Comparison

Chasing Watts vs CoachCat

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

Head to head
About

Chasing Watts

Discover, join, and organize cycling group rides effortlessly. Find cyclists nearby, see ride details like pace and difficulty, and manage your cycling community with integrated communication tools and weather forecasts.

Highlights
  • Discover and join group rides
  • Organize new cycling rides
  • Route integration (Ride with GPS, Strava, Garmin, GPX)
  • View ride details (pace, distance, difficulty)
  • Manage clubs and teams
  • Group chat and ride rosters
  • Day-of weather forecasts
Features
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Who’s Riding? Let’s Find Out. Whether you’re a seasoned racer, weekend warrior, or just getting started, finding the right group ride shouldn’t be hard. Chasing Watts makes it easy to discover, join, and organize great cycling rides near you. Create or join rides in seconds with seamless route integration from Ride with GPS, Strava, Garmin, or any GPX file. See exactly where you’re riding, who’s coming, expected pace, distance, and difficulty—so you know what to expect before you roll out. Built for clubs, teams, and local shops, Chasing Watts makes it simple to manage rides, communicate with members, and grow your community. Keep everyone in sync with ride rosters, group chat, and day-of weather forecasts—all in one place. Use map-based radius searches to find rides and riders nearby, explore new routes, and connect with cyclists who match your style. Easily share rides with a link or image to bring more riders along and help your events reach a wider audience. Group rides. Easy. Download Chasing Watts today—and LET’S RIDE.

About

CoachCat

This AI-powered cycling coach analyzes your ride data instantly to provide personalized feedback. It integrates with a custom training plan builder and a comprehensive training library for various cycling disciplines. Connect with popular fitness trackers for a holistic view of your performance and recovery.

Highlights
  • AI-powered ride data analysis
  • Instant coaching feedback
  • Custom training plan builder
  • Extensive training library
  • Integration with fitness trackers
  • Sleep and HRV data analysis
  • Daily training recommendations
Features
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Tell CoachCat what you want to get out of your riding and how many hours you have. Get a training plan built around both, starting today. FasCat has coached endurance cyclists for 20+ years, from first-time gravel riders to national champions. We invented Sweet Spot training, the method that made structured base building work whether you have 6 hours a week or 16. CoachCat puts that coaching on your phone. // WHAT COACHCAT DOES • Builds your plan around you• Training for a race, chasing a fitness number, or just want to get stronger on the bike. Tell CoachCat the goal and the hours you actually have, and it builds the plan. Not sure what your goal is? Answer a few questions and CoachCat will tell you what to work on. Road, gravel, mountain bike, cyclocross, multisport and more. Unlimited access to FasCat's 5-star plan library, with Sweet Spot base, intervals, strength training and everything in between. • Adjusts the plan as your life changes• Miss a week. Travel. Get sick. Change your goal. CoachCat reworks the plan instead of leaving you to catch up on your own. This is where most training plans fall apart, and it is the reason people quit them. • Tells you what to do today• Open the app and your workout is there, with the reason behind it. No deciding, no guessing, no building your own week. Just ride what it says. • Coaches you after every ride• Upload a ride and ask anything. Why your power faded in hour 3. Whether that interval set did what it was supposed to. What to change on Saturday. You get a straight answer built on your data, not a generic article. • Knows when to push and when to back off• CoachCat pulls sleep and HRV from your wearable and scores your recovery every morning. Green means go. Red means rest. Your plan responds to that instead of ignoring it. • Handles the fueling• FuelTrix™ reads the duration and intensity of every workout on your calendar and gives you a carbohydrate target in grams per hour, then converts it to bottles and gels. Plus meal plans and recipes for the eating you do off the bike. • Shows you whether it is working• Fitness, fatigue and form over time. Your FTP. Your consistency. The numbers that tell you the training is doing something. // WHO IT IS FOR Riders with a race on the calendar. Riders who just want to be faster, fitter and stronger on the bike. Riders who want real structure without a 1-on-1 coaching budget. Riders who would rather be told what to do than build their own training week. Riders who have started a plan before and quit because life happened and nothing adjusted. // WORKS WITH YOUR GEAR Apple Health, Garmin, Wahoo, Strava, Zwift, Hammerhead, Whoop, Oura, Rouvy, Fitbit and more. // TRY IT FREE First week free. No credit card required. After that, $34.99 per month, or $210 for the year, which works out to $17.50 per month. // 6-WEEK IMPROVEMENT GUARANTEE Train with CoachCat for 6 weeks and hit 80% green days. If you have not improved, we refund you in full and set you up with a complimentary consultation with a FasCat coach. // SUBSCRIPTION CoachCat is available as a monthly subscription at $34.99 or an annual subscription at $210. Payment is charged to your Apple Account upon purchase co. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or turn off auto-renew in your Account settings at any time after purchase. // APPLE HEALTH CoachCat reads sleep, heart rate variability and workout data from Apple Health to score your daily recovery and adjust your training. Your health data is never sold or shared with advertisers. Train smarter. Recover better. Ride faster. Terms of Use: https://fascatcoaching.com/pages/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://fascatcoaching.com/pages/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Chasing Watts4 screens
CoachCat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chasing Watts at 4.8 against CoachCat's 4.3. Chasing Watts also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (763 vs 81). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CoachCat sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Chasing Watts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chasing Watts holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chasing Watts has 763 ratings behind it against 81, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Chasing Watts's written reviews are positive against 76% of CoachCat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chasing Watts ships an update every 10 days, CoachCat every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Chasing Watts versus CoachCat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChasing WattsCoachCat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (763 ratings) — better4.3 (81 ratings)
Positive reviews86.8% of reviews — better75.9% of reviews
Number of ratings763 — better81
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB115 MB
Age rating12++4
DeveloperChasing Watts LLCFascat Coaching LLC

Customer experience

Chasing Watts

All ratings757 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive86.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative10.5%

CoachCat

All ratings81 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative14.8%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive75.9%
Neutral7.4%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and requests

Chasing Watts

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App crashes when creating rides over cellular data
  • Profile setup crashes and errors
  • App requires re-login on every launch
  • Profile pictures rotate 90 degrees after saving
  • Errors when answering profile questions
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  • Unreliable performance on cell data vs WiFi

Requested features

6 requests
  • Expand to multiple cities nationwide
  • Expand to other sports like running
  • Face ID or biometric login option
  • Ability to save/star rides without committing attendance
  • Persistent app state when switching apps
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  • Better offline functionality

CoachCat

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Chasing Watts

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

CoachCat

Subscriptions6
  • CoachCat Basic Month$7.991 Month
  • CoachCat Month$34.991 Month
  • Optimize Monthly Subscription$34.991 Month
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  • CoachCat Basic Year$47.991 Year
  • CoachCat Year$209.991 Year
  • Optimize Subscription$299.991 Year

Questions

Is Chasing Watts free?
Chasing Watts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CoachCat free?
CoachCat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chasing Watts or CoachCat?
Chasing Watts is rated higher. Chasing Watts averages 4.8 out of 5 from 763 ratings, while CoachCat averages 4.3 from 81 ratings.
Do Chasing Watts or CoachCat have ads?
Neither Chasing Watts nor CoachCat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chasing Watts or CoachCat?
Chasing Watts ships an update every 10 days, and CoachCat every 2 weeks. Most recently, Chasing Watts was updated on September 25, 2026 and CoachCat on September 23, 2026.

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