Comparison

Pace vs StrideOn

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

Head to head
About

Pace

This app helps runners plan their races by calculating pace and speed. It provides instant conversions and displays finish times for various race distances, from short sprints to ultra-marathons. Users can also plan race strategies with detailed splits and switch between metric and imperial units.

Highlights
  • Instant pace and speed conversion
  • Finish time calculator for various distances
  • Race strategy planning with splits
  • Support for miles and kilometers
  • Apple Watch compatibility
Features
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Pace helps runners plan races with clear targets, fast conversions, and practical split strategies. Enter your target pace or speed and instantly convert between them, then see projected finish times across popular distances from 400m and the mile to 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon, 50K, 50 Mile, and 100 Mile. What you can do - Convert pace and speed instantly - Enter a goal finish time to see the pace you need - View finish times across short, long, and ultra distances - Plan even, negative, or positive splits - Add custom race distances in meters, kilometers, or miles - Switch between miles and kilometers - Use quick slider controls or manual pace entry - Use Pace on Apple Watch with Digital Crown support Whether you are training for a 5K, marathon, or 100-miler, Pace gives you fast, reliable numbers for smarter race planning.

About

StrideOn

This app helps runners achieve their training goals by offering personalized coaching, structured maintenance plans, and guided workouts. It syncs with popular devices and provides essential stats to improve performance.

Highlights
  • Personalized coaching options
  • Customizable training plans
  • Syncs with Garmin and COROS
  • Guided workouts with pace tracking
  • Workout builder
  • Training groups with chat and leaderboards
  • Essential performance insights
Features
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Free your mind and run free. Sometimes we run just for the love of running. Other times, we need a plan to tackle those race and training goals or even a hectic life. Let StrideOn eliminate the guesswork and save that mental energy for your workout! Coaching: You can choose to work with a coach, who will manage your training calendar. Maintenance Plan: If you want the structure of a training plan while not training for anything specific, you can start a maintenance plan by telling us your ideal base week of training, and we'll take it from there to build out a repeating 4-week plan that includes a variety of speed workouts and gradually increase in distance. TRACK COMPLETED ACTIVITIES Connect your Garmin or COROS device to sync completed activities to your calendar and activity feed. For other devices, we can capture your data via Strava. GUIDED WORKOUTS StrideOn can sync structured workouts to your Garmin or COROS device to guide you through workouts and keep you on pace. WORKOUT LIBRARY Built-In Workouts: Spice up your routine by dropping a StrideOn workout to your calendar. It will sync to your Garmin device to keep you on pace. New workouts added weekly! Build Your Own: Use our insanely easy workout builder to create your own workouts with just a few taps. You can even build random workouts, where the hard and easy intervals are created for you based on the level of difficulty you choose! STATS & INSIGHTS Say goodbye to endless layers of data, metrics and analytics that you’ll never understand or put to use. StrideOn only gives you what you need to know to track you progress and help you run smarter and stronger. TRAINING GROUPS Create or join training groups where you'll have your own group chat area, leaderboard and activity feed. MANY MORE FEATURES This is only a preview of what the StrideOn is all about.

Screenshots

Pace4 screens
StrideOn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StrideOn at none against Pace's 1. StrideOn also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 74%). Pace's advantage is ratings volume (385 vs 3). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Pace sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. StrideOn asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Pace against 4.7 for StrideOn. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pace has 385 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Pace's written reviews are positive against 100% of StrideOn's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pace ships an update every 6 weeks, StrideOn every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pace versus StrideOn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaceStrideOn
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (385 ratings) — better4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings385 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB48 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSkipjack Studios, LLCLouis Green

Customer experience

Pace

All ratings385 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral7.4%
Negative18.5%

StrideOn

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Pace

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Paces are off compared to online calculators
  • Algorithm for speed/distance calculation is incorrect
  • Pace display doesn't change correctly when using km/h
  • Results for marathon are not visible on iPhone 14 Pro Max
  • Half marathon distance displayed incorrectly in overview

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add custom distance input
  • Include shorter track distances (e.g., 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 1600m)
  • Make default goal time distance configurable
  • Ability to print chosen time line of partials
  • Improve visibility of marathon results on smaller screens

StrideOn

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pace

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99
None

StrideOn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pace free?
Pace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StrideOn free?
StrideOn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pace or StrideOn?
Pace is rated higher. Pace averages 4.7 out of 5 from 385 ratings, while StrideOn averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Pace or StrideOn have ads?
Pace shows ads; StrideOn does not.
Which is updated more often, Pace or StrideOn?
Pace ships an update every 6 weeks, and StrideOn every 2 months. Most recently, Pace was updated on September 27, 2026 and StrideOn on September 17, 2026.

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