Comparison

Saga vs Lactate Training

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

Head to head
About

Saga

This app helps athletes and coaches plan, execute, and analyze blood lactate tests for running and cycling. It streamlines the process of finding an athlete's lactate inflection point, a key metric for endurance performance.

Highlights
  • Lactate testing protocols for running and cycling
  • Determine lactate inflection point (LIP)
  • Analyze endurance performance
  • Streamline testing process
  • Metabolic efficiency indicator
Features
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The application is a comprehensive tool designed to assist athletes and coaches in the meticulous planning, execution, and analysis of blood lactate testing protocols specifically for running and cycling activities. Its core objective is to streamline the process of determining an athlete's lactate inflection point (LIP) or lactate threshold, a critical indicator of endurance performance and metabolic efficiency.

About

Lactate Training

This intelligent training system connects your sessions, recovery, fatigue, and life stress into an AI-driven coaching platform. It helps athletes train smarter, avoid injury, and improve consistently by analyzing data and providing personalized feedback. The app offers a complete dashboard for tracking fitness, fatigue, and performance trends.

Highlights
  • AI-driven personalized coaching
  • Fitness vs. fatigue tracking
  • Daily check-ins for readiness
  • Smart training calendar with life event integration
  • Session comparison for progress analysis
  • Blood lactate integration for training zones
Features
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Lactate Training — The Operating System For Your Training Most athletes are guessing. The best athletes measure, track, and adapt. Lactate Training is your intelligent training system that connects everything — your sessions, recovery, fatigue, life stress and goals — into one powerful AI-driven coaching platform. This isn’t just another training log. It’s a complete operating system for your performance. Train smarter. Avoid injury. Improve consistently. WHY LACTATE TRAINING? Because what you’ve done doesn’t matter unless you understand what it’s doing to you. Lactate Training connects your past training, how you feel today, and what’s coming next — so you can make better decisions every single day. See your fitness build. Spot fatigue early. Adjust before injury hits. Stay consistent and keep progressing. AI COACHING THAT ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDS YOU Your AI coach analyses your training, recovery, and daily check-ins to give real, personalised feedback. • Session analysis after every workout • Detect fatigue before it becomes injury • Suggest smarter training decisions • Compare similar sessions to track improvement • Identify trends in performance and recovery • Clear, simple feedback you can actually use It’s like having a world-class coach in your pocket. YOUR COMPLETE TRAINING DASHBOARD See everything in one place. • Fitness vs fatigue tracking • Training load & intensity distribution • Performance trends over time • Heart rate & pace insights • Long-term progress tracking • Clear visual dashboard with actionable insights Know when to push. Know when to hold back. Know when you’re improving. DAILY CHECK-INS THAT PREVENT OVERTRAINING The most powerful habit for staying injury-free. Your daily physical and mental check-in connects how you feel with your training load so you can adjust before problems build. • 10-second daily check-in • Physical & mental readiness tracking • Early fatigue detection • Smarter training suggestions • Build consistency with daily streaks Small habit. Massive long-term gains. PLAN YOUR TRAINING AROUND REAL LIFE Training shouldn’t ignore your life — it should work with it. • Smart training calendar • Move, edit and plan sessions easily • Add work, travel & life events • Import future sessions from Garmin & Strava • Create default sessions for quick planning • AI suggestions based on your load & recovery Your training finally adapts to your life. COMPARE SESSIONS & SEE REAL PROGRESS Tag key sessions and compare them instantly. See how you’re actually improving: • Pace vs heart rate • Power & efficiency • Cadence & biomechanics • Heat vs cool conditions • Different shoes or equipment • Fatigue vs fitness Turn every session into learning. BLOOD LACTATE & TRUE TRAINING ZONES Train with precision. Connect your blood lactate testing to unlock: • Accurate heart rate zones • True threshold data • Personalised training intensities • Smarter endurance development • Data-driven performance gains Train like the pros — with real numbers. BUILT FOR ATHLETES WHO WANT MORE Whether you run, cycle, train hybrid, or just want to improve without burnout — this app helps you stay consistent and keep progressing. No guesswork. No generic plans. No blind training. Just clear insights, smart coaching, and one connected system guiding your training every day. AI Access subscription: £9.95/month or £89.95/year, with a free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at purchase confirmation. Auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24h before the period ends. Manage/cancel in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lactatetraining.ai/policies/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Saga2 screens
Lactate Training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Saga at none against Lactate Training's 2. Saga also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Lactate Training's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Lactate Training sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.95 per month. Saga asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Saga versus Lactate Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSagaLactate Training
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB145 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNucleon ASBarney Reed

Customer experience

Saga

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Lactate Training

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Saga

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Lactate Training

Subscriptions2
  • AI Access (Monthly)7 Days trial$9.951 Month
  • AI Access (Yearly)1 Month trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Saga free?
Saga is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lactate Training free?
Lactate Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Saga or Lactate Training have ads?
Neither Saga nor Lactate Training shows ads.

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