PerfectPace vs MATS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PerfectPace
This app helps triathletes elevate their training by logging workouts, analyzing performance, and planning future sessions. It offers automatic syncing with popular devices and personalized training plans to help users achieve their goals.
- Workout logging and automatic syncing
- Performance analysis charts
- Training calendar and workout library
- Personalized training plans
- Fitness state and HR zone tracking
- Ad and tracking-software free
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The app for triathletes who want to bring their training to the next level. The free PerfectPace mobile app provides access to your training data or your athletes wherever you are. LOG • Track all your workouts and enjoy automatic syncing with Garmin or Polar devices. • Add comments to your session for yourself or your coach. • Keep track of your current fitness state and optimal HR, pace and power zones. ANALYZE • Stay on top of your training with the Dashboard - customize the charts to see what is most important to you. • Never over- or under-train again with the Performance Management Chart. • Want to see what your body is capable of on a bike? Check out the Critical Power Chart. • Drill down to individual workouts for the maximum level of detail - Laps, power output or location data, everything at your finger tips. PLAN • Take care of your next training week from within the app. • What was your next training session again? Look it up in the calendar. • Check out the workout library for more variety during your training sessions, or design your own dynamic workouts. • Do you have a specific goal in mind? First Olympic distance to championship qualification, personalized training plans by Roy Hinnen will get you there. PRIVACY PerfectPace tracks your training, but does not track you. 100% ad and tracking-software free.
MATS
This app simplifies training management for athletes by combining planning, analysis, and communication tools. It offers evidence-based diagnostics, personalized training plans, and a knowledge hub to enhance performance. Designed for ease of use, it integrates multiple functions into one platform.
- Integrated training calendar
- Scientific performance analysis
- Strength & Core workout library
- Remote diagnostic tools
- Professional training plans
- Athlete-coach chat
- Knowledge Hub for sports science
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MATS is your AI coach for running, cycling, and triathlon. It plans your training week by week, checks your training load every day, and rebuilds your plan when your daily life changes. Behind the AI coach are real elite coaches. Their training philosophy is built into every plan it creates for you. Do you train with your own coach? Then you can work together in MATS, with your calendar, chat, and all your data in one place. And if you simply want to record and analyze your training, you’ll find everything you need in the same app. ### AI COACH - Tell it what changes: two extra hours on Sunday, a business trip, an illness. It checks your training load and adjusts your week accordingly. - Add your races. It plans your base, build, and peak phases around them, all the way through your taper. - Your readiness, based on HRV, resting heart rate, sleep, and your daily feedback, is factored into every recommendation. SMART TRAINER - Control your smart trainer directly from MATS - on your smartphone, tablet, or in your browser. Your intervals run at the planned power target without the need for a second app. You can even connect your Core sensor. STRENGTH & MOBILITY - Choose from a large exercise library with instructions and videos, or train with ready-made workouts. Your strength sessions are scheduled where they best fit into your endurance training week. CALENDAR & ANALYSIS - All your workouts in one calendar, synced with Garmin, Apple, COROS, Suunto, Zwift, and other platforms. You can also factor weather data and availability into your planning. - Connect MATS to your personal calendar. This lets you see training, work, and family commitments in one place and schedule your workouts around your actual week. - Track your threshold power, training intensity distribution, and training load with the MATS Score. - Determine your performance parameters conveniently from home with the diagnostic protocol. FOR ATHLETES WITH THEIR OWN COACH - Your coach plans directly in your calendar. You can communicate via chat, comment on workouts and events, and receive push notifications whenever something changes. KNOWLEDGE HUB - Articles on training science and MATS features, linked directly to the relevant areas of the app. Try MATS free for 14 days. EULA: https://mats.coach/en/eula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PerfectPace at none against MATS's 13. MATS's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 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. MATS sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $17.00 per month. PerfectPace asks for nothing beyond the download.
PerfectPace ships an update every 7 months, MATS every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PerfectPace | MATS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 84.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LeanFive Software GmbH und Co KG | MATS GmbH |
Customer experience
PerfectPace
MATS
In-app purchases
PerfectPace
No in-app purchases
MATS
- Premium monthly subscription$17.001 Month
- AI Coach - Seipp (Month)$39.001 Month
- AI Coach - Tilbury-Davis (Month)$39.001 Month
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- AI Coach - Roesler (Month)$39.001 Month
- AI Coach - Schoemburg-Heuck (Month)$39.001 Month
- Basic yearly subscription$99.991 Year
- Premium yearly subscription$129.991 Year
- AI Coach - Eriksson (Year)$350.001 Year
- AI Coach - Seipp (Year)$350.001 Year
- AI Coach - Tilbury-Davis (Year)$350.001 Year
- AI Coach - Roesler (Year)$350.001 Year
- AI Coach - Schoemburg-Heuck (Year)$350.001 Year
- Diagnostic$79.00







