Stark Rip vs Staka Ski for SkiErg
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stark Rip
This app offers a comprehensive fitness experience with HD video demonstrations of 19 exercises. Users can create personalized workout routines, target specific muscle groups, and utilize built-in timers for various training styles like Tabata and HIIT. It also integrates with Apple Health to track progress.
- 19 HD video exercises
- Personalized workout creation
- Full body workouts
- Step-by-step workout guidance
- Tabata, HIIT, and Circuit timers
- Muscle group targeting
- Apple Health integration
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Optimise your results with Stark RIP! - Be inspired by 19 exercises presented in sharp HD video. - Create your own personal workout. - Get a full body workout with exercises in all ranges of difficulty - While working out, follow the step by step workout-feature which take you through the workout using timers and your chosen specifics. - The timers support different workout types including Tabata, HIIT and Circuit training. - Find exercises targeting specific muscle groups. Integration with Apple Health: Save burned calories and performed workouts. Exercises are performed by the famous professional instructor, Seth Ronland.
Staka Ski for SkiErg
Explore virtual ski trails at your own pace or compete in timed races. Track your performance metrics like power, pace, and heart rate zones to improve your ranking. This app is free to use.
- Explore virtual ski trails
- Compete in timed races
- Track power, pace, and heart rate
- Improve your rank
- Free ski mode
- Interval training races
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But someone else may be faster than you. Compete for KOMs. Free ski. Race to improve your rank. FREE SKI Explore the trail network at your own pace, or chase the segment records. WORKOUTS The sessions nordic skiers actually do. Intensity 1, threshold intervals and sprints, guided on screen with power targets based on your FTP. Find yours with a 20-minute test. TRAIN Every session ends with the numbers. Power, pace, heart rate zones and your peak efforts. RACE About ten minutes per race. Run them back to back like intervals to improve your rank. Races go off every 15 mins. Staka is free. WHAT YOU NEED A SkiErg, and an iPhone or iPad. A heart rate strap is optional.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Staka Ski for SkiErg at Free against Stark Rip's $4.99. Staka Ski for SkiErg also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 months). Stark Rip's advantage is ratings volume (44 vs 6) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On 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
Staka Ski for SkiErg is free to download; Stark Rip costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Staka Ski for SkiErg holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stark Rip has 44 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Stark Rip's written reviews are positive against 100% of Staka Ski for SkiErg's.
Stark Rip ships an update every 4 months, Staka Ski for SkiErg every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stark Rip | Staka Ski for SkiErg |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (44 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 44 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 315 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Postra AB | Staka, LLC |
Customer experience
Stark Rip
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In-app purchases
Stark Rip
No in-app purchases
Staka Ski for SkiErg
No in-app purchases
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