Comparison

Output Capture vs Rival Coach

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

Head to head
About

Output Capture

This app, paired with a wearable sensor, provides comprehensive athlete performance analysis. It tracks strength, speed, power, and mobility with reliable and valid data, streamlining the entire assessment process for training optimization and return-to-play protocols.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive athlete testing
  • Strength, speed, power, mobility tracking
  • Reliable and valid data
  • Streamlined data management
  • End-to-end solution
  • Machine-learning algorithms
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Output Sports is your Swiss army knife to truly understand athletes and optimise their performance // Anytime, anywhere. Paired with an Output V2 Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)*, the Capture app offers unparalleled versatility, scalability and usability without sacrificing accuracy and validity, making it the perfect tool for assessing athlete performance. With Output’s machine-learning algorithms you have the ability to test and track multiple components of athletic performance. * Use of the Capture app requires the wearable V2 Capture IMU sensor to function. The Capture app requires iOS 15.0+. - End-To-End Solution One simple, portable, easy to use tool that can be used for comprehensive athlete testing and tracking of strength, speed, power, mobility & more. Whether integrating it into training programme optimisation, developing return to play assessments, or driving intent. - Reliability and Validity Reliability and validity is at the forefront of what we do at Output. Our state of the art algorithms have been developed in biomechanics labs and have exceptional agreement with gold-standard research. - Unified Data No more reliance on cumbersome equipment producing difficult to manage silos of data. Output streamlines the whole data capture, management and decision-making process. - Grown with our community Our technology has been co-developed with elite sporting partners & spans >8 years of research and development. Our community continues to grow everyday. You can check out some of our user stories on our website at https://www.outputsports.com/.

About

Rival Coach

Features
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Rival Coach is the coach's remote for Rival — the live team-competition platform for gyms. HOW RIVAL WORKS • The free Rival desktop app (rivalfitness.app) runs on your gym's laptop and reads your machines WIRELESSLY — every Concept2 rower, SkiErg and BikeErg, plus compatible bikes and runners — calories, metres, watts and pace, straight off the monitors. No cables to the machines, no typing in scores. • The laptop fills your gym TV with live leaderboards, and can even send the workout to each Concept2 PM5 screen. • This app is the coach's controller for all of it — and the full workout builder in your pocket. IN THE GYM • Open the app and it finds your gym's Rival laptop on the WiFi — signed in, you're connected automatically. • Run the whole session from your phone: pick the workout, place teams on machines, start, pause, score. • Run full competition days — divisions, waves, judged score sheets, live standings and the podium — with a public spectator page for every phone in the building. • Send the live leaderboard to the gym TV with one tap, and see exactly what the TV shows, right on your phone. • Pair machines and heart-rate straps from the gym floor, standing at the machine. ANYWHERE (OFFLINE MODE) • The full app in your pocket: build workouts, set up fleets and teams, and run complete demo classes with a live leaderboard — no gym hardware needed. • Sign in with your Rival account and everything you build lands on the gym laptop automatically. • Browse your gym's saved results and leaderboards, and set the branding your members see. IMPORTANT: Rival Coach needs the free Rival desktop app running on your gym's laptop for live machine scoring — download it at rivalfitness.app. The laptop reads the ergs wirelessly and drives the TV; this app is the remote in your hand. Scores come live from the machines — every rep counts.

Screenshots

Output Capture4 screens
Rival Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rival Coach at every 3 days against Output Capture's fortnightly. Rival Coach also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Output Capture ships an update fortnightly, Rival Coach every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Output Capture versus Rival Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOutput CaptureRival Coach
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOutput SportsRival Fitness Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Output Capture

No in-app purchases

None

Rival Coach

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Output Capture free?
Output Capture is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rival Coach free?
Rival Coach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Output Capture or Rival Coach have ads?
Neither Output Capture nor Rival Coach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Output Capture or Rival Coach?
Output Capture ships an update fortnightly, and Rival Coach every 3 days. Most recently, Output Capture was updated on October 25, 2026 and Rival Coach on October 24, 2026.

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