Comparison

Water Striders vs SkateTrainer

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

Head to head
About

Water Striders

Features
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Water Striders — The French App Reinventing Water Sports
 (Available on iPhone and Apple Watch) Dive into the vibrant world of water sports with Water Striders, an app 100% created, designed, and supported in France by a team of passionate developers.
Designed for both amateurs and professionals, Water Striders turns every session into a unique adventure, guided by precision, emotion, and French technology. Complete and Intuitive Tracking Track all your water activities in real time: * swimming * surfing * wing foiling * paddleboarding * kayaking * and much more Water Striders automatically records: * your route * distance covered * speed * duration * key performance metrics
All with professional-grade accuracy. Advanced and Personalized Analysis Understand your progress like never before.
Water Striders analyzes your data to highlight: * your strengths * areas for improvement * concrete ways to progress faster
Our French team continuously improves the algorithm to provide a clear, motivating, and useful interpretation of your performance. GPS Mapping Explore new spots with confidence and share your most beautiful routes.
The sea becomes your playground — with a faithful trace of every exploration. An App Created with Passion in France Water Striders is more than just an app.
It’s a project born on the French Riviera, carefully developed by local programmers who live and breathe water sports.
Every update, every feature, every pixel is designed here in France — with one goal: to offer you a beautiful, reliable, and inspiring experience. Your Aquatic Adventure Starts Here Download Water Striders today and turn your sessions into unforgettable moments.
Dive, explore, feel the thrill — and push your limits safely.
Join the Water Striders community:
Your performance. Your passion. Your ocean. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SkateTrainer

Features
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A personal trainer for skaters. Create a workout and evaluate your performances to track your progress. Currently, it can only manage single/figure skating workouts. Creating a workout is easy; you can do it by adding various elements or by copying one from your history. You can finally get statistics on your progress for the overall performance of your workouts. You can share the results with your coaches or friends. If you own an Apple Watch, recording your performances becomes even easier. From the main screen, select the date of the workout. Then, go to the workout and add the elements that make up a program according to the official guidelines. When you’re ready, you can start evaluating your work: - Good when it is assessable and well-executed, - Neutral when it is assessable but needs improvement, - Not assessable. Each evaluation has a score that will determine the quality level of an element or a workout. === Purchase of the annual “Stats & Share” (Pro) === By purchasing the annual subscription you can unlock a series of features: - Sharing results with a coach - Sending the workout to Apple Watch - Progress statistics - Copying a workout If you own an Apple Watch, send this workout to it (Pro) so you don’t waste time going back to evaluate on your iPhone. If you’ve finished the workout, stop it by clicking the appropriate button, so you also have statistics on how much time you spend training. If you want, share your work with a coach (Pro). From the history, you can see what you’ve done in the past, copy a workout for the date set in the home screen (Pro), use a workout to close or delete it. Additionally, you can track your progress by analyzing the statistics (Pro). This app is subject to Apple's standard End User License Agreement (EULA), available at: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Water Striders4 screens
SkateTrainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SkateTrainer at 14.0 against Water Striders's 17.0. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Water Striders sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and SkateTrainer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Water Striders versus SkateTrainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWater StridersSkateTrainer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStefanis KundiusPier Luigi Papeschi

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Water Striders

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly subscription$2.991 Month
  • 3 months purchase$6.993 Months
  • 6 months purchase$11.996 Months
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  • 12 months purchase$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Water Striders Life Time$49.99
1 purchases

SkateTrainer

Subscriptions1
  • Share & Stats$2.991 Year

Questions

Is Water Striders free?
Water Striders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SkateTrainer free?
SkateTrainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Water Striders or SkateTrainer have ads?
Neither Water Striders nor SkateTrainer shows ads.

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