Comparison

Speedwork vs Intervals.icu Companion

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

Head to head
About

Speedwork

This app creates adaptive training plans and interval workouts tailored to your fitness level and schedule. It integrates with popular cycling devices and adjusts your plan based on your performance and missed sessions, eliminating guesswork for structured training.

Highlights
  • Personalized training plans
  • Adaptive interval workouts
  • Integrates with Garmin, Wahoo, Zwift
  • Automatic plan adjustments
  • Schedule flexibility
  • Structured training guidance
Features
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Speedwork builds personalized training plans and interval workouts that adapt as you ride, rest, and improve. Whether you're training for your first race or chasing a new personal best, your plan fits your goals, your schedule, and your actual fitness. Connect your Garmin, Wahoo, and Zwift, and Speedwork takes care of the rest. Miss a day? Your plan adjusts. Have a strong week? It builds on that. Every workout has a purpose, and your schedule always reflects where you are right now. No spreadsheets, no guesswork. Just structured training that keeps you healthy and moving forward. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Intervals.icu Companion

This companion app visualizes your fitness, fatigue, and form trends using data from Intervals.icu. It offers configurable widgets for desktop and home screens, along with Apple Watch faces, to provide quick access to your key metrics and automatic data updates.

Highlights
  • Interactive Fitness, Fatigue & Form Graph
  • Apple Watch App for data viewing
  • Multi-Platform Widgets (iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, macOS)
  • Vitals Tracking (HRV, readiness, sleep)
  • Automatic Data Updates via notifications
  • Sports Summary Widget for goal tracking
  • Customizable Data Settings
Features
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Intervals Companion is a powerful third-party companion app for Intervals.icu, bringing your training data to iOS, watchOS, and macOS with beautiful widgets, deep Apple Health integration, and advanced analytics. Two-Way Apple Health Sync Automatically sync workouts recorded on Apple Watch or iPhone to Intervals.icu, and push Intervals.icu activities back to Apple Health to close your Activity Rings. Sync daily health metrics like HRV, sleep scores, and readiness scores between Apple Health and Intervals.icu, keeping all your data in one place. Apple Watch Workout Sync Convert planned workouts from your Intervals.icu calendar and send them directly to Apple Watch so your structured sessions are ready to go when you are. FIT File Import Manually import FIT files to Intervals.icu and/or Apple Health. Bring in workouts from any device or platform with a few taps. Metrics & Custom Charts Build personalized charts and widgets across all fitness and health metric fields. Visualize the data that matters most to you, your way. Library Browse your Intervals.icu workout library and add workouts directly to your training calendar from your phone. Training Analytics - Interactive Fitness, Fatigue & Form graph with drag-to-inspect for past activities and planned workouts - Predict future form based on your scheduled training load - Vitals tracking: HRV, readiness & sleep scores, resting and sleeping heart rates - Distance splits and pace zone charts on activity detail screens Chat & Community - Send and receive private messages with coaches and athletes directly from your phone - View and post comments on activities to stay connected with your training community - Push notification alerts for new messages and activity comments Widgets & Watch - Home screen widgets for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS - Apple Watch app and watch face complications - Sports Summary widget: weekly goal rings for distance and time with customizable colors - Silent push notifications trigger automatic updates when new activities or wellness data arrive on Intervals.icu Intervals Companion is an independent hobby project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Intervals.icu. Fitness metrics and scores are for informational purposes only — not a substitute for professional medical or coaching advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Speedwork4 screens
Intervals.icu Companion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Intervals.icu Companion at free against Speedwork's freemium. Intervals.icu Companion also leads on ratings volume (38 vs 9) and device support (3 vs 1). Speedwork's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 81%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Speedwork sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Intervals.icu Companion sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Speedwork against 4.9 for Intervals.icu Companion. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 38 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Speedwork's written reviews are positive against 81% of Intervals.icu Companion's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speedwork ships an update every 2 weeks, Intervals.icu Companion every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Speedwork versus Intervals.icu Companion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeedworkIntervals.icu Companion
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better4.9 (38 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better80.8% of reviews
Number of ratings938 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.5 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOverlays IncMcEwen Labs LLC

Customer experience

Speedwork

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Intervals.icu Companion

All ratings37 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive80.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.2%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Speedwork

Subscriptions4
  • Speedwork Monthly1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Discounted Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Speedwork Yearly1 Month trial$99.991 Year
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  • Discounted Yearly$169.991 Year
5 purchases

Intervals.icu Companion

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Supporter$9.991 Year
One-time4
  • Tip$9.99
  • Support Tip$19.99
  • Tip$19.99
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  • IC+ Super Fan$49.99

Questions

Is Speedwork free?
Speedwork is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Intervals.icu Companion free?
Intervals.icu Companion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Speedwork or Intervals.icu Companion?
Speedwork is rated higher. Speedwork averages 5.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Intervals.icu Companion averages 4.9 from 38 ratings.
Do Speedwork or Intervals.icu Companion have ads?
Neither Speedwork nor Intervals.icu Companion shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speedwork or Intervals.icu Companion?
Speedwork ships an update every 2 weeks, and Intervals.icu Companion every 3 weeks. Most recently, Speedwork was updated on October 27, 2026 and Intervals.icu Companion on October 30, 2026.

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