Dash vs KATO Training
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/
KATO Training
Access real coaching and effective workout programs designed for both home and gym environments. Achieve your strength goals with structured guidance.
- Real coaching
- Proven programs
- Home workouts
- Gym workouts
- Strength building
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Real coaching and proven programs to get stronger at home or in the gym.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: KATO Training at 5.0 against Dash's 3.4. KATO Training 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. KATO Training asks for nothing beyond the download.
KATO Training 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 KATO Training's.
Dash ships an update weekly, KATO Training every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dash | KATO Training |
|---|---|---|
| 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 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rui Peres | Kalen Norton |
Customer experience
Dash
KATO Training
In-app purchases
Dash
- Dash Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Dash Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Dash Pro - Lifetime$49.99
KATO Training
No in-app purchases
