Dash vs TreadLeft
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
TreadLeft
Automate your running shoe mileage tracking by connecting to Strava and Apple Health. Visualize wear, manage shoe loadouts, and get notified about deals on new gear.
- Automated activity syncing
- Tactical shoe loadout management
- Visual wear tracking with color-coding
- Shoe retirement tracking
- Advanced performance analytics
- Live shoe deals and price alerts
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Take control of your running gear with TreadLeft. TreadLeft connects directly to Strava and Apple Health to automate your shoe tracking. No more manual logs or guessing games—know exactly how many miles are on every pair in your rotation, how your gear is performing, and precisely when it’s time to retire them. KEY FEATURES: Seamless Activity Syncing: Connect Strava and Apple Health to import your runs instantly. We automatically match activities to your active rotation, so your dashboard is always up to date. Tactical Shoe Loadout: Build your ultimate arsenal. Assign distinct roles to your shoes (Daily Trainer, Race Day, Trail, Recovery) and monitor the health of each category at a glance to ensure your rotation is perfectly balanced. Visual Wear Tracking: See the health of your gear instantly. Colour-coded progress bars (Fresh, Worn, Critical) help you visualise wear, protect your joints from dead foam, and prevent injury. The Finishers: Every shoe has a lifespan. When it's time to put a pair out to pasture, send them to the Finishers to preserve their lifetime stats and share a custom retirement card on your feed. Advanced Analytics: Deep dive into your data. Dedicated Performance and Gear tabs show your weekly mileage trends, wear rates, and total distance across your entire inventory. Live Shoe Deals: See the best prices on the exact models you need from major retailers, updated in real time. Set a price alert, and we'll notify you the moment your shoe drops below your target—so you never miss a flash sale. Smart Dashboard: Your running command centre surfaces exactly what needs attention—unassigned runs, critical wear alerts, rest-day reminders, and automated retirement countdowns based on your actual weekly pace.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TreadLeft at 5.0 against Dash's 3.4. TreadLeft also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Dash's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Dash sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. TreadLeft asks for nothing beyond the download.
TreadLeft holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dash has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Dash's written reviews are positive against 100% of TreadLeft's.
Dash ships an update weekly, TreadLeft every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dash | TreadLeft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rui Peres | David Burns |
Customer experience
Dash
TreadLeft
In-app purchases
Dash
- Dash Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Dash Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Dash Pro - Lifetime$49.99
TreadLeft
No in-app purchases









