Trackster vs Steady State
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trackster
This all-in-one training app allows users to sync data from various GPS devices or record activities directly. It offers custom AI training plans, social sharing, team connections, and detailed performance insights. Enjoy a fun and motivating fitness experience with no fees.
- Sync with GPS devices (Garmin, Coros, Suunto, Wahoo, Apple Watch)
- In-app GPS recording
- Custom AI training plans
- Social media sharing
- Team connections
- Detailed training insights
- Challenges and segments
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More fitness. More fun. No fees! Train with Trackster today and join the ultimate all-in-one training app. - Sync training from GPS devices (Garmin, Coros, Suunto, Wahoo, Apple Watch) - Record with GPS in-app - Build training plans and handle coaching - Crush your next with custom TURBO AI plans - Share edits to social media - Compete with challenges, turf records, and segments - Connect with teams - View detailed training insights and much more!
Steady State
This app helps runners and endurance athletes achieve consistency and peak performance through data-driven training insights and recovery tracking. It offers personalized plans, coach communication, and injury risk assessment to support sustainable progress and long-term success.
- Recovery insights integration
- Coach-athlete communication
- Sustainable progress tracking
- Personalized training plans
- Injury risk assessment
- Acute on Chronic Workload monitoring
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Steady State is your ultimate training and coaching companion, designed for runners and endurance athletes striving for consistency, longevity, and peak performance. Whether you're training for your first race or fine-tuning your competitive edge, Steady State helps you stay balanced, injury-free, and at your best. Recovery Insights: Integrate with Garmin, Coros, and more devices to gain unique recovery insights and make smarter training decisions. Coach-Athlete Communication: Seamlessly connect with your coach or team through intuitive messaging and shared progress tracking. Sustainable Progress: Achieve long-term success with data-driven recommendations for smarter, more consistent training. Dynamic Tools for Coaches: Empower coaches with tools to manage multiple athletes, review performance, and deliver expert guidance effortlessly. Personalized Training Plans: Optimize your workouts with science-backed programs tailored to your goals, fitness level, and performance data. What we offer: - Recovery scores - find out how your recovery is today and how its been trending - Acute on Chronic Workload - track how you're progressing and the training load you have - Injury Risk - track your injury risk so you can make the right decision to train smart and stay injury free - Analytics - get all the data about your activities and how it stacks up over time You can subscribe and pay on the Apple App Store using your Apple ID. We offer a monthly subscription that will be auto-renewing unless cancelled before the end of the current billing period. You can turn off your payment by going to Manage Subscriptions in your devices subscription settings. Athlete: Free Athlete Premium: $9.99 End user agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://steadystate.fit/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://steadystate.fit/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Trackster at 4.5 against Steady State's 3.8. Trackster also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (265 vs 8). Steady State's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Steady State sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Trackster asks for nothing beyond the download.
Trackster holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trackster has 265 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Trackster's written reviews are positive against 67% of Steady State's.
Trackster ships an update every 5 weeks, Steady State weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trackster | Steady State |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (265 ratings) — better | 3.8 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.7% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 265 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trackster INC | Find Your Steady State |
Customer experience
Trackster
Steady State
Bugs and requests
Trackster
Reported bugs
21 issues- Support team does not respond to issues
- Cannot update shoe feature
- Repeated billing charges after cancellation
- App crashes frequently
- Meet feature refreshes instead of loading more entries
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- Inability to sort lists on iOS
- Difficulty linking Garmin accounts and uploading runs
- App crashes immediately upon opening
- App crashes when viewing stats
- Blank screen appears when attempting to export training data
- Privacy setting for posts resets to 'team'
- App is slow
- App does not open after a recent update
- App crashes when clicking on profile
- App crashes when submitting a training log
- App crashes when loading the home screen
- Lack of cross-training options in training graphs
- App crashes when trying to load
- App crashes when trying to add team members
- App crashes when trying to look at profile
- App crashes when trying to submit a training log
Requested features
6 requests- Follow back user Alex Franses
- Add weather feature to regular uploads
- Sync Garmin watches automatically
- Option for cross-training (bike, swim, elliptical)
- Dark mode option
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- Advanced analytics dashboard
Steady State
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Trackster
No in-app purchases
Steady State
- Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
- Athlete Premium$9.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$39.991 Year
Questions
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