Comparison

Stages Cycling vs Trackload

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

Head to head
About

Stages Cycling

Configure and manage your Stages cycling computer, smart bike, and power meter. Customize rider metrics, data screens, and bike settings. Track rides, analyze performance, and connect with popular fitness apps for seamless data sharing.

Highlights
  • Configure Stages Dash GPS computer
  • Manage Stages SB20 smart bike gearing
  • Pair with Stages products and sensors
  • Record indoor rides
  • Receive phone notifications on Dash
  • Manage course files and workouts
  • Upload ride files to 3rd party apps
Features
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Your ride. Your data. Your Stages. The Stages Cycling app gives cyclists the tools to configure, manage, ride, and achieve individual goals with Stages Cycling products. SET UP & CUSTOMIZE • Configure Stages smart bikes, including SB20 and the new SB200 • Create and customize bike and rider profiles • Customize shifter, gearing, and button settings • Manage connected devices and sensors • Download and update product firmware RIDE & TRACK • View real-time cycling performance data (power, cadence, and heart rate) • New dynamic ride gauges • Portrait or landscape display • Pair devices and sensors during your ride • Pass-through sensor integration • Capture and save ride data • Build a GPX course to share with your favorite cycling computer ANALYZE & SHARE • Review post-ride metrics and performance data • Track your rides and workouts on the integrated calendar • Analyze power and indoor cycling rides with tools including Fitness - CTL, Fatigue – ATL, Form – TSB and T-Score. • Upload ride data to third-party apps • Connect with Strava, TrainingPeaks, and other services through StagesCloud • Apple Health connected WORKOUTS • Search for cycling workouts • Choose and build workouts • Ride structured workouts • Use connected sensors and devices throughout your training The Stages Cycling app is compatible with Stages Power and Stages Bike products and is supported by StagesCloud for data storage and third-party connections. NO SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED. Stages Cycling is authentic cycling.

About

Trackload

Features
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Trackload is a barbell tracker. It holds twelve training programs, works out what you lift next, and stays out of the way while you lift it. THE PROGRAMS, WHOLE Twelve programs: linear progressions, upper/lower and push/pull/legs splits, and percentage-driven waves. Each one carries its own percentage table rather than an approximation of it. Where a structure could not be represented faithfully, it was left out instead of guessed at. THE NEXT WEIGHT, ALREADY DECIDED Open the app and the session is laid out: every lift, every set, every weight, rounded to plates you actually own. Six progression schemes run underneath, from straight linear to AMRAP-driven to double progression to percentage waves. When a lift stalls, the app tells you the weight held and why. It does not console you. LOGGING THAT GETS OUT OF THE WAY A set is one tap. Add RPE if you want it, or leave it off. A rest timer runs on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so the phone can go back in your pocket between sets. WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY - Weekly hard sets and tonnage per muscle, with the anatomy map lit by volume - Intensity distribution, so you can see whether your heavy days are actually heavy - Push to pull and quad to hamstring balance - Estimated one-rep max per lift, Epley or Brzycki - Progressive load charts for every exercise WHERE YOUR TRAINING LIVES On your phone, in one file. No account. No sign-up. No analytics, no crash reporting, no third-party SDKs, no advertising. Optional iCloud backup keeps a copy in your own iCloud so your history survives deleting the app. Optional Health export writes finished sessions as strength training workouts. Both are off until you turn them on, and the app is complete without either. An optional Bluetooth heart rate strap can show live heart rate during a session. It needs a strap; everything else works without one. BUILT FOR ONE THING Barbell strength. No cardio scoring, no recovery index, no readiness number, no streaks to keep. Trackload shows you the number and the rule that produced it, then gets out of the way. Requires iPhone with iOS 18 or later. Free, with no in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Stages Cycling4 screens
Trackload4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Stages Cycling at 3 against Trackload's 1. Stages Cycling also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Stages Cycling versus Trackload: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStages CyclingTrackload
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (127 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings127 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSPIA Cycling IncEnrique Alabort

Bugs and requests

Stages Cycling

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Inability to upload/sync workouts
  • Erratic cadence and speed tracking
  • Disconnection issues with Bluetooth sensors

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to manually modify power zones
  • Desktop app or web interface
  • Better integration with Apple Health and other fitness apps

Trackload

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Stages Cycling

No in-app purchases

None

Trackload

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stages Cycling free?
Stages Cycling is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trackload free?
Trackload is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stages Cycling or Trackload have ads?
Neither Stages Cycling nor Trackload shows ads.

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