Comparison

Frive vs Stride

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

Head to head
About

Frive

This intelligent training app uses science-based coaching and real-time adaptation to help cyclists maximize performance. It offers personalized training plans, precise post-ride analysis, and continuous fitness monitoring to ensure consistent progress and avoid burnout.

Highlights
  • Personalized and adaptive training plans
  • Real-time performance adaptation
  • Precise post-ride analysis
  • Continuous fitness monitoring
  • Athlete profiling and performance testing
  • Race-day effort management
Features
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Prepare for your cycling goals with training that fits your level and your life. Frive supports you throughout the season with: * A personalized plan built around your goals and the time you have to train. * Workouts planned week by week, with a plan that adapts when your schedule changes or you miss a session. * The ability to send workouts to your cycling computer. * Ride analysis to understand what you worked on and track your progress. * An assessment of your abilities and rider profile to identify your strengths and work on your weaknesses. * Nutrition guidance before, during and after your workouts. * A pacing strategy for the day of your goal event. Privacy Policy: https://frive.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Stride

Maximize your athletic performance with science-backed training plans and smart analytics for cycling, running, and triathlons. Gain deeper insights with AI-driven recommendations and seamless integration with your favorite fitness devices and apps.

Highlights
  • Science-backed training plans
  • Smart analytics
  • AI performance insights
  • Seamless device integration
  • Triathlon, cycling, and running focus
  • Advanced metrics
Features
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Training is full of signals. A great ride. A flat run. A heavy squat session. A week where your legs felt gone before Tuesday. A power curve that's moving. An HRV trend that's trying to tell you something. Stride brings it all into one place, then helps you understand what to do next. Built for cyclists, runners, triathletes and coaches, Stride combines clear training analytics with Stride AI: an assistant that can plan your week, adjust your schedule, build structured workouts and explain what your training is telling you. With Stride, you can: • See your training load, fatigue, HRV, power, pace, FTP, Critical Power, W′ and more • Use Stride Insights to understand what went well, what to watch and what to do next • Build and adjust training plans with Stride AI • Generate structured workouts for rides, runs, swims and strength sessions • Track your power curve and power profile across key durations • Sync activities, sleep and HRV from Garmin, Wahoo, Hammerhead, Zwift, Rouvy, Apple Health, Whoop, Oura, Polar and more • Send structured workouts to Garmin, Wahoo, Coros and Zwift • Keep your training history, plans, workouts, recovery and analysis together Strength training Strength sits in the same plan as your riding and running, so the heavy days and the hard sessions are planned together. Stride AI builds sessions around your goals, your equipment and the rest of your week, or you can build your own. • Follow a session set by set, with weights and reps filled in from your plan and your last session • A rest timer that starts on its own when you tick off a set • More than 1,500 exercises, each with a demo video • Log without signal in the gym; your session uploads when you are back online • Personal records, estimated one-rep max and progress for every exercise • See how many sets each muscle group gets, week by week • Add your own exercises, and film a set for your coach to check your form For coaches • Build teams and put sessions straight onto your athletes' calendars • Ask Stride AI about any athlete you coach • Pay for your athletes' subscriptions Ask Stride AI to make the week easier. Tell it you're travelling. Build toward the event on your calendar. Create a workout that matches the race you're actually training for. Then come back after the hard session and let Stride Insights show you what happened: what worked, what changed, what to watch and what to do next. Stride is available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Greek, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.

Screenshots

Frive4 screens
Stride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Frive at none against Stride's shown. Frive also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 69%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Frive sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and Stride sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Frive ships an update every 9 days, Stride every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Frive versus Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFriveStride
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.9% of reviews — better68.8% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKiva TechnologiesALEXANDER ROSS BARLOW

Customer experience

Frive

Written reviews58 reviews
Positive87.9%
Neutral8.6%
Negative3.4%

Stride

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive68.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative18.8%

Bugs and requests

Frive

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Issues with syncing training plans to devices
  • Occasional freezing and crashes

Requested features

2 requests
  • Ability to connect with Apple Watch
  • Improved integration with other fitness apps

Stride

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Frive

Subscriptions16
  • Coaching Offer$12.991 Month
  • Offre Coaching (Mensuelle)$12.991 Month
  • 1 second module complémentaire$17.991 Year
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  • Analyse + (annuel)$17.991 Year
  • Coaching + (annuel)$17.991 Year
  • Performance Offer$22.991 Month
  • Performance Offer (Monthly)$22.991 Month
  • 1 module complémentaire$24.991 Year
  • Analyse + (annuel)$24.991 Year
  • Coaching + (annuel)$24.991 Year
  • Entraineur$44.991 Month
  • Pack Performance$59.991 Year
  • Coaching Offer$99.991 Year
  • Coaching Offer (Annual)$99.991 Year
  • Performance Offer$129.991 Year
  • Offre Performance (Annuel)$179.991 Year
2 purchases

Stride

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly14 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Yearly14 Days trial$149.001 Year

Questions

Is Frive free?
Frive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Frive or Stride have ads?
Stride shows ads; Frive does not.
Which is updated more often, Frive or Stride?
Frive ships an update every 9 days, and Stride every 10 days. Most recently, Frive was updated on October 11, 2026 and Stride on October 13, 2026.

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