TreadTunes vs Prelude
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TreadTunes
Sync your workout intensity with your favorite music. Connect to Spotify and automatically adjust song tempo to match your walking, jogging, or running pace.
- Tempo matching to music
- Spotify integration
- Automatic pace adjustment
- Supports walking, jogging, running
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Stay in rhythm. Train to your music. Match your pace to the beat with music you already love. Connect your Spotify and automatically play songs at the perfect tempo for walking, jogging, or running.
Prelude
Discover new music and artists with personalized recommendations. Track your favorite songs, artists, and albums, and save them to curated playlists. Gain insights into your listening habits.
- Track favorite songs, artists, and albums
- Personalized music recommendations
- Save music to playlists
- Music insights and discovery
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Track your favorite songs, artists, and albums. Get recommendations based on your favorite songs and artists and save them to a playlist.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Prelude at every 5 weeks against TreadTunes's every 27 months. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TreadTunes against 5.0 for Prelude. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.
TreadTunes ships an update every 27 months, Prelude every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TreadTunes | Prelude |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kyler Knebel | Charlotte Moche |
Customer experience
TreadTunes
Prelude
In-app purchases
TreadTunes
No in-app purchases
Prelude
No in-app purchases
