In BotW, stamina bc nothing can really kill you early game, but there are some steep places you'll wanna get

In TotK, hearts bc with the slight overworld adjustments, you can get pretty much everywhere with 1 wheel now and even basic mobs can one hit you at the start

I like stamina first but I keep dying

Hearts until 8 or so to keep me from being too squishy. Finished second ring of stamina, then hearts from there. I very rarely run out of stamina compared to BOTW because of all the new ways of getting around.

Hearts first. I think you only need 8-10 of them though before you go full stream ahead on stamina until it's full

Over the course of my playthroughs, I usually upgrade stamina about once per two hearts - though I've gotten good enough at the game at this point that I could probably do one-to-one instead.

I think I did 6 hearts, then rushed stamina to full. I'm at something like 10 hearts right now, with a bunch of unclaimed.

Hearts take priority

Stamina all the way until full, both games. I hate failing to get somewhere due to lack of stamina and food to compensate.

However, since I hit max stamina, I never actually need it all in totk, so if there's a master mode down the line making me replay the whole game, I'll probably stop at 2 wheels then hearts to stop getting one shot earlier.

Always hearts. The one time I actally need stamina I'll just eat a meal or two.

Hearts until I have 6, then one extra stamina wheel, then 4 more hearts, then the rest of stamina, then the rest of hearts.
By the time I got to 10 hearts, I could start upgrading armor and cooking full-heals, and I wasn't taking many hits, so stamina was more important.

I think stamina up to 2 wheels, or whatever seems like enough mobility for a small fight or exploring. 2 seems to be a sweet spot for me then hearts to not be too squishy.

Take advantage of the mechanic of not being one shotted, if you have full hearts and keep those 3 hearts full.

Now I think I have enough hearts, around 10, to go back to stamina and try for a third wheel. I need the extra wheel to run away from those gloom hands. Lol.

I get a second stamina wheel so I can traverse the map, then go all out hearts.

Totk I went stamina until I had 3 circles then added some hearts. This allowed me to enjoy exploring and I liked the challenge of combat. The harder enemies could one shot me but that just made them more fun. The fusing and cooking means I can do a lot of encounters with only getting hit once by standard mobs and being able to restore to the 4 hearts I had.

On totk I boosted stamina first. I just got annoyed with how far I couldn't get with the glider in the sky. Turns out it was useful for spoiler reasons!

I think I took turns between the two until I had about 10 hearts, then did only stamina until it was full. With max stamina, getting to shrines for more hearts is a lot easier.

Hearts first until I get to a point where I start to actually need more Stamina, then I convert my Hearts into Stamina till it's full. From then on my Stamina is maxed out so everything just goes back into Hearts.

Stamina until 2 full rings, then hearts till 10 hearts, then fill out 3rd ring of stamina

Starting with heart I alternate between the two of them.

I like stamina to make exploration more comfortable, and you don't need hearts if you don't get hit! Of course, I do get hit so after filling out the first stamina wheel I went up to ~10 hearts, then another stamina wheel. I don't remember what I did in BotW but probably something similar.

I did like a… 3 stamina to 1 heart ratio or something? Tried not to rush hearts so the game wouldn’t become a cake walk. In BotW I think I only added 3 hearts before maxing stamina all the way but there’s a lot harder content early on in TotK for me (it’s either boss variety or possibly because I’m expanding out way quicker because I know the map). So for TotK it was a ratio. I’m at max stamina now but I have like 8-9 hearts I think.