Athlete Warrior vs Pacelab Intervals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Athlete Warrior
This app provides mental tools for youth athletes aged 8-18 to enhance performance in any sport. It focuses on eight pillars of superior athletes, including confidence, focus, and resilience, with an optional module for parents. The program uses short, engaging video and audio content based on psychology and neuroscience principles.
- Mental performance tools
- Eight pillars of superior athletes
- Video and audio content
- Optional parent module
- Printable Quests
- Progress tracking
- Offline sync
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Your athlete trains their body. Now train their mind. Athlete Warrior gives young athletes practical mental-training tools to build confidence, handle pressure, improve focus, bounce back from mistakes, stay calm and perform when it counts. Created by Dr. Alison Arnold—Doc Ali—Athlete Warrior brings mental-training techniques developed through more than 30 years of working with athletes, from young competitors to NCAA champions and Olympians, into one easy-to-use app designed specifically for athletes ages 8–18. TRAIN THE EIGHT PILLARS Athlete Warrior is built around eight essential areas of the mental game: • MOTIVATED: Set meaningful goals, build momentum and keep working. • RESILIENT: Reset after mistakes and come back from setbacks. • FOCUSED: Block out distractions and stay in the moment. • CONFIDENT: Trust your training and believe in your abilities. • CONNECTED: Strengthen relationships with teammates, coaches and others. • VITAL: Build the energy and habits that support mind and body. • CALM — Manage nerves and stay composed under pressure. • COURAGEOUS — Face fear, take healthy risks and go for it. Athletes don't have to work through the Pillars in order. They can go directly to the tools they need, or work all eight over time to build stronger mental habits. MENTAL TOOLS ATHLETES CAN ACTUALLY USE Athlete Warrior includes short videos, audio exercises, pump-ups, meditations and activities designed to fit into an athlete's busy schedule. Use them before practice. Before competition. After a mistake or setback. When confidence drops. When nerves take over. Or anytime an athlete wants to strengthen their mental game. The goal isn't just to understand these skills. It's to practice them until they become habits. LIVE WITH DOC ALI Athlete Warrior members can also join weekly live sessions with Doc Ali, giving athletes an opportunity to keep working their mental game and put the tools into practice. SUPPORT FOR PARENTS The Champion & Their Tribe plan adds ParentZone tools and separate live sessions designed to help parents better support their athlete's mental-performance journey. ABOUT DOC ALI For more than 28 years, Doc Ali has helped athletes strengthen their mental game and perform under pressure. She has worked with Olympic medalists, NCAA champions and thousands of young athletes across numerous sports. Dr. Alison Arnold earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology and has additional training in neuroscience and leadership. Her approach brings together psychology, sport psychology, neuroscience and decades of hands-on experience working directly with athletes. Her goal with Athlete Warrior is simple: make effective mental training practical, engaging and accessible to young athletes—whatever their sport or competitive level. Recommended for athletes ages 8–18. Athlete Warrior provides mental-performance education and training tools and is not a substitute for therapy, psychological treatment or medical care. INFORMATION ABOUT THE APP AND PURCHASE OPTIONS By signing up, you will get access to subscription(s) that include features such as progress tracking, and offline sync. The download of Athlete Warrior is free of charge. No free trial offered. Should you use Athlete Warrior app to access in-app content via available subscription(s), a payment will be charged to your credit card through your App Store account . A subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription period. There is no increase in price when renewing. Subscription(s) can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings in the App Store after purchase. Read our full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy: https://passion.io/terms-of-service https://passion.io/privacy-policy
Pacelab Intervals
Create, run, and share custom interval workouts with flexible block types. This app offers a streamlined experience for athletes who program their own training, focusing on functionality without hidden costs or complex interfaces.
- Custom workout builder
- Multiple block types (Tabata, AMRAP, EMOM, etc.)
- Flexible progression options
- Voice countdowns and auto-progression
- Workout sharing
- Workout scheduling and tracking
- Health app sync
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Not another workout app. I know. But after 10 years of functional training, I couldn't find one that fit: flexible enough to mix block types, no hidden subscriptions, no paywalled pro features, no clunky old UI. And every app that added AI wanted me on its own chatbot and its own subscription. I already pay for one. So I built the app that just uses it, and I train with it every week. From an athlete, for athletes. Pacelab Intervals is the workout timer and builder for people who know how to train and don't want the rest. Build your workout. Run it. Share it. Or let your AI build it for you. YOUR AI BUILDS IT Connect ChatGPT or Claude and ask for what you want. "Make me a 20-minute kettlebell EMOM." "Build something based on what I trained this week." The workout lands in your library, saved and ready to run. Your AI can also edit workouts, schedule them, and read your training history, so it programs around what you actually did. Both integrations are free. ChatGPT Plus is not required, and Claude works on any plan. WORKOUT BUILDER Create custom workouts with 6 block types: Tabata, AMRAP, EMOM, Circuit, Rounds and Timed. Mix them in a single workout. Progressive reps and time: increase or decrease per round. 100+ exercises or add your own. Set work and rest, configure rounds. Exactly how you program. TIMER Voice countdowns, auto-progression between blocks, back/skip navigation, pause and resume. See every block, round and exercise before you begin. No surprises during your workout. Just start and move. SHARE YOUR WORKOUT Share a link. Athletes, training partners, or clients import it directly into their app in one tap. Turn a workout into a challenge friends can join. SCHEDULE & TRACK Schedule workouts, get reminders, track history and personal records. Streaks, session stats, and health app sync. BUILT FOR CrossFitters. HIIT athletes. Personal trainers. Home athletes. Anyone who programs their own training and needs a reliable tool to build and run it. Free. Minimal. No subscriptions. No account required. No videos. Just your workout, running.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pacelab Intervals at none against Athlete Warrior's 2. Pacelab Intervals also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months). Athlete Warrior's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Athlete Warrior sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.95 per month. Pacelab Intervals asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pacelab Intervals holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Athlete Warrior has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Athlete Warrior ships an update every 7 months, Pacelab Intervals every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Athlete Warrior | Pacelab Intervals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Head Games Sports, LLC | Newbuildsoft |
Customer experience
Athlete Warrior
Pacelab Intervals
In-app purchases
Athlete Warrior
- WARRIOR FOUNDATIONS$14.951 Month
- THE WARRIOR & THE TRIBE$24.991 Month
Pacelab Intervals
No in-app purchases
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