Comparison

Elevate vs Stride

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

Head to head
About

Elevate

Features
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Take your training to the next level with Elevate – the smart training log designed specifically for biathletes and cross-country skiers. Automatically sync your sessions from your sports watch and get personalized training plans directly from your coach. 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

Elevate4 screens
Stride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Elevate at none against Stride's shown. Elevate also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.1). On price, update cadence, 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. Elevate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 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

Elevate ships an update weekly, Stride every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Elevate versus Stride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElevateStride
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—68.8% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavide GentileALEXANDER ROSS BARLOW

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Elevate

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • 6 Month Subscription$21.996 Months
  • Yearly$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Stride

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

Questions

Is Elevate free?
Elevate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Elevate or Stride have ads?
Stride shows ads; Elevate does not.
Which is updated more often, Elevate or Stride?
Elevate ships an update weekly, and Stride every 10 days. Most recently, Elevate was updated on October 3, 2026 and Stride on October 13, 2026.

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