StrideOn vs Vert
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StrideOn
This app helps runners achieve their training goals by offering personalized coaching, structured maintenance plans, and guided workouts. It syncs with popular devices and provides essential stats to improve performance.
- Personalized coaching options
- Customizable training plans
- Syncs with Garmin and COROS
- Guided workouts with pace tracking
- Workout builder
- Training groups with chat and leaderboards
- Essential performance insights
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Free your mind and run free. Sometimes we run just for the love of running. Other times, we need a plan to tackle those race and training goals or even a hectic life. Let StrideOn eliminate the guesswork and save that mental energy for your workout! Coaching: You can choose to work with a coach, who will manage your training calendar. Maintenance Plan: If you want the structure of a training plan while not training for anything specific, you can start a maintenance plan by telling us your ideal base week of training, and we'll take it from there to build out a repeating 4-week plan that includes a variety of speed workouts and gradually increase in distance. TRACK COMPLETED ACTIVITIES Connect your Garmin or COROS device to sync completed activities to your calendar and activity feed. For other devices, we can capture your data via Strava. GUIDED WORKOUTS StrideOn can sync structured workouts to your Garmin or COROS device to guide you through workouts and keep you on pace. WORKOUT LIBRARY Built-In Workouts: Spice up your routine by dropping a StrideOn workout to your calendar. It will sync to your Garmin device to keep you on pace. New workouts added weekly! Build Your Own: Use our insanely easy workout builder to create your own workouts with just a few taps. You can even build random workouts, where the hard and easy intervals are created for you based on the level of difficulty you choose! STATS & INSIGHTS Say goodbye to endless layers of data, metrics and analytics that you’ll never understand or put to use. StrideOn only gives you what you need to know to track you progress and help you run smarter and stronger. TRAINING GROUPS Create or join training groups where you'll have your own group chat area, leaderboard and activity feed. MANY MORE FEATURES This is only a preview of what the StrideOn is all about.
Vert
This app provides personalized training plans and expert coaching for trail and ultra runners, from 5K to 100+ miles. It adapts to your life and terrain, offering features like elevation tracking and seamless device syncing.
- Personalized trail training plans
- Human coaching and real support
- Elevation and terrain-focused training
- Adaptable workout schedules
- Seamless device syncing
- Progress tracking
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YOUR TRAIL RUNNING COACH, IN YOUR POCKET Train for any trail — 5K to 100 miles — with world-class coaching and adaptive training plans built for real life. Vert.run is the training app made by trail runners, for trail runners. Whether you're running your first trail 5K, targeting a 50K, or preparing for a 100-mile mountain ultra, Vert.run gives you expert-designed plans, real human coaches, and the first AI coaching engine built specifically for trail and ultra running. Trusted by trail runners in 100+ countries. WHAT'S NEW IN VERT PRO 2.0 - A completely rebuilt training engine with smarter plan algorithms - A redesigned dashboard that shows exactly where you stand, every day - The VERT AI Coach: daily insights and real-time workout advice based on your energy, training history, and goals - ITRA integration: connect your race history and performance index - Groups: find your people — runners who share your goals, terrain, and mindset WHY TRAIL RUNNERS CHOOSE VERT.RUN 1. Personalized Trail Training Plans Science-backed plans tailored to your race distance, terrain, elevation gain, and weekly availability. From a trail 5K to 100-milers — we've got you covered. 2. Real Human Coaches + AI Precision Message real expert coaches, not bots — and get daily guidance from the first AI coach built for the trails. The best of both worlds. 3. Built for the Mountains Train for vert, technical terrain, and long days out with tools like our exclusive Mountain Index, vertical gain tracking, and terrain-focused workouts. 4. Smart Race Adaptation Add a new race anytime — even mid-block — and your entire plan instantly restructures around your A, B, and C races, with the right taper for each. 5. Adaptable to Your Life Life happens. Swap workouts, add recovery weeks, or log cross-training like skiing, cycling, and swimming. Your plan moves with you, not against you. 6. Seamless Device Syncing Connect Strava, Garmin, Suunto, COROS, and Apple Watch to log workouts automatically and track your progress in one place. MORE THAN A TRAINING PLAN - Race-specific plans: vertical K, skyrunning, stage races, backyard ultras, and everything in between - Strength training designed for trail runners — build durability and prevent injury - Post-race and injury recovery plans - Progress tracking with weekly volume and elevation goals - A global community of trail runners across 100+ countries VERT.RUN PRO - Unlimited personalized training plans (5K to 100 miles) - The VERT AI Coach: daily insights and real-time plan adjustments - Smart race adaptation across your full season - Strength training and injury-prevention workouts - Mountain Index: optimize how much vert to run in every workout - Full workout flexibility and custom sessions - Real-time syncing with your GPS watch VERT.RUN COACHING - Everything in Pro - 1:1 onboarding call with your personal coach - In-app chat with your coach throughout the week - Real human feedback, motivation, and expert adjustments to your plan APPLE HEALTH Vert.run integrates with Apple Health to track heart rate, distance, and performance during your workouts. Trail-tested. Coach-backed. Built for every mountain runner. Download Vert.run and start training today. Privacy Policy and EULA: https://vert.run/eula/ Terms of Use: https://vert.run/terms-of-use/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StrideOn at none against Vert's 10. StrideOn also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). Vert's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (74 vs 3). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Vert sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. StrideOn asks for nothing beyond the download.
StrideOn holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vert has 74 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of StrideOn's written reviews are positive against 77% of Vert's.
StrideOn ships an update every 2 months, Vert weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StrideOn | Vert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better | 4.4 (74 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 77.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 74 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Louis Green | Vertrun INC |
Customer experience
StrideOn
Vert
Bugs and requests
StrideOn
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Vert
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes frequently during use
- Login errors with Apple and Google authentication
- Training plans fail to load or display
- Workout times show different values in week vs day view
- Strava integration sends duplicate activities
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- iOS app cannot transfer workouts to Garmin
- Plan restart feature doesn't function
- Challenges don't pick up Strava data
- App freezes and becomes unresponsive
- Date of birth year selection requires tedious scrolling
- App shows 'Join now' buttons after login
Requested features
8 requests- Calendar integration like competitor apps
- More comprehensive nutrition and diet content
- Better device integration (Garmin, Suunto)
- Improved year selection for date of birth input
- Better workout recording options (partial completion tracking)
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- More articles and educational content
- Advanced analytics and performance metrics
- Ability to modify activity visibility to Strava
In-app purchases
StrideOn
No in-app purchases
Vert
- Pro: Trail Training Plans7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- [Legacy] Vert lite7 Days trial$24.991 Month
- [Legacy] Vert coaching lite7 Days trial$29.991 Month
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- 1:1 Trail Running Coaching$44.991 Month
- Vert Pro Annual Upgrade Offer$99.991 Year
- Pro Annual: Ultra Training7 Days trial$119.001 Year
- [Legacy] Vert coaching 6m7 Days trial$154.996 Months
- Premium: one to one coaching$199.991 Month
- 12 months of coaching$309.001 Year
- Personal Running Coach Annual$390.001 Year









