Comparison

Dash vs Tarmac Trainer

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

Head to head
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/

About

Tarmac Trainer

Features
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Tarmac Trainer: Real Roads, Indoors Ride real roads on your smart trainer. Climb England's Box Hill, circle Richmond Park or take on the whole Pacific Coast Highway in 3D, race ghost riders, and follow structured workouts that set your trainer's resistance for you. Ride Real Roads in 3D Routes are built from real terrain, so the gradient you see is the gradient you feel: beech woods on Box Hill, parkland in Richmond, redwoods and ocean views on the Pacific Coast. Prefer a map? Switch views any time. Race Your PR, the KOM and Other Riders Ghost riders show exactly where you stand: your personal best, the KOM and your last attempt on every climb, and riders who have ridden the road ahead of you on long routes. Real Climbs from Strava Ride the Strava segments you've starred, your saved Strava routes and Tarmac's most popular climbs, with leaderboards and your PRs. Save your rides to Strava with one tap. Workouts That Set Your Power A library of structured workouts for endurance, sweet spot, threshold and recovery. Your smart trainer holds each interval's target for you, and one tap makes the whole session easier or harder. Epic Rides Keep coming back to long routes like the Pacific Coast Highway (almost 3,000 km) and the Shikoku Trail: Tarmac remembers where you stopped. Energy Pods, Streaks and the Tarmac League Fill energy pods as you ride, keep your weekly streak going and climb the weekly league against riders around the world. Works With Your Trainer Wahoo KICKR, Tacx, Elite, Zwift Hub and other Bluetooth smart trainers, plus power meters, cadence sensors and heart-rate straps. Try It Without a Trainer Take a demo ride: a test rider does the pedalling while a quick tour shows you around. Fast, Simple, and Ready to Ride Tarmac is designed to get you from app launch to riding in seconds, so you spend more time training and less time waiting. Start Your Journey Today Download Tarmac Trainer now and enjoy a free trial. Experience real-world roads, tailored workouts and epic adventures, all from the comfort of your home.

Screenshots

Dash4 screens
Tarmac Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tarmac Trainer at none against Dash's 3. Tarmac Trainer also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Dash sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Tarmac Trainer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dash ships an update every 10 days, Tarmac Trainer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dash versus Tarmac Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDashTarmac Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB505 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRui PeresiJisho

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Dash

Subscriptions2
  • Dash Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Dash Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dash Pro - Lifetime$49.99
None

Tarmac Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dash free?
Dash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tarmac Trainer free?
Tarmac Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dash or Tarmac Trainer have ads?
Neither Dash nor Tarmac Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dash or Tarmac Trainer?
Dash ships an update every 10 days, and Tarmac Trainer every 5 days. Most recently, Dash was updated on November 11, 2026 and Tarmac Trainer on November 12, 2026.

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