Comparison

MyTrailPals vs Saval Inc

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

Head to head
About

MyTrailPals

Discover and join local outdoor activities like hikes, trail runs, and camping trips led by experienced community members. Coordinate plans, share updates, and carpool effortlessly to focus on the adventure.

Highlights
  • Discover local outdoor experiences
  • Join hikes, trail runs, camping
  • Led by community guides
  • Effortless coordination and planning
  • Carpooling options
  • Location-based recommendations
Features
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Join hikes, trail runs, camping trips, wellness walks & local adventures — led by locals who love the outdoors **Discover experiences: Hosted by trusted outdoor community leads, guides and outdoor lovers like you **Coordinate effortlessly: Simplify the logistics. Coordinate plans, share updates, and even carpool with others — so your focus stays on the experience, not the planning. We are excited to have you onboard and get you started on your outdoor journey with your trail pals! PS: MyTrailPals require access to your location in order to recommend experiences and trail pals near you. [:mav: 9.5.2]

About

Saval Inc

Track your activities, earn rewards, and participate in challenges with a supportive community. Offers structured training plans and indoor workout simulation. Integrates with popular fitness devices and supports a wide range of activities.

Highlights
  • Custom and iconic challenges
  • Team and annual challenges
  • Structured training plans
  • Indoor workout simulation
  • Activity syncing from multiple devices
  • Support for diverse physical activities
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Saval: Every Move Counts. Join a community that shows up for each other, not just a leaderboard. Track your activities, earn rewards, and take on real challenges — solo, with your chapter, or against your own personal best. - Custom Challenges: Set your own personal target, or build a private challenge with friends and family. - Iconic Challenges: Take on a themed challenge matched to a real-world feat — like climbing Kilimanjaro — and complete the equivalent distance or elevation wherever you are. - Team Challenges: Your team's combined total goes up against other teams'. - Annual Challenge: The year-long challenge, with quarterly goals and its own commitment structure — Premium or Premium Plus required. - Train Me: Follow a structured, week-by-week training plan built around a real race — half marathon, marathon, metric century, century, double century, or a beginner swim program. - Saval Studio: Pair a smart trainer, treadmill, or rower over Bluetooth and ride a structured workout or a GPX-simulated route indoors, synced automatically when you're done. Currently in early access and rolling out gradually. - Sync your activity from Garmin, Strava, Apple Health, Wahoo, and more — distance, duration, elevation, and effort all count toward your goals, with nothing to log by Adaptive activities, wheelchair tracking, are supported. Participants can engage in a wide range of physical activities, including cycling, swimming, rowing, elliptical workouts, CrossFit, HIIT, yoga, and dance. Free to join and use; unlock exclusive member features with a One-Time Annual Membership Enrollment purchase. Learn more at saval.org Terms of Use: https://saval.org/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

MyTrailPals4 screens
Saval Inc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MyTrailPals at none against Saval Inc's 2. Saval Inc's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Saval Inc sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. MyTrailPals asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for MyTrailPals against 4.6 for Saval Inc. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of MyTrailPals's written reviews are positive against 100% of Saval Inc's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyTrailPals ships an update every 3 weeks, Saval Inc every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MyTrailPals versus Saval Inc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyTrailPalsSaval Inc
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (15 ratings) — better4.6 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB79 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMyTrailPals LLCSaval Inc.

Customer experience

MyTrailPals

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Saval Inc

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

MyTrailPals

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Saval Inc

Subscriptions2
  • Premium - Annual$29.991 Year
  • Premium Plus Membership$59.991 Year

Questions

Is MyTrailPals free?
MyTrailPals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Saval Inc free?
Saval Inc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MyTrailPals or Saval Inc?
MyTrailPals is rated higher. MyTrailPals averages 4.7 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Saval Inc averages 4.6 from 8 ratings.
Do MyTrailPals or Saval Inc have ads?
Neither MyTrailPals nor Saval Inc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyTrailPals or Saval Inc?
MyTrailPals ships an update every 3 weeks, and Saval Inc every 4 days. Most recently, MyTrailPals was updated on November 12, 2026 and Saval Inc on November 12, 2026.

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