Comparison

Counterpace vs ActivePath AI

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Counterpace

This app guides rhythmic movement synchronized with your heart cycle to improve aerobic performance, health, and recovery. It connects to a sensor to help you match your step rate to your heart rate for optimized blood flow and efficiency during various exercises.

Highlights
  • Heart cycle synchronization
  • Rhythmic movement guidance
  • Aerobic performance enhancement
  • Treadmill, outdoor, and elliptical training
  • Metronome training for step rate
  • Optimized blood flow and oxygen delivery
Features
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STEP IN SYNC WITH YOUR HEART. The Counterpace® guidance system is a sensor-based training platform that coordinates rhythmic movement with your heart cycle to enhance aerobic performance, health, recovery & experience. The Counterpace app connects to the Counterpace sensor and guides you to match your heart rate to your step rate, while ensuring that each step is precisely timed to the relaxation phase of your heart’s pump cycle. Simply step to the audible prompts to optimize blood flow and oxygen delivery throughout your body. Based on the science of cardiac counterpulsation, the Counterpace system guides you to align each step with your body's natural cardiac rhythm so you can exercise longer and faster with less effort and greater efficiency. • Treadmill Walking & Running - Counterpace is easiest to use on a treadmill, where you can control speed & incline to fine tune your heart and step rate. • Outdoors - improves your running, walking, or hiking experience, from the track to the trails, whenever your natural heart rate during each activity approximates your natural step rate. Accessories, such as walking poles, or ankle or hand weights increase blood flow, calorie burn, and help you raise your heart rate towards your natural step rate. • Elliptical Training - Adjust resistance to ensure you're at a comfortable step rate. Counterpace guidance also works on "paddle based" stair stepping machines. • Metronome Training - Learn to run at your optimal step rate. Metronome training can teach you to step precisely to a beat at a variety of target stride frequencies. The Counterpace sensor is required for use of the Counterpace app. The sensor is available for purchase only at www.counterpace.com. Terms of service: https://counterpace.com/pages/terms-of-service Privacy policy: https://counterpace.com/pages/privacy-policy

About

ActivePath AI

Features
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ActivePath builds the workout route you want, every time. Whether you're running, walking, or cycling, ActivePath builds routes shaped by: how far, how hard, what kind of terrain, what's nearby, even your mood. Then it tracks every step, celebrates your wins, and shows you how much of your city and the world you've explored. THE PERFECT ROUTE, GENERATED Every route is built around you. Choose by distance, duration, exertion level, terrain, or mood. Drop in points of interest you want to pass like a park, a coffee shop, or a viewpoint, and ActivePath stitches them into a real route that works. Your previous workouts inform what comes next, so the suggestions get sharper over time. ONE APP, EVERY CARDIO GOAL Beyond freeform routes, you'll find a growing catalog of structured workouts like track sessions, classic HIIT formats, tempo intervals, and recovery loops, ready to start with a tap. New formats land regularly. ActivePath is built to be your one-stop shop for cardio. TRAINING PLANS THAT MEET YOU Build a personalized plan for a 5K, half marathon, century ride, or general fitness. Plans adapt to skipped days, fatigue, and your real fitness level. No rigid grid that breaks the first time you miss a workout. MEET DASH, YOUR AI COACH Dash is the conversational nucleus of the app. Ask for a flat 5-mile loop near parks. Ask for a recovery week before your next race. Ask what you should do today. Dash plans it, explains it, and helps you start. LIVE TRACKING + ACHIEVEMENTS + EXPLORATION Pace, distance, calories, heart rate, elevation, and turn-by-turn. All live, all clear. Earn achievements as you hit milestones. Watch your heatmap fill in as you cover more streets, more neighborhoods, more of your city and the world. CUSTOMIZE EVERYTHING Pace ranges, surface preferences, climb caps, voice cues, music integrations, units, watch behaviors. Almost every part of ActivePath bends to how you actually want to move. Built different for runners, walkers, and cyclists. SHARE THE WIN See what your neighbors are doing. Share routes you love so others can find them. Climb the leaderboard in your city. Join collective goals. ActivePath turns solo movement into shared momentum. PRIVACY FIRST Your location, your health data, your goals. They stay yours. Health integrations are opt-in, location is only used while the app is active or during a workout, and nothing is sold to advertisers. Open the app, pick a starting point, and ActivePath will build your next route in seconds. ———————————— SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS ActivePath requires a Pro subscription that starts with a 14-day free trial, renews automatically until cancelled, and includes every feature described above. • ActivePath Pro Monthly — $4.99 / month • ActivePath Pro Annual — $44.99 / year (save 25% on monthly) Payment is charged to your Apple ID account on confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions or cancel at any time after purchase in your Apple ID account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://activepath.ai/privacy

Screenshots

Counterpace4 screens
ActivePath AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Counterpace at none against ActivePath AI's 2. ActivePath AI's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ActivePath AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Counterpace asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Counterpace ships an update every 2 months, ActivePath AI every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Counterpace versus ActivePath AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCounterpaceActivePath AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPulson, Inc.Split Step Labs, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Counterpace

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ActivePath AI

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro Annual14 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Counterpace free?
Counterpace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ActivePath AI free?
ActivePath AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Counterpace or ActivePath AI have ads?
Counterpace shows ads; ActivePath AI does not.
Which is updated more often, Counterpace or ActivePath AI?
Counterpace ships an update every 2 months, and ActivePath AI every 4 weeks. Most recently, Counterpace was updated on October 19, 2026 and ActivePath AI on October 14, 2026.

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