Comparison

IceTest NG vs Training Builder

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

Head to head
About

IceTest NG

Access global schedules, starting lists, and results for Icelandic horse sports competitions. Follow your favorite horses and riders, and receive timely updates via push notifications.

Highlights
  • Global competition schedules
  • Starting lists and results
  • Follow favorite horses/riders
  • Push notifications
  • Aggregation of public data
  • Supports local to multinational events
Features
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The IceTest NG App provides access to the schedule, starting lists, and results of sport competitions with Icelandic horses on a global scale.   The information is an aggregation of publicly available information from a variety of Icelandic horse events taking place throughout Europe and North America on a scale from local riding club competitions up to multinational championships.   The app allows users to follow their favorite horses and riders with the option of seeing just the favorite results without having to filter through the thousands of other results.   The app leverages push notification technology to deliver timely information to participants and spectators alike.

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Training Builder

Features
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Training Builder builds structured workouts and sends them to the Fitness app on your Apple Watch. Warm-up, intervals, cool-down – every section with its own duration or distance and its own target zone. That is all you need: build the workout, send it to the watch, go. If you want more, there is a coach that plans your week, asks in the morning how you are doing, and tells you afterwards what the workout delivered. THE EDITOR Build the workout on iPhone or iPad, from a template or from a blank sheet. Every section gets a duration or a distance, plus a target: heart rate, power, pace or cadence. Repeat blocks hold what repeats. 8 × 400 m with 200 m of jogging in between sits there as one block, not as sixteen rows. Change the repeat once and every round follows. Above the list sits the intensity profile as a chart. Tap to select a section, drag to reorder. THE COACH The coach builds workouts by training rules, not at random. Give it the sport, the duration and the intent – it places warm-up, work and recovery to match. A single workout, a whole week, or a twelve-week block up to race day. Threshold, VO2max and pace get fixed days, and every week brings a different variant – no two weeks are alike. It runs on the device: what you give it never leaves your iPhone. Your workouts themselves sync between your devices over iCloud, and the measurements come from HealthKit. Got a plan from your coach? Bring it in: paste the text or pick a photo. That needs an iPhone with Apple Intelligence – everything else the coach builds from training rules, on any device running iOS 26. THE DAILY CHECK-IN Three questions in the morning: how was your sleep, how are your legs, how much energy is there. Plus resting heart rate, heart rate variability and sleep from Apple Health. Out of that comes a traffic light for the day. If it shows yellow or red, the coach suggests easing the workout or taking a rest day – you decide. The Today card in the planner shows it all at a glance. THE PLAN Training blocks across several weeks – build-up, load weeks and tapering before the race. The hard sessions land on the days you actually have time, spaced apart and never right after the long one. How many there are depends on your experience. THE DIARY What you did sits next to what you planned. Time in zones, pace, heart rate, elevation, route map and laps. For your workouts the coach tells you whether you hit the zones and what that means for the next one. Statistics for fixed periods or for any period you choose. All from HealthKit, with no second account and no second watch. ZONES THAT FIT YOU Heart rate, power, pace and cadence ranges, kept separately per sport. Power for cycling and rowing, pace for running, walking, hiking, cycling, swimming and rowing. Taken from HealthKit or set by hand. Metric or imperial. SPORTS Running, cycling, swimming, rowing, walking, hiking, elliptical, strength training, core, HIIT, cross-training, martial arts, yoga, pilates and more. SEVEN DAYS TO TRY, THEN A SINGLE PURCHASE For seven days you get every feature – no payment details, nothing to cancel. After that, a single purchase: no subscription, no renewal. Family Sharing covers up to six people, and the purchase holds for Version 2 for good. If the trial runs out and you do not buy, the workouts you already built stay fully usable. Only building new ones is locked. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

IceTest NG4 screens
Training Builder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: IceTest NG at monthly against Training Builder's every 14 months. IceTest NG also leads on iOS requirement (15.2 vs 26.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. IceTest NG sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and Training Builder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IceTest NG ships an update monthly, Training Builder every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
IceTest NG versus Training Builder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIceTest NGTraining Builder
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlackbuck Software GmbHPottbyte Solutions GbR

In-app purchases

2 purchases

IceTest NG

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$2.491 Month
  • Annual Plan$18.491 Year
2 purchases

Training Builder

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Month$0.991 Month
  • Premium Year$3.991 Year

Questions

Is IceTest NG free?
IceTest NG is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Training Builder free?
Training Builder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do IceTest NG or Training Builder have ads?
Neither IceTest NG nor Training Builder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IceTest NG or Training Builder?
IceTest NG ships an update monthly, and Training Builder every 14 months. Most recently, IceTest NG was updated on October 13, 2026 and Training Builder on October 3, 2026.

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