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 heavy squat session. 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, build structured workouts and explain what your training is telling you. 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 structured workouts for rides, runs, swims and strength sessions • Track your power curve and power profile across key durations • Sync activities, sleep and HRV from Garmin, Wahoo, Hammerhead, Zwift, Rouvy, Apple Health, Whoop, Oura, Polar and more • Send structured workouts to Garmin, Wahoo, Coros and Zwift • Keep your training history, plans, workouts, recovery and analysis together Strength training Strength sits in the same plan as your riding and running, so the heavy days and the hard sessions are planned together. Stride AI builds sessions around your goals, your equipment and the rest of your week, or you can build your own. • Follow a session set by set, with weights and reps filled in from your plan and your last session • A rest timer that starts on its own when you tick off a set • More than 1,500 exercises, each with a demo video • Log without signal in the gym; your session uploads when you are back online • Personal records, estimated one-rep max and progress for every exercise • See how many sets each muscle group gets, week by week • Add your own exercises, and film a set for your coach to check your form For coaches • Build teams and put sessions straight onto your athletes' calendars • Ask Stride AI about any athlete you coach • Pay for your athletes' subscriptions 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. Stride is available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Greek, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.

Screenshots

FormBeat4 screens
Stride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FormBeat at 4.5 against Stride's 4.0. 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). On price, review sentiment, 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 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 63% 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 26, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
FormBeat versus Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFormBeatStride
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (12 ratings) — better4.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews68.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better5
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
Size38 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichal SimonfyALEXANDER ROSS BARLOW

Customer experience

FormBeat

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%

Stride

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
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 12 ratings, while Stride averages 4.0 from 5 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 26, 2026 and Stride on October 13, 2026.

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