Comparison

FormBeat vs Stride

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

Head to head
About

FormBeat

This app provides AI-powered cycling analytics and coaching for all fitness levels. It helps users improve their performance and form with science-based tools and metrics for sustainable training.

Highlights
  • AI-powered cycling analytics
  • Personalized coaching
  • Performance improvement tools
  • Science-based metrics
  • Sustainable training focus
Features
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Cycling analytics designed to help cyclists of any fitness level focus on productive and sustainable training. Improve your performance and cycling form with our science-based tools and metrics.

About

Stride

Maximize your athletic performance with science-backed training plans and smart analytics for cycling, running, and triathlons. Gain deeper insights with AI-driven recommendations and seamless integration with your favorite fitness devices and apps.

Highlights
  • Science-backed training plans
  • Smart analytics
  • AI performance insights
  • Seamless device integration
  • Triathlon, cycling, and running focus
  • Advanced metrics
Features
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Training is full of signals. A great ride. A flat run. A good swim. A week where your legs felt gone before Tuesday. A power curve that's moving. An HRV trend that's trying to tell you something. Stride brings it all into one place, then helps you understand what to do next. Built for cyclists, runners, triathletes, and coaches, Stride combines clear training analytics with Stride AI: an assistant that can plan your week, adjust your schedule, generate structured workouts, and give you insights into your training like never before. With Stride, you can: • See your training load, fatigue, HRV, power, pace, FTP, Critical Power, W′, and more • Use Stride Insights to understand what went well, what to watch, and what to do next • Build and adjust training plans with Stride AI • Generate custom structured workouts for rides, runs, swims, and strength sessions • Track your power curve and power profile across key durations • Sync activities, sleep and HRV data from Garmin, Wahoo, Hammerhead, Zwift, Rouvy, Apple Health, Whoop, Oura, Polar, Strava, and more • Push structured workouts to supported devices and platforms • Keep your training history, plans, workouts, recovery, and analysis together Ask Stride AI to make the week easier. Tell it you're travelling. Build toward the event on your calendar. Create a workout that matches the race you're actually training for. Then come back after the hard session and let Stride Insights show you what happened: what worked, what changed, what to watch, and what to do next.

Screenshots

FormBeat4 screens
Stride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FormBeat at 4.5 against Stride's 3.8. FormBeat also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Stride's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (69% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume 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. Stride sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. FormBeat asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FormBeat holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of FormBeat's written reviews are positive against 69% of Stride's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FormBeat ships an update every 2 months, Stride every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
FormBeat versus Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFormBeatStride
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews68.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichal SimonfyALEXANDER ROSS BARLOW

Customer experience

FormBeat

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Stride

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive68.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative18.8%

In-app purchases

None

FormBeat

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Stride

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly14 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Yearly14 Days trial$149.001 Year

Questions

Is FormBeat free?
FormBeat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FormBeat or Stride?
FormBeat is rated higher. FormBeat averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Stride averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do FormBeat or Stride have ads?
Stride shows ads; FormBeat does not.
Which is updated more often, FormBeat or Stride?
FormBeat ships an update every 2 months, and Stride every 10 days. Most recently, FormBeat was updated on September 9, 2026 and Stride on September 23, 2026.

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