekick works on Android, iOS, and the web, with listed connections for Fitbit, Apple Watch, Apple iPhone, Garmin, Withings, WHOOP, and Oura. The free plan supports public challenges with up to 10 participants, a seven-day maximum, and five challenge modes. Paid Pro plans allow private challenges of up to 45 days, with participant limits that vary by tier. For a premium challenge, only its organizer needs Pro or Unlimited; other participants can join with free accounts. Organizations can use company challenges as an employee perk, and Unlimited includes SuperDash reporting and team management. Pro 10 costs $12.99 a month, billed $139.99/yr.

Stridekick combines group challenges with several activity measures and device connections. The free tier has defined limits, while private challenges and longer durations require a paid plan.

Stridekick suits friends, families, and organizations that want to organize shared activity challenges. Its company challenge tools may fit teams looking to encourage activity and morale.

Stridekick is a group activity-challenge service for friends, families, and organizations, best suited to organizers who want device-connected tracking and more than a step-count contest. It is a strong fit for short, shared goals; privacy, participant caps, and the cost of longer or private challenges narrow its appeal.

Overview

Challenges can track steps, distance, active minutes, calories, or sleep. Participants can connect a wearable or smartphone, and custom activities can include goals such as meditation or nutrition. That flexibility suits groups with different ideas of progress, though the five modes included in Free and Pro limit the choice of format.

Key features

Stridekick offers 11 challenge types, including leaderboards, streaks, virtual races, custom activities, and group and team challenges. Organizers can choose a competitive format or one centered on consistency and shared participation. The full set is reserved for Unlimited, so smaller paid plans do not unlock every format.

Stridekick names Fitbit, Apple Watch, Apple iPhone, Android, Garmin, Withings, WHOOP, and Oura among its supported devices and platforms. A paid premium challenge requires a Pro or Unlimited account only for its organizer; participants can join with free accounts. That makes paid plans more practical for workplace or community organizers than a model that requires every member to subscribe.

Users can set profiles to private, disconnect third-party services, or delete their account; Stridekick says account information is deleted within 30 days. The company says it encrypts data in transit between its apps and services, but does not state a specific compliance certification. Challenge participants can see profile photos, messages, step totals, personal statistics, and achievements. Data may also be shared with service partners, including analytics providers, merchants, and advertisers, so privacy-conscious users should weigh those disclosures before joining.

Pricing

Free costs nothing and supports public challenges lasting up to 7 days, with up to 10 participants and five modes. It is a sensible way to run a small, brief challenge, but there is no private option.

Pro 10 costs $12.99 a month, billed $139.99/yr, and adds private challenges, up to 10 participants, durations up to 45 days, and five modes. It suits a small group that needs privacy or a longer event. Pro 20 costs $24.99 a month, billed $274.99/yr, for up to 20 participants, the same duration and mode limits, plus priority support. Pro 50 costs $49.99 a month, billed $549.99/yr, and raises the cap to 50 participants while retaining the other Pro limits and priority support. Those tiers scale capacity, not format variety.

Unlimited has custom pricing and includes private challenges for unlimited participants, durations up to 90 days, all 11 modes, priority support, a dedicated account manager, and SuperDash reporting. It is the fit for organizations that need larger groups, longer challenges, or reporting and team management; its price is not published.

Platforms

Stridekick is available on Android, iOS, and the web. The mix gives participants options across phones and browsers, alongside the named wearable connections.

Who it's for

Stridekick fits friends, families, and organizations seeking a shared activity goal rather than a broader employee wellness program. For company organizers, SuperDash adds reporting and team management on Unlimited, and the company presents challenges as an employee perk aimed at morale and activity. Smaller groups can start free if public access and a seven-day limit are acceptable; private workplace challenges require a paid organizer account.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Five activity measures and custom activities accommodate goals beyond steps, including sleep, meditation, and nutrition.
• Pro: Participants can join a paid challenge with free accounts, keeping subscription costs with the organizer.
• Con: Free challenges must be public and stop at 10 people and seven days, which rules out many private or longer-running groups.
• Con: The five-mode limit applies to every plan except Unlimited, so buying a smaller Pro tier increases capacity and privacy but not format choice.
• Con: Challenge activity and profile details are visible to other participants, and data may be shared with service partners; users seeking tighter data boundaries may prefer another approach.

Alternatives

ChallengeRunner is worth considering for an organizer who wants a free sandbox with up to 10 participants and seven days, tracker syncing, a real-time leaderboard, and self-service setup; its paid Core plan starts at 15.00 USD per.

MindFi may suit teams seeking access to licensed psychologists and counsellors rather than activity challenges; its Basic plan covers teams of fewer than 20, with therapy billed per session starting at $35/session.

GOQii Corporate Wellness offers a broader corporate wellness package with a fitness tracker, personalized health subscription, diagnostics booking, sessions, and custom rewards.

Healthify Corporate is another paid option with a corporate plan customized for an organization’s needs.

Koa Care 360 is a paid organizational service available on Android and iOS, with details provided through a consultation.

Peppy is an employer- or insurer-provided benefit whose scope and duration depend on the agreement.

Personify Health is a paid personalized health platform with pricing provided by demo or direct contact.

Thrive Global is another paid option available on Android, iOS, and web.

For more workplace-focused options, see Employee Wellbeing Software.

Verdict

Choose Stridekick if your group wants device-connected activity challenges, flexible measures, and a format that can include custom goals. Its strongest case is that one paid organizer can bring free-account participants into a private challenge. Look elsewhere if you need privacy on a free plan, more than five modes without an Unlimited subscription, or a broader employee wellness service.