# Ride Forces — Record g's on Roller Coasters

> Records and analyzes g-forces on amusement park rides. (iPhone/iPad app by Stephen Dettling.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ride-forces/id1341051046 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Stephen Dettling](https://appshunter.io/developer/963520032)
- Category: Utilities, Entertainment
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 43 App Store ratings · 19 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2019-04-19
- Data updated: 2026-07-21
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ride-forces/id1341051046/reviews.md

## What is Ride Forces?

Ride Forces records g-forces on roller coasters and amusement park rides with your iPhone or Apple Watch. View graphs, analyze stats, and share the forces of your favorite rides. A must have app for thrill seekers, roller coaster enthusiast, and physics nerds.

Standard Recording:
Captures the g-forces of rides and roller coasters. Provides stats and graphs of g-forces in three dimensions.

- Records force data from accelerometer
- Requires motion tracking permissions

Subscribe to Ride Forces Pro to capture advanced recordings. 

Advanced Recording:
In addition to capturing the force data of a standard recording advanced recording captures rider orientation, GPS data, and weather conditions. This reveals additional ride information including: identifying airtime/hangtime, inversions, orientation angles, a map of ride location, temperature, wind speed, and wind direction.

A Ride Forces Pro subscription is required to capture advanced recordings. Advanced recordings can be viewed, edited, and shared with or without a subscription.

- Records force and orientation data using multiple sensors including accelerometer and gyroscope
- Records GPS data
- Records weather conditions (requires internet connection)
- Requires location and motion tracking permissions
- Records for a maximum of 15 minutes
- Advanced recording will fallback to standard recording if the app is closed while recording

Privacy Policy: https://rideforces.com/privacy/
Terms of Use: https://rideforces.com/terms/

## Key features

- Records g-forces on rides
- Provides 3D g-force graphs and stats
- Captures rider orientation
- Includes GPS ride mapping
- Records weather conditions
- Analyzes airtime and inversions

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ride Forces Pro (Yearly) | $9.99 | per year |
| Ride Forces Pro (Monthly) | $0.99 | per month |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 19)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ride-forces/id1341051046/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Amazing app

*2025-08-12, version 2.1.8*

I use ride forces every time I visit a theme park if it could measure speed it would be even better!

### 5/5 — Amazing App

*2025-07-13, version 2.1.8*

I love this app, I use it for measuring the g’s on all the rides I go on. I 100% recommend this app. The developer even instead of making free features paid. Added a new paid feature for advanced recording.

### 5/5 — Exactly what you would expect it to do

*2025-01-16, version 2.1.3*

Nothing much to say. The recordings seem accurate, the software is clean and nice looking and I’m glad it’s on Apple Watch

### 1/5 — W game thing

*2025-01-12, version 2.1.2*

Cool it tracks me when I go on rides and in the car w game

### 5/5 — ->

*2024-11-30, version 2.1.2*

Good recording, versatility, and ease of use. My dad could figure it out and it gives consistent recordings, highly recommend.

### 1/5 — Removing features from before?? Really?

*2024-10-05*

The ride forces pro removed inversions from the readings, even though it used to be there before.

**Developer response:** We’d like to hear more about the issue you’re having. Please contact support@rideforces.com so we can troubleshoot.

### 5/5 — Great App!

*2024-08-22*

I love this app, for the purpose of recording forces on rides, and also seeing how many gs a swing pulls. (2.5gs-3gs)

### 5/5 — Cool app that causes me to damage my phone

*2024-08-17, version 2.0.11*

I wanted it to see like normal stats such as when I'm flying or driving or just racing in a gokart to see the forces. I put upon my self a challenge of how hard can I swing my arm with my phone in my hand and I learned that I can swing my hand hard enough to achieve 34.30G’s. Probably not good for my phone. Anyways good app that would be very if it gets more features such as speed or just live data instead of recordings.

### 5/5 — Amazing app

*2023-06-20, version 2.0.8*

I went to cedar point and I found this app. It is absolutely amazing and is a great way to gather data about rides. I wish that data of dB could be recorded to tell how loud the ride is. Another thing I wish the app had was showing all the different g forces all at the same time

### 5/5 — Great App!

*2023-06-19, version 2.0.8*

If the developer sees this I wanted to ask about how to flip the axis of any forces if I know that they are the wrong way. Say when it shows a deceleration when I know there was an acceleration and wanted to flip that longitudinal axis.

## Frequently asked questions about Ride Forces

### What does Ride Forces do?

Ride Forces records and analyzes the g-forces experienced on roller coasters and amusement park rides using your iPhone or Apple Watch. It provides detailed graphs and statistics of the forces in three dimensions, helping you understand the physics of your favorite rides.

### What are the key features of Ride Forces?

The app records g-force data from accelerometers, and with a Pro subscription, it also captures rider orientation, GPS data for ride mapping, and weather conditions. You can view graphs, analyze stats, and identify elements like airtime and inversions.

### How much does Ride Forces cost?

The app offers a standard recording feature for free. To capture advanced recordings with features like GPS and weather data, a subscription to Ride Forces Pro is required. Advanced recordings can be viewed and shared with or without a subscription.

### What devices is Ride Forces compatible with?

Ride Forces is designed to work with your iPhone and can also utilize data from an Apple Watch for recording. It requires motion tracking and location permissions to function correctly.

### Who would benefit from using Ride Forces?

This app is ideal for thrill seekers, roller coaster enthusiasts, and physics enthusiasts who want to quantify their ride experiences. It allows them to analyze the forces they encounter and share their findings.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.1.9 — 2025-08-19

- Displays the correct force key images in ride replay view for flying rides.
- Prevents issue that could cause the orientation graph on ride overview to be blank.
- Fixes issue with occasional unexpected recording results on Apple Watch when out of range of paired iPhone.
- Capture time data in ride forces files when the data sequence isn't at the expected sample rate.
- Additional recording optimizations.
- Minimum supported WatchOS is now 9.0.

### 2.1.8 — 2025-06-30

Fixes an issue that caused orientation data to be missing when viewing the sample advanced recording.

### 2.1.7 — 2025-06-28

- Fixes issue that prevented sharing ride data as CSV for rides with specific graph selection.
- Adds option to share ride data as JSON.

### 2.1.6 — 2025-06-25

- Improved combined forces calculation
- Improved auto calibration for rougher rides
- Added additional info about calibration for rides with incomplete calibration
- Added tilt angle to 3-axis calibration editor for advanced recordings

### 2.1.5 — 2025-06-17

- Makes orientation graph zoomable
- Fixes issues with sharing rides in CSV format

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