BlazePod vs Gaitkeeping
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlazePod
This app controls smart training pods to provide visual cues for athletic training. It helps improve speed, agility, and reaction times through customizable drills and real-time progress tracking. Users can choose from pre-set activities or create their own to push their limits.
- Flash reflex training system
- Visual cue and prompt generation
- Customizable activity creation
- Real-time progress tracking
- Performance monitoring
- Competition against others
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BlazePod introduces a revolutionary approach to training with its Flash Reflex Training system. Uniquely designed Pods, controlled by the BlazePod app, create visual cues and prompts to enhance performance and improve speed, agility, reaction times and more. • Choose from an endless list of predefined activities on the BlazePod app or easily create your own • Push yourself to the limits by working to improve your performances or compete against others • Easily connect the BlazePod app to your Pods anytime, anywhere • Monitor progress in real-time with advanced tracking abilities on the app
Gaitkeeping
Enhance your walking with music-driven tempo control and guided sessions. Improve your gait, fitness, and maintain independence with personalized playlists and tempo adjustments.
- Music sorted by tempo
- Adjustable playlist tempo
- Personalized walking playlists
- Guided walking instruction
- Tempo control for consistent pace
- Reinforce good walking form
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Power your gait and improve walking health with Gaitkeeping, your walking companion. Whether you're strolling through the park or power-walking through your day, Gaitkeeping helps you find music that energizes your walk and fortifies proper gait form. Keep your gait and stay independent! Walk to curated music sorted by tempo: Choose from Gaitkeeping’s playlists of curated walking music, and adjust the tempo of the playlist to your fit your natural walking rhythm. Explore different genres of music or songs other people using Gaitkeeping enjoy walking to. Personalize Your Experience: Mark songs you like to build your ultimate walking playlist. Play with different walking tempos to push your body and mind, and find what works best for you. Reinforce Walking Health & Improve Fitness: Stay on beat to reinforce good walking form. Help yourself maintain a consistent walking pace for longer with Gaitkeeping’s tempo control. Get more in-depth walking instruction through Gaitkeeping’s guided walks. These sessions teach you how to pick up the beat of a song, and refine the finer details of your walking form. Support Your Body When It Needs It: Adjust the music tempo at any time to match the support your gait needs. Enjoy Walking, Maintain Independence: Your walk is the bedrock of your physical independence. Use Gaitkeeping to enhance your walking experience, and keep your gait for longer!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gaitkeeping at 100% against BlazePod's 35%. Gaitkeeping also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 12). BlazePod's advantage is ratings volume (233 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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. BlazePod sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Gaitkeeping asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gaitkeeping holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BlazePod has 233 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of BlazePod's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gaitkeeping's.
BlazePod ships an update fortnightly, Gaitkeeping every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlazePod | Gaitkeeping |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (233 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 233 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 347 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Play Coyotta Ltd. | PD Movement Lab LLC |
Customer experience
BlazePod
Gaitkeeping
Bugs and requests
BlazePod
Reported bugs
14 issues- Pods randomly disconnect during sessions
- Pods fail to respond to touches and require multiple taps
- Bluetooth connectivity issues, especially in gyms and outdoor settings
- App crashes and freezes frequently
- Cannot change password due to validation errors
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- Login failures with latest app updates
- Custom workouts not saving properly
- Favorites not persisting after app updates
- Pods dying unexpectedly after warranty period
- Connector failures causing pod loss
- Limited pod connectivity (fewer pods connectable on newer devices)
- App search functionality returning errors
- Personal bests not saving to leaderboards
- App incompatibility with iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max
Requested features
15 requests- Multi-language support (German, French, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Korean, Chinese, etc.)
- Offline mode for app functionality
- Ability to save unlimited custom workouts in free version
- Heart rate monitoring integration
- Global leaderboards for comparing athletes worldwide
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- Landscape orientation support for tablets
- Intermediate/family subscription tier at lower price point
- Ability to configure multiple pods per activity setup
- More pre-loaded exercise content for various sports
- Playlist creation for multiple activities in sequence
- Adjustable pod sensitivity settings
- Better exercise search and discovery functionality
- Team management features for coaches
- Per-step customization for defensive moves in training
- Ability to omit steps from statistics
Gaitkeeping
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BlazePod
- BlazePod member14 Days trial2 variants$4.991 Month
- Go users monthly subscription14 Days trial$12.991 Month
- BlazePod member14 Days trial$14.991 Month
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- BlazePod member1 Month trial$14.991 Month
- Renew to Pro1 Month trial$14.991 Month
- BlazePod member14 Days trial2 variants$49.991 Year
- Go users yearly subscription14 Days trial$99.991 Year
- BlazePod member14 Days trial$149.991 Year
- BlazePod member1 Year trial$149.991 Year
- renew to pro1 Year trial$149.991 Year
Gaitkeeping
No in-app purchases
