Comparison

CoachCat vs Dirt Factor

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

CoachCat

This AI-powered cycling coach analyzes your ride data instantly to provide personalized feedback. It integrates with a custom training plan builder and a comprehensive training library for various cycling disciplines. Connect with popular fitness trackers for a holistic view of your performance and recovery.

Highlights
  • AI-powered ride data analysis
  • Instant coaching feedback
  • Custom training plan builder
  • Extensive training library
  • Integration with fitness trackers
  • Sleep and HRV data analysis
  • Daily training recommendations
Features
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Tell CoachCat what you want to get out of your riding and how many hours you have. Get a training plan built around both, starting today. FasCat has coached endurance cyclists for 20+ years, from first-time gravel riders to national champions. We invented Sweet Spot training, the method that made structured base building work whether you have 6 hours a week or 16. CoachCat puts that coaching on your phone. // WHAT COACHCAT DOES • Builds your plan around you• Training for a race, chasing a fitness number, or just want to get stronger on the bike. Tell CoachCat the goal and the hours you actually have, and it builds the plan. Not sure what your goal is? Answer a few questions and CoachCat will tell you what to work on. Road, gravel, mountain bike, cyclocross, multisport and more. Unlimited access to FasCat's 5-star plan library, with Sweet Spot base, intervals, strength training and everything in between. • Adjusts the plan as your life changes• Miss a week. Travel. Get sick. Change your goal. CoachCat reworks the plan instead of leaving you to catch up on your own. This is where most training plans fall apart, and it is the reason people quit them. • Tells you what to do today• Open the app and your workout is there, with the reason behind it. No deciding, no guessing, no building your own week. Just ride what it says. • Coaches you after every ride• Upload a ride and ask anything. Why your power faded in hour 3. Whether that interval set did what it was supposed to. What to change on Saturday. You get a straight answer built on your data, not a generic article. • Knows when to push and when to back off• CoachCat pulls sleep and HRV from your wearable and scores your recovery every morning. Green means go. Red means rest. Your plan responds to that instead of ignoring it. • Handles the fueling• FuelTrix™ reads the duration and intensity of every workout on your calendar and gives you a carbohydrate target in grams per hour, then converts it to bottles and gels. Plus meal plans and recipes for the eating you do off the bike. • Shows you whether it is working• Fitness, fatigue and form over time. Your FTP. Your consistency. The numbers that tell you the training is doing something. // WHO IT IS FOR Riders with a race on the calendar. Riders who just want to be faster, fitter and stronger on the bike. Riders who want real structure without a 1-on-1 coaching budget. Riders who would rather be told what to do than build their own training week. Riders who have started a plan before and quit because life happened and nothing adjusted. // WORKS WITH YOUR GEAR Apple Health, Garmin, Wahoo, Strava, Zwift, Hammerhead, Whoop, Oura, Rouvy, Fitbit and more. // TRY IT FREE First week free. No credit card required. After that, $34.99 per month, or $210 for the year, which works out to $17.50 per month. // 6-WEEK IMPROVEMENT GUARANTEE Train with CoachCat for 6 weeks and hit 80% green days. If you have not improved, we refund you in full and set you up with a complimentary consultation with a FasCat coach. // SUBSCRIPTION CoachCat is available as a monthly subscription at $34.99 or an annual subscription at $210. Payment is charged to your Apple Account upon purchase co. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or turn off auto-renew in your Account settings at any time after purchase. // APPLE HEALTH CoachCat reads sleep, heart rate variability and workout data from Apple Health to score your daily recovery and adjust your training. Your health data is never sold or shared with advertisers. Train smarter. Recover better. Ride faster. Terms of Use: https://fascatcoaching.com/pages/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://fascatcoaching.com/pages/privacy-policy/

About

Dirt Factor

Features
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Your race. Your fitness. Your training plan. Training for Leadville, Unbound, or your first gravel or mountain bike race? Dirt Factor analyzes the demands of your goal race, compares them with your current fitness, and builds a personalized training plan to help you get ready. Stop guessing. Start training with a purpose. NEEDED VS. CURRENT Pick a race and a goal: a finish time, or a place in your age group from past results. Dirt Factor models every climb, descent and surface on the course and gives you one honest answer: the power your goal takes against the power you have now. WHERE IS THE GAP? See the watts each climb and section takes, compared with your own race file. Know whether it's the climbs, the descents or the last three hours. BUILT FOR DIRT - Surface by segment, from pavement and gravel road to rough singletrack - A 1-5 technical trail scale: rough trail sets its own speed, whatever your watts - Altitude: the same watts feel harder at race elevation than where you train - Your descending, cornering and pacing, learned from your race files A PLAN BUILT BACK FROM RACE DAY - Blocks that work one intensity at a time, with your biggest gap as the training focus - Fits your riding days, hours, and indoor or outdoor riding - Race rehearsals before the big day, then a real taper - Every session explained: when to use it, how it feels and why it's in your plan - Targets in power, heart rate and feel, with trainer files to export CONNECTIONS Bring in your FTP, power curve and recent riding from Intervals.icu, Strava or Wahoo, and send your sessions to Intervals.icu or your Wahoo ELEMNT. Featured races include Big Sugar, Mid South, Unbound, SBT GRVL, Leadville and more, or upload your own course GPX. DIRT FACTOR PREMIUM The free version gives you one race goal and the first two weeks of a plan. Premium adds unlimited race goals with pacing, gap and section targets, custom training plans through race day, your race files and riding style in every plan, and workouts sent to Intervals.icu or your Wahoo. Premium is an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription with a free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account, and it renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://dirtfactor.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://dirtfactor.app/privacy/

Screenshots

CoachCat4 screens
Dirt Factor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dirt Factor at 5.0 against CoachCat's 4.3. Dirt Factor also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). CoachCat's advantage is ratings volume (81 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CoachCat sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $34.99 per month and Dirt Factor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dirt Factor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CoachCat has 81 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of CoachCat's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dirt Factor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CoachCat ships an update every 2 weeks, Dirt Factor every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CoachCat versus Dirt Factor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoachCatDirt Factor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (81 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings81 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB28 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperFascat Coaching LLCKaizen Endurance

Customer experience

CoachCat

All ratings81 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative14.8%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive74.5%
Neutral7.3%
Negative18.2%

Dirt Factor

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

CoachCat

Subscriptions4
  • CoachCat Month$34.991 Month
  • Optimize Monthly Subscription$34.991 Month
  • CoachCat Year$209.991 Year
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  • Optimize Subscription$299.991 Year
2 purchases

Dirt Factor

Subscriptions2
  • Dirt Factor Premium Monthly7 Days trial$12.001 Month
  • Dirt Factor Premium Yearly7 Days trial$99.001 Year

Questions

Is CoachCat free?
CoachCat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dirt Factor free?
Dirt Factor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CoachCat or Dirt Factor?
Dirt Factor is rated higher. CoachCat averages 4.3 out of 5 from 81 ratings, while Dirt Factor averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do CoachCat or Dirt Factor have ads?
Neither CoachCat nor Dirt Factor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CoachCat or Dirt Factor?
CoachCat ships an update every 2 weeks, and Dirt Factor every 2 days. Most recently, CoachCat was updated on November 7, 2026 and Dirt Factor on November 13, 2026.

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