Legacy TriDot vs Purple Patch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Legacy TriDot
This app uses big data and advanced analytics to optimize your future training and race results. It seamlessly auto-syncs with popular fitness tracking devices.
- Big data analytics
- Optimized future training
- Race result prediction
- Seamless auto-sync
- Garmin integration
- Polar integration
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TriDot’s triathlon training app isn’t just another app to track and monitor your past training. Its big data and advanced analytics optimize your future training and race results. It seamlessly auto-syncs with Garmin, Polar and other services. Subject to the Apple License agreement found at the following URL https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Purple Patch
Book fitness classes, view schedules, and find performance center locations. This app offers a structured and fun group fitness experience focused on endurance, strength, nutrition, and recovery for busy individuals.
- Book fitness classes
- View class schedules
- Find performance center locations
- Review existing reservations
- Coached, structured, progressive workouts
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The official App of Purple Patch Fitness. Download the App today to find and book your Purple Patch classes. From the App, you can view the performance center location, class schedules, and review existing reservations. Join us today at Purple Patch to bring a new level of performance in your time-starved life via our pillars of endurance training, functional strength, nutrition, and recovery. We don't do random classes at Purple Patch -- as that guarantees random results -- we promise a customized experience within a group fitness environment with every part of your experience, coached, structured, progressive and most importantly fun. Discover more at www.purplepatchfitness.com or @purplepatchfitness on Instagram or check out the Purple Patch Podcast on Apple Podcasts
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Purple Patch at none against Legacy TriDot's 5. Purple Patch also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Legacy TriDot's advantage is ratings volume (263 vs 15) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Legacy TriDot sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Purple Patch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Purple Patch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Legacy TriDot has 263 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Legacy TriDot's written reviews are positive against 100% of Purple Patch's.
Legacy TriDot ships an update fortnightly, Purple Patch every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Legacy TriDot | Purple Patch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (263 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 97.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 263 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Predictive Fitness, Inc. | Purple Patch Fitness Inc |
Customer experience
Legacy TriDot
Purple Patch
Bugs and requests
Legacy TriDot
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login issues
- Syncing problems with third-party apps
Requested features
2 requests- Perceived effort tracking
- More flexibility in workout scheduling
Purple Patch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Legacy TriDot
- Lifestyle$14.991 Month
- Essentials$39.991 Month
- Complete$99.991 Month
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- Mark Allen Edition$149.991 Month
- Premium$249.991 Month
Purple Patch
No in-app purchases
