Run a loop.
Own the block.
Stride turns your city into a turf war. The area you enclose on a run becomes your territory. Claim it, defend it, and steal your rivals’ on a living 3D map.
How it works
Three moves. The whole city.
Run a loop
Lace up and run any route that closes back on itself — your block, a park, your neighbourhood.
Claim the area
The real area your loop encloses becomes your territory on a live 3D map. Bigger loop, bigger turf.
Defend & conquer
Run over a rival’s turf to steal it. Get robbed? Run it back within 24h for a revenge bonus.
See it in action
Every screen, built to make you run.
Swipe through the real app — the living map, the run, the leagues, the clubs and the turf wars.
The game
A running app with a scoreboard.
Not another step counter. A hard, skill-based territory game where every run changes the map.
Real territory, not hexes
Your turf is the actual shape you run, measured in m² with PostGIS precision and painted in your colour on everyone’s map.
Steal & get stolen
Overlap a rival’s land and it’s yours. Loss-aversion that actually makes you lace up again.
Shields & fair fights
New players and the freshly-robbed get protected. Small runners can’t be farmed by whales.
Weekly leagues
Bronze → Diamond on territory gained. The ladder resets every Monday — anyone can win a week.
Plant your flag
Equip a flag and it waves on your turf with your name — tap any rival’s to size them up.
Live 3D war map
Tilted, building-extruded, neon territories. Your city has never looked like this.
The playbook
Win your first week.
Territory is a skill game. These three habits separate block-owners from joggers — learn them before your first run.
Loops beat lines — always
A 500 m out-and-back encloses ~0 m². The same 500 m around a block captures the whole block. Never retrace your steps — make a shape.
Strike when the board resets
Leagues rank territory GAINED each week and reset every Monday. A big Monday loop puts you on top of your division while everyone else sleeps in.
Re-run your own turf
Anything a rival encloses, they take. Re-running your area re-claims the overlap and shows attackers your flag is active. Stale turf is free turf.
FAQ
Good questions.
What is Stride? +
Stride is a competitive territory-running game for iOS. You run a loop outdoors and the real-world area your route encloses becomes your territory on a shared, live 3D map — you can steal rivals’ territory, defend your own, and climb weekly leagues.
Is Stride available now? +
Yes — Stride is live on the App Store for iPhone. Download it free, pick your colour, and claim your first block today. Android is planned for later.
How do you actually “own” territory? +
When your GPS route closes into a loop, the area it encloses is captured as a polygon and becomes yours on the shared map. Other runners can take it by enclosing it themselves, and you can take theirs.
Is it free? +
Yes. Stride is free to play. A future optional membership may add cosmetic and convenience perks — never pay-to-win territory.
What stops cheaters in cars? +
Every run goes through anti-cheat: physics checks on speed, GPS quality and movement patterns, plus a second-pass automatic review. Vehicle-speed runs are saved as workouts only — no territory, no XP.
Do I need to share my location? +
Stride needs GPS while you run to track your route, like any running app. You control privacy settings, and you can run in explore mode without claiming. See our Privacy Policy.
Is there an Android version? +
iOS first to get it right, Android to follow. Stride is available now on the App Store for iPhone; Android support is planned.
What makes Stride different from other running apps? +
Most running apps just log a run and hand you stats. Stride turns running into a competitive game: the real area you enclose on a loop becomes territory you own on a shared live map, you steal and defend turf against real rivals, and you climb tiers and weekly leagues. It’s a run tracker with a scoreboard — built for people who want a reason to lace up, not just another step counter.
Is Stride a good alternative to Strava? +
If you love the social, competitive side of running but find leaderboards and segments stale, Stride is built for you. You still get GPS tracking, splits, pace, distance and a full run history like any serious running app — plus a live territory war, flags, leagues and steal/defend mechanics that give every run real stakes. Many runners use Stride alongside their existing tracker.
Is Stride a real GPS run tracker? +
Yes. Stride records your route with GPS, shows pace, distance, splits and elevation, keeps a full run history, and (on supported devices) reads heart rate and calories from Apple Health. The territory game is layered on top of a proper, accurate run tracker.
Claim your city.
Stride is live. Download it free, run your first loop, and take your block before your rivals do.