Comparison

RideViewer vs Dash

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

Head to head
About

RideViewer

Analyze your Strava activities with detailed sorting and filtering. Track trends over time and compare current performance against past efforts. Create custom groups for focused analysis.

Highlights
  • Download Strava activities
  • Extensive sorting and filtering
  • Tag activities
  • Create Smart Groups
  • Performance trend analysis
  • Compare current vs. past activities
Features
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RideViewer downloads your Strava activities so you can view and compare them with extensive sorting and filtering options.  Show your activities sorted by date, distance, moving or elapsed time, elevation gain, average speed and more. Tag activities and create Smart Groups (e.g. 100k Rides, 1 Hour Walks) and see how your current activity performance compares with previous similar ones Show how your Strava efforts are trending by month or year, are you doing more, or less?

About

Dash

Visualize your fitness data from Strava, Apple Health, or Garmin directly on your Home and Lock Screens. Track various activities and key metrics with customizable widgets. Offers a privacy-first approach, keeping your data on your device.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets for Home and Lock Screen
  • Connects to Strava, Apple Health, and Garmin
  • Tracks running, cycling, swimming, skiing, and more
  • Displays weekly, monthly, and yearly stats
  • Monitors mileage, pace, elevation, and heart rate
  • Privacy-first data handling
Features
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Turn your Strava, Apple Health, or Garmin workouts into widgets you can read at a glance. Track running, cycling, swimming, skiing, multi-sport, and steps right from your Home Screen and Lock Screen. - Pick your data source Connect Strava, Apple Health, or Garmin and switch whenever you want. - See your progress instantly Choose small, medium, and large widgets with weekly, monthly, and yearly stats and metric trends. - Track the metrics that matter Follow mileage, pace, elevation, heart rate zones, goals, heatmaps across time periods, Training Load (TRIMP), Metric Trends, Cycling Power and Achievements. - Great for Apple Health too Use Steps Mode, goal widgets, and trend views even without Strava. - Privacy-first Your workout data stays on your device. We do not track users. Whether you're training for a race or just want a better workout dashboard, Dash keeps your progress visible all day. More widgets and metrics are coming soon. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://dashworkouts.app/privacy/

Screenshots

RideViewer4 screens
Dash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RideViewer at 100% against Dash's 65%. Dash's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. RideViewer sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Dash sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RideViewer ships an update every 2 months, Dash every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RideViewer versus Dash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRideViewerDash
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.4 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better64.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB129 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilip DiggensRui Peres

Customer experience

RideViewer

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Dash

All ratings13 ratings
Positive53.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative38.5%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative35.3%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

RideViewer

One-time4
  • Token treat$0.99
  • Small Treat$1.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
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  • The Full Works$4.99
3 purchases

Dash

Subscriptions2
  • Dash Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Dash Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dash Pro - Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is RideViewer free?
RideViewer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dash free?
Dash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RideViewer or Dash have ads?
Neither RideViewer nor Dash shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RideViewer or Dash?
RideViewer ships an update every 2 months, and Dash every 9 days. Most recently, RideViewer was updated on October 14, 2026 and Dash on October 25, 2026.

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