Rewardly vs Strides
Strides is one of the most flexible goal and habit tracking apps on iOS, with four tracker types, 150+ templates, and detailed analytics. Rewardly is simpler, and bets that what keeps habits alive isn't better data, but better rewards.
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Data vs. Motivation
Strides is genuinely excellent for people who are energized by data. It gives you four different ways to track goals (streaks, milestones, averages, targets), detailed charts of your progress over time, and the ability to export your data. If understanding your patterns motivates you, if seeing a completion rate go from 60% to 85% makes you want to push further, Strides is one of the best tools available.
Rewardly takes a different angle entirely. It doesn't give you charts. It gives you things to look forward to. The motivation isn't "look how consistent you've been". It's "you're 23 points closer to that dinner you want." Those are fundamentally different psychological mechanisms, and which one works better depends entirely on the individual.
Complexity vs. Simplicity
Strides's flexibility is also its main friction. With four tracker types, 150+ templates, and extensive customization, there are a lot of decisions to make before you've tracked a single habit. For people who like to set up a comprehensive tracking system, that depth is a feature. For people who want to add a habit and start without a setup process, it's overhead.
Rewardly is designed to take less than a minute to set up. Add a habit, choose easy/medium/hard difficulty, optionally set a reminder. That's it. Simplicity matters more than people expect. The apps with the most features are often the ones that get abandoned fastest, because the complexity itself becomes a barrier.
When Strides is the better choice
If you're tracking goals that aren't simple daily habits. Milestones, averages over time, numeric targets. Strides handles those in ways Rewardly doesn't. Running a certain number of miles per week, reading a certain number of pages per month, hitting a savings target: Strides's flexible tracker types are built for that kind of goal. Rewardly is more focused on habit completion (did you do it or not) rather than quantitative goal tracking.
Similarly, if you want to export your data, analyze your patterns in depth, or integrate your habit data with other systems, Strides gives you those tools. Rewardly doesn't try to compete on that dimension.
The verdict
Choose Strides if you're data-driven, want flexible goal types beyond simple habits, and are motivated by seeing your patterns improve over time. Choose Rewardly if you want a simpler setup, prefer to be pulled toward habits by real-world rewards rather than pushed by analytics, and want a variable reward element that keeps daily check-offs interesting.
Try Rewardly for free
No charts, no setup wizard. Add a habit, set a reward, and start earning toward something you actually want.
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