STAIR Coach vs PaceCoach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
STAIR Coach
This self-help course teaches evidence-based skills for managing emotions and improving relationships. It uses cognitive and behavioral techniques to help users cope with difficult feelings and navigate interpersonal challenges. The app offers interactive tools, educational content, and customizable reminders.
- Emotion management tools
- Interpersonal regulation skills
- Cognitive and behavioral techniques
- Psychoeducation content
- Customizable reminders
- Support quick links
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STAIR Coach is a free, self-help course based on Skills Training in Affective & Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR). STAIR is an evidence-based psychotherapy that uses cognitive and behavioral techniques to help with managing emotions and relationships. STAIR helps by teaching skills that improve coping with one’s emotions and navigating relationships. It can be useful for a range of people living with the aftermath of trauma, posttraumatic stress, and/or related concerns. The app includes interactive tools for emotion and behavior management, a training plan, in-depth psychoeducation, customizable reminders and quick links to support.
PaceCoach
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A running app that builds you a real training plan and then adapts it when life happens. PaceCoach works out your paces from a recent race result, generates a periodised plan for 5K, 10K, half marathon or marathon, and adjusts as you go. No feed, no leaderboard, no one to beat. THE PLAN - Periodised properly: base, build, peak, taper, with the long run and the hard sessions where they belong - Paces derived from your own result rather than a generic table - Easy, tempo, intervals, long, recovery, hills, fartlek and race simulation - Tell it you are not feeling well and it adjusts the week instead of guilting you TRACKING - GPS run tracking with pace, distance and elevation - Heart rate and calories via Apple Health, both directions - A calendar of what is planned and what you actually did - Weekly mileage, planned against completed, so you can see whether you are following the plan or just intending to NEW: EXPORT YOUR TRAINING LOG A training log is worth years, and until now there was no way to get it out of this app at all. PaceCoach Pro exports every run as plain CSV: date, type, distance, duration, pace, heart rate, elevation, RPE, how it felt and your notes. Plain format, so it opens in a spreadsheet or whatever your coach already uses. Plans, tracking, adaptive pacing, the calendar, progress and Apple Health sync all stay free. PaceCoach Pro is $2.99 per month or $19.99 per year, with 14 days free on the yearly plan. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. PaceCoach is a training tool, not medical advice. Talk to a doctor before starting a training programme, particularly if you have any heart or joint condition. Terms of Use: https://thedolceway.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://thedolceway.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PaceCoach at every 5 months against STAIR Coach's every 29 months. STAIR Coach's advantage is iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
STAIR Coach ships an update every 29 months, PaceCoach every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | STAIR Coach | PaceCoach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | Dt nova |
In-app purchases
STAIR Coach
No in-app purchases
PaceCoach
No in-app purchases









