Comparison

Dash vs Ambly

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

Ambly

This app turns your daily exercise into a unique, growing digital creature. It syncs with your health data to evolve your companion, which can be viewed on widgets and watch faces without needing to open the app. Enjoy a guilt-free experience with no goals or negative feedback.

Highlights
  • Exercise-powered creature growth
  • Unique creature generation
  • Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets
  • Dynamic Island integration
  • Apple Watch face support
  • Supports various workout types
  • Creature collection and retirement
Features
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Ambly is a pocket creature that grows on the exercise you actually do. Your steps and workouts from Apple Health are what make it grow. Every creature is generated from its own seed, so its color, build, eyes, ears, tail and name are yours alone — no two people get the same one. It lives where you already look Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, your Apple Watch face and, if you turn it on, the Dynamic Island while you move. You don't have to open the app for it to grow. No goals, no guilt There are no step targets, no calorie counts and nothing about your body. Your creature never gets sick, never dies and never loses what it grew. A quiet week just makes it sleepy. It notices what you do Walking, running, cycling, swimming and gym sessions all count. Your creature walks when you walk and runs when you run. Start a workout from Ambly on your iPhone, or with one tap on your Apple Watch. A collection over time Start another egg whenever you like. Retired creatures keep everything they grew and stay on your shelf. A buddy at its side Bring along a dog or a cat, from a Shiba Inu or a Corgi to a tabby or a calico. It walks, runs, swims and naps beside your creature, and keeps pace on rides. Ambly is free. Optional one-time purchases let you dress your creature up, bring a buddy along, give it a new look or start another egg.

Screenshots

Dash4 screens
Ambly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ambly at 5.0 against Dash's 3.4. Ambly also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). Dash's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 $1.99 per month and Ambly sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ambly 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 2, 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 Ambly's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dash ships an update every 9 days, Ambly every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dash versus Ambly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDashAmbly
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (13 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRui PeresHyun Sik Kim

Customer experience

Dash

All ratings13 ratings
Positive53.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative38.5%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative35.3%

Ambly

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Dash

Subscriptions2
  • Dash Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Dash Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dash Pro - Lifetime$49.99
11 purchases

Ambly

One-time11
  • Star crown$0.99
  • Starlight wings$0.99
  • New egg$1.99
Show 8 more
  • Tuxedo$2.99
  • Tabby$2.99
  • Calico$2.99
  • Siamese$2.99
  • Korean shorthair$2.99
  • Rehatch$2.99
  • Dog set$7.99
  • Cat set$7.99

Questions

Is Dash free?
Dash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ambly free?
Ambly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dash or Ambly?
Ambly is rated higher. Dash averages 3.4 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Ambly averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Dash or Ambly have ads?
Neither Dash nor Ambly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dash or Ambly?
Dash ships an update every 9 days, and Ambly every 2 days. Most recently, Dash was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ambly on October 24, 2026.

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