Comparison

LapTrak vs Cadence Coach

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

Head to head
About

LapTrak

This app is a running activity tracker focused on speed, interval, and lap training. It offers detailed analysis of individual laps and runs, with customizable training programs and real-time feedback. Track your progress with GPS or manual input, and sync data with other fitness platforms.

Highlights
  • Manual and automatic lap tracking
  • Customizable interval training programs
  • Real-time interval and run stats
  • GPS and indoor tracking modes
  • HealthKit and Strava integration
  • Detailed post-run analysis
  • Cadence training aid
Features
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LapTrak is a running activity tracker with features designed for speed, interval, and lap training. Activities can be tracked using the LapTrak iPhone or Apple Watch app. If you have an Apple Watch, you can leave your iPhone at home, with activities syncing back to the iPhone app upon completion. Integration & Compatibility: LapTrak integrates with HealthKit, Strava, and the Health & Activity apps, allowing your runs to contribute to your daily stats. You can upload activities to Strava with one tap or export them in TCX format for other platforms. Core Features: LapTrak excels at tracking and analyzing individual laps, regardless of their time or distance. You can manually track laps with the large lap button or let a training program handle it automatically. • Classic Laps: Free program for manual or auto lap tracking with customizable lap distances. Great for sprints, intervals, splits, and reminders like halfway points or gels. • Upgraded Programs: Available for purchase and fully customizable: • Lap Repeats: Fast + recovery laps by time, distance, or location. • Pyramid Laps: Intervals with increasing and decreasing durations. • Tabata: 8x 20-second sprints with 10-second recoveries. • Tempo: Target a hard pace based on your 5K time. • Yasso 800s: Predict and train for marathon goals. During the Run: LapTrak offers interval and total run stats at a glance, with optional spoken feedback. Switch between interval and overall stats mid-run with a tap. Both iPhone and Apple Watch apps include outdoor and indoor modes: • Outdoor: Tracking via GPS • Indoor Manual: Input treadmill speed yourself. • Indoor Bluetooth: Automatically track speed with compatible treadmills. LapTrak also features a cadence training aid, providing audio feedback to help you hit your target cadence. Post-Run Analysis: After your run, LapTrak provides a detailed breakdown of overall and interval stats. On the iPhone app, view summaries, interactive maps, and tables of interval splits, including pace, distance, time, elevation, heart rate, and cadence. Select intervals for deeper analysis, including pace graphs and rankings. LapTrak also highlights fast intervals, showing specific stats alongside overall results. For back-and-forth sprints or track workouts, LapTrak groups points for clearer analysis. Additional Features: • Social media sharing with detailed stat views. • KM/mile support, pause & auto-pause, heart rate tracking, and warmup/cooldown options. • Highly configurable to suit any running style.

About

Cadence Coach

This app acts as a running metronome to help you achieve and maintain your ideal step rate. It offers guided interval training and heart rate monitoring, with advanced features available on Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Precise running metronome
  • Tap tempo for current rhythm
  • Guided interval training
  • Customizable workout intervals
  • Heart rate monitoring
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Haptic cadence coaching
Features
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Cadence Coach is a precise running metronome with a private, on-device AI coach that helps you find and hold the perfect step rate. Whether you are chasing a 180 spm target, easing back into running after injury, or just want a steadier rhythm, Cadence Coach keeps you on beat. AI COACH (Premium) • Short, spoken coaching cues while you run — cadence, effort and rhythm • Rehab-aware guidance: stage-based tips through your protocol, never a diagnosis • Runs entirely on your iPhone with Apple Intelligence — private, offline, no account • Works on every iPhone: devices without Apple Intelligence get the same coaching with fixed phrasing FIND YOUR CADENCE • Precise metronome from a slow walk to a full sprint • Tap Tempo to match your current rhythm instantly • Pace presets for Walk, Jog, Slow Run, Fast Run and Sprint GUIDED INTERVAL TRAINING • Preset workouts for runners and rehabilitation • Build, save and reuse your own custom intervals • Each segment sets its own cadence and duration automatically TRAIN BY HEART RATE • Connect any Bluetooth heart rate sensor — Polar, Garmin, Wahoo, COOSPO, Magene and more • See live heart rate while you run • Heart-rate zone coaching with live voice feedback (Premium) APPLE WATCH (Premium) • Live cadence and heart rate on your wrist • Saved workouts: every run is stored in Apple Health with a summary — duration, average cadence, time on target and heart rate • Complication and Smart Stack: start at your last cadence straight from the watch face • Haptic cadence coaching: a gentle tap when you drift from your target pace • Leave your phone behind SYNC YOUR RUNS • Upload finished workouts to Strava automatically • Every workout is saved to Apple Health MORE • Live Activity on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Home Screen widget: start at your last cadence with one tap • Motion analysis with live cadence, symmetry and running form metrics (Premium) • Accent beats every 2nd or 4th step • Silent haptic metronome • Clean, distraction-free design — no ads, no account PREMIUM Unlock the AI coach, Apple Watch app, any Bluetooth heart rate sensor, motion analysis, all preset workouts, unlimited saved intervals and haptic feedback with a single one-time purchase. No subscription.

Screenshots

LapTrak4 screens
Cadence Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cadence Coach at Free against LapTrak's $2.99. Cadence Coach also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). LapTrak's advantage is review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Cadence Coach is free to download; LapTrak costs $2.99 up front. LapTrak sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Cadence Coach sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cadence Coach holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LapTrak has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of LapTrak's written reviews are positive against 0% of Cadence Coach's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LapTrak ships an update monthly, Cadence Coach every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
LapTrak versus Cadence Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLapTrakCadence Coach
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating2.4 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard LevyRonny Eliassen

Customer experience

LapTrak

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

Cadence Coach

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

LapTrak

One-time8
  • Tabata workout programme$0.99
  • Lap Repeats Programme$1.99
  • Pyramid Laps$1.99
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  • Tempo run$1.99
  • Yasso 800s$1.99
  • Bluetooth Treadmill support$1.99
  • LapTrak programme bundle 1$4.99
  • All programmes bundle$6.99
1 purchases

Cadence Coach

One-time1
  • Cadence Coach Premium$6.99

Questions

Is LapTrak free?
LapTrak costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Cadence Coach free?
Cadence Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LapTrak or Cadence Coach?
Cadence Coach is rated higher. LapTrak averages 2.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Cadence Coach averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do LapTrak or Cadence Coach have ads?
Neither LapTrak nor Cadence Coach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LapTrak or Cadence Coach?
LapTrak ships an update monthly, and Cadence Coach every 2 weeks. Most recently, LapTrak was updated on October 26, 2026 and Cadence Coach on October 24, 2026.

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