Comparison

Trition vs Aera

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

Head to head
About

Trition

Features
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Trition is a calorie counter and nutrition management app, powered by AI. - Simply list your meals with just your voice and let AI take care of determining measurements and nutritional content. - Swipe up to reveal your most consumed foods, add to your diary with a single tap. - Clean minimalist user interface with support for dark-mode. - Quick measurement and complete macro and micronutrient information for all foods. We are expanding the food database and adding new features every week! (Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)

About

Aera

Features
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Aera is a running coach you can actually talk to: tell it your legs are cooked, ask why a session matters, debrief your race. It answers, and it adapts the plan. From 5K to marathon, it builds your personalized training plan, reads your runs from Strava, Garmin Connect, and Apple Health, pushes structured workouts to your Garmin or Apple Watch, and rebuilds your week when life gets in the way. TALK TO YOUR COACH An actual conversation. Aera reads your runs, your fatigue, your goal, and answers with an opinion and concrete advice. Not generic plans, not chatbot fluff. A COACH WITH OPINIONS Goals, current form, health, mood: Aera has the full picture. And like a good coach, it doesn't say yes to everything: want to run seven days a week when five is smarter? It'll push back. Still want seven? It builds the plan that makes seven sustainable. The final call is yours. A CALENDAR THAT FLEXES Your plan is a living calendar, not chat history. Move a session, skip a day, add a race: Aera rebuilds the rest without running you into the ground. EVERY WORKOUT HAS A PURPOSE Every workout comes with its why. Aerobic base, lactate threshold, recovery to absorb the load. You always know what you're building toward. BUILT FOR YOUR WATCH Workouts sync automatically to Garmin Connect and Apple Watch. Hit start, follow the intervals. A REAL DEBRIEF AFTER KEY WORKOUTS Long runs, threshold sessions, intervals: key workouts get a structured analysis. What worked, what didn't, what to focus on next. Pace, heart rate, splits: interpreted, not just displayed. CONNECTED FROM DAY ONE Strava, Garmin Connect, and Apple Health are synced automatically. You never have to re-explain your training. WHO IT'S FOR Runners training for a 5K, 10K, half, marathon, or ultra. Beginners who want to finally stay consistent. Experienced runners chasing a PR. Anyone who wants a real coach, not a static PDF plan. Free for 14 days: enough time to build your first plan and talk to your coach before paying anything. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://aera.coach/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Trition4 screens
Aera4 screens

Verdict

The call

Trition and Aera are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Trition sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per month and Aera sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trition ships an update fortnightly, Aera every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Trition versus Aera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTritionAera
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size17 MB56 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBenjamin Van MeterKillian DHERMENT

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Trition

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Tier$7.991 Month
2 purchases

Aera

Subscriptions2
  • Aera Premium$12.991 Month
  • Aera Premium$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Trition free?
Trition is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aera free?
Aera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Trition or Aera have ads?
Neither Trition nor Aera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trition or Aera?
Trition ships an update fortnightly, and Aera every 2 weeks. Most recently, Trition was updated on October 19, 2026 and Aera on October 16, 2026.

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