Comparison

SPINNAX vs Skategrounds

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

Head to head
About

SPINNAX

Record and share your kickboxing or Muay Thai training sessions. Analyze your technique with video playback and connect with a community of martial artists.

Highlights
  • Record training sessions
  • Analyze technique with video playback
  • Connect with martial arts community
  • Share training clips
Features
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SPINNAX – your skateboarding platform. Discover new spots, bring your crew together and stay connected with your skate community. From your next session to your next challenge, SPINNAX brings your skateboarding activity into one place. DISCOVER NEW SPOTS Find skateparks, street spots and pumptracks on the map. Explore new places around you, share photos and details, and help build the skate map for everyone. BRING YOUR CREW TOGETHER Discover nearby events or create your own. Whether it’s a session, meetup or contest, keep track of what’s happening in your local scene. STAY CONNECTED Explore new spots, events, challenges and shared runs in the Community Feed. Get inspired by other skaters and see what your community is up to. YOUR SKATEBOARDING. YOUR PROFILE. Build your profile with your setup and keep your skateboarding activity in one place. Find your runs, favorites, joined challenges and upcoming events at a glance. CAPTURE YOUR RUNS WITH FREAK Connect the FREAK motion sensor to the app and record your board’s movement. Replay your runs in 3D, explore tricks from different perspectives and discover metrics such as jump height, jump distance, airtime and speed. CHALLENGE YOUR CREW FREAK opens up new ways to compete with other skaters. Your board movements become data, enabling new kinds of challenges that go beyond traditional contests. You can explore spots, events and the community without a sensor. Recording runs and submitting your own runs to FREAK Challenges requires the separately available FREAK sensor. Discover your next spot. Start your next session. Become part of SPINNAX.

About

Skategrounds

Transform your skateboard into a game controller with a special sensor. Perform real-life tricks to level up, unlock new gear, and compete on global leaderboards. Track your progress and master hundreds of tricks.

Highlights
  • Real-life trick detection
  • Gamified progression
  • World leaderboards
  • Online games of SKATE
  • 3D trick replays
  • Extensive trick book
  • Unlockable customization
Features
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Skategrounds turns skateboarding into a game. Put your phone in your pocket and skate. Skategrounds detects when you're riding and logs your session stats. Earn XP for every ride, trick, and challenge you complete. Unlock items to customize your in-game board. New in v2! Play free with just your phone: - Ride detection accurately logs top speed, ride time and distance - Complete daily or weekly ride challenges - Personal goals lets you create your own challenges Add a Skate Sensor to get the full experience: Mount a Skate Sensor on the baseplate of your truck to turn your board into a controller. No modification required. Do flip tricks in real life to level up. Skategrounds uses machine learning trained on real data to tell what trick you did and if you landed. Features: - World leaderboards - Daily and weekly challenges - Personal goals - Online games of SKATE - Replay tricks in 3D - 564+ tricks in the Trick Book - Stance detection - Ride detection: distance, top speed, time skated, continuous ride time - Career stats - Earn XP for every session, convert to Stokens to unlock items - Unlockable decks, grips, stickers, trucks, wheels, bearings, and hardware. - Leaderboards at 23,000+ Skategrounds Push yourself! Read more about the Skate Sensor here: https://skategrounds.tech Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app.skategrounds.ai/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

SPINNAX4 screens
Skategrounds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SPINNAX at none against Skategrounds's 1. Skategrounds's advantage is ratings volume (37 vs 2) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. Skategrounds sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.00 per year. SPINNAX asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SPINNAX against 4.9 for Skategrounds. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skategrounds has 37 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SPINNAX ships an update every 2 weeks, Skategrounds every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SPINNAX versus Skategrounds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSPINNAXSkategrounds
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (37 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings237 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB332 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSpinnax GmbH & Co. KGSkategrounds

Customer experience

SPINNAX

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Skategrounds

All ratings36 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SPINNAX

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Skategrounds

Subscriptions1
  • Gold14 Days trial$19.001 Year

Questions

Is SPINNAX free?
SPINNAX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skategrounds free?
Skategrounds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SPINNAX or Skategrounds?
SPINNAX is rated higher. SPINNAX averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Skategrounds averages 4.9 from 37 ratings.
Do SPINNAX or Skategrounds have ads?
Neither SPINNAX nor Skategrounds shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SPINNAX or Skategrounds?
SPINNAX ships an update every 2 weeks, and Skategrounds every 8 days. Most recently, SPINNAX was updated on October 20, 2026 and Skategrounds on October 27, 2026.

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