CloudFit vs Squad Watch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CloudFit
Enhance your gym with a digital display system that offers customizable multi-screen workout displays and a dynamic workout builder. Access thousands of exercise videos and personalize the system with your brand logo and background images.
- Multi-screen display technology
- Dynamic workout builder
- Thousands of built-in exercise videos
- Brand customization options
- Digital whiteboard feature
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CloudFit is workout display software for gyms, fitness studios and personal trainers. Build and run your own branded workouts, then display exercise videos, customizable timers and digital whiteboards on your gym TVs. Members always know what's next, so coaches spend less time explaining and more time coaching. From coached classes to self-directed workouts, deliver consistent training across every session and location. Build workouts your way: • Create workouts with flexible timers, stations and exercise instructions. • Choose from the built-in exercise video library or upload your own. • Control workouts from the CloudFit app or schedule them in advance. • Share Published Workouts so members can follow along on their own devices. • Use CloudFit AI to help plan and refine your programming. • Coordinate multiple displays and different training areas with Multi-Track programming. • Make the displays your own with custom logos, colors and backgrounds. CloudFit keeps improving with regular feature updates and a responsive support team ready to help you get the most from your setup.
Squad Watch
This app transmits heart rate data from an Apple Watch to a compatible iPhone app for display during fitness classes. It shows intensity, training zones, and energy expenditure without needing a chest strap.
- Independent Apple Watch app
- Connects to Squad HR up to 50 meters
- Transmits heart data without chest strap
- Displays intensity, zones, and energy expenditure
- Saves workouts to Apple Health
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* Important — New Version Available * This app only works with the legacy Squad Heart Rate version 2.x. If you’re training with the current SquadHR version 3.x, this app is not compatible. You’ll need to download and install SquadWatch3 on your Apple Watch and paired iPhone instead. For more details, please visit trackteam.net. - OVERVIEW Squad Watch app for Squad heart rate classes. Squad Watch app sends heart data from Apple Watch to Squad HR app running on iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch for display on a large TV or projector. Now you can join a Squad heart rate class with just your Apple Watch! You can download Squad HR for iPhone on the App Store here: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1483898877 FEATURES * Independent Apple Watch app - No tethered iPhone required! * Connects to Squad HR running on your trainer's iPhone up to 50 meters outdoors (approx) * Sends heart data from Apple Watch to Squad HR running on your trainer's iPhone - No chest strap required! * Shows relative intensity (%HRmax), training zone (colour), energy expenditure (Cals/Kj), and training score (Trimp) * Shows Bluetooth connection status indicator * Option to trigger recovery and maximum zone transition alerts * Saves your workouts in the Apple Health app SETUP To pair your Apple Watch to Squad HR running on iPhone: 1. Launch Squad HR on iPhone 2. Add/Edit your profile on iPhone 3. Select Add heart rate sensor on iPhone 4. Launch Squad on Apple Watch 5. Swipe left to setup your profile on Apple Watch 6. Swipe left again on Apple Watch, hold near iPhone, and long-press Pair button To track your Apple Watch with Squad HR running on iPhone: 1. Launch Squad HR on iPhone 2. Start new activity on iPhone 3. Launch Squad on Apple Watch 4. Tap Start workout on Apple Watch 5. Tap screen to toggle heart rate units on Apple Watch 6. Swipe right to pause/stop workout on Apple Watch
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CloudFit at 4.9 against Squad Watch's 3.0. CloudFit also leads on ratings volume (115 vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Squad Watch's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CloudFit holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CloudFit has 115 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
CloudFit ships an update weekly, Squad Watch monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CloudFit | Squad Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (115 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 115 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | CLOUDFIT PTY LTD | TRACKTEAM PTY LTD |
Customer experience
CloudFit
Squad Watch
In-app purchases
CloudFit
No in-app purchases
Squad Watch
No in-app purchases









