Barbell Mate vs Speed Toad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barbell Mate
This app provides real-time feedback on your weightlifting performance, tracking metrics like velocity, power, and force. Review past workouts, sync data across devices, and export information for detailed analysis to improve your training.
- Real-time lift feedback
- Velocity, power, and force tracking
- Detailed workout history
- Data synchronization
- Data export for analysis
- Customizable metrics
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The Barbell Mate Personal app connects to your Barbell Mate Device and gives you real time feedback to help you train better. Velocity, Power and Force are all able to be tracked and viewed in real-time. The personal app allows you to see all your past workout data and metric data to ensure that you can adequately gauge your past and future performance. Features: - Real-time feedback on your lifts - Voice output, velocity thresholding and ROM filtering - Sync data between devices - Export data for analysis - Review a detailed history of your training - Customize the set metrics you see Please note: This app requires a Barbell Mate device for intended functionality.
Speed Toad
Improve your golf swing speed and distance with a guided training system. Access custom workouts, track progress, and view instructional videos to achieve longer drives and lower scores.
- Custom strength, mobility, and speed workouts
- Workout logging and speed tracking
- View upcoming workouts
- Exclusive training video library
- Personalized swing speed training
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Train with Golf’s Most Effective Speed Training System built by two of the fastest golfers in the world. The Speed Toad App will guide you day-by-day to the longest drives and lowest scores of your life. Gain access to our custom strength, mobility, and speed workouts. Log workouts, track speed, view upcoming workouts, and gain exclusive access to our training video library. The Speed Toad App will become your swing speed personal trainer. Used by golfers worldwide, gaining speed and distance has never been so easy. “Immediate results. My buddies have all commented I am hitting it farther on the course. I was skeptical at first but after a couple of weeks / training only a couple of times per week I could feel a noticeable difference in my swing speed. It works. I gained 8mph in just 4 weeks. The instructional video is easy to follow too.” – Evans, 40 year old avid golfer “Honestly I’m impressed. The way you can feel your own shaft load and unload and keeping things consistent I think is huge! You guys hit the nail on the head - The Speed Toad is freaking legit.” – Hunter, Professional Long Driver “Holy. Speed. I didn’t realize how effective the Speed Toad really is. It totally makes sense to train with actual equipment that you use day in and day out on the course. No such gimmick here. Pure speed and great feedback. I picked up 5 mph of club speed within 5 weeks and ball speed is back to what my college days were.” – Travis, Professional Golfer
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speed Toad at 4.0 against Barbell Mate's 1.0. Speed Toad also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Speed Toad holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
Barbell Mate ships an update every 3 months, Speed Toad every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barbell Mate | Speed Toad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Barbell Mate Pty Ltd | SPEED TOAD LLC |
Customer experience
Barbell Mate
Speed Toad
In-app purchases
Barbell Mate
No in-app purchases
Speed Toad
No in-app purchases
