Best
Very informative and the design is gorgeous
Amazing insight
I have been using the athlytic app for over two years but some of the info was confusing! Pace makes it all clear!!! Let me be this app!!!
App doesn’t fit Screen
So I tried to pair it with the other app but seems the screen for it doesn’t work with iPhone 17 pro max. Kind of a bummer I was looking forward to giving it a try.
Needs more development
I’m enjoying experimenting with Pace and particularly like the way it identifies longer-term health patterns, but I think there is an important limitation for serious cross-training athletes. Pace appears to rely heavily on Apple Health and, in my case, that does not necessarily represent the best available source data. For on-water rowing I use a Garmin watch with a chest HR strap, while for indoor rowing I use a chest strap connected directly to Concept2 ErgData; for sleep and overnight recovery I use Apple Watch data interpreted through AutoSleep, which I regard as my authoritative sleep source. This gives me a richer multi-platform picture of training load, HRV, recovery and actual performance than Apple Health alone. For example, Pace can tell me that my “cardio fitness” is declining and recommend more daily walking, while potentially under-recognising substantial rowing and erg training that is far more cardiovascularly demanding than walking. It would make Pace considerably more useful if users could nominate authoritative data sources by category, integrate Garmin/Strava/ErgData training data, and distinguish between general activity and sport-specific cardiovascular training. Most importantly, I would suggest not assuming that Apple’s walking-derived Cardio Fitness estimate adequately represents cardiovascular fitness for users whose principal aerobic exercise is rowing, cycling, swimming or other activities that Apple does not use to generate that estimate.
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An interesting health monitoring app with potential
This review is based on Version 1.4.7.
Pace utilizes the immense amount of health data Apple collects and presents in a very convenient fashion. But Pace is more than just a simple compiler. It also does data trending to create actionable insights based on your own unique set of metrics. Your insights update regularly based on what’s happening in your daily life. For example, Pace could recommend recovery after you’ve had a hard workout, or it can recommend increasing your outdoor time if it senses you are behind what you normally do. It has actually shown how impressive Apple is with the data they can actually collect, since Pace itself is not collecting any data. I believe this app can be a powerful tool for anyone interested in keeping track of their general health.
However, there are several considerations. Pace is made by the same team behind Athlytic, which is another app that gathers the immense amount of Apple’s data to present health insights with more emphasis on training fitness. As someone who uses Athlytic and attests to that app genuinely changing how I think about training and recovery, I have to wonder why Pace is not being integrated as a part of the core Athlytic experience.
There is also the discussion of cost. Pace has an annual subscription of $30/year (if paid annually), which is the same as Athlytic. While this subscription price is not a huge ask, it seems to me that Pace does not offer nearly enough features to justify it having the same subscription price as Athlytic.
That said, I do believe the team has a vision for Pace and I personally believe they will be working in good faith to address these criticisms to deliver a good product (based on my experience with using Athlytic). Pace is definitely in the early stages of development, and now is the time to provide them with feedback if you also believe in the potential of this product.
My recommendation: if you believe this app has something for you, take advantage of the 1 week free trial and see how it goes. If you don’t like it, remember to cancel the subscription before the 1 week. I would also recommend reading the patch notes and recent reviews if you decide to wait for this app to be developed further. I personally think this app is worth using in its current state, but I can understand why people might seem disappointed with how it looks right now.
Pace utilizes the immense amount of health data Apple collects and presents in a very convenient fashion. But Pace is more than just a simple compiler. It also does data trending to create actionable insights based on your own unique set of metrics. Your insights update regularly based on what’s happening in your daily life. For example, Pace could recommend recovery after you’ve had a hard workout, or it can recommend increasing your outdoor time if it senses you are behind what you normally do. It has actually shown how impressive Apple is with the data they can actually collect, since Pace itself is not collecting any data. I believe this app can be a powerful tool for anyone interested in keeping track of their general health.
However, there are several considerations. Pace is made by the same team behind Athlytic, which is another app that gathers the immense amount of Apple’s data to present health insights with more emphasis on training fitness. As someone who uses Athlytic and attests to that app genuinely changing how I think about training and recovery, I have to wonder why Pace is not being integrated as a part of the core Athlytic experience.
There is also the discussion of cost. Pace has an annual subscription of $30/year (if paid annually), which is the same as Athlytic. While this subscription price is not a huge ask, it seems to me that Pace does not offer nearly enough features to justify it having the same subscription price as Athlytic.
That said, I do believe the team has a vision for Pace and I personally believe they will be working in good faith to address these criticisms to deliver a good product (based on my experience with using Athlytic). Pace is definitely in the early stages of development, and now is the time to provide them with feedback if you also believe in the potential of this product.
My recommendation: if you believe this app has something for you, take advantage of the 1 week free trial and see how it goes. If you don’t like it, remember to cancel the subscription before the 1 week. I would also recommend reading the patch notes and recent reviews if you decide to wait for this app to be developed further. I personally think this app is worth using in its current state, but I can understand why people might seem disappointed with how it looks right now.
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