Hearts take priority

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.