Comparison

Stride vs Pitch Maps

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

Head to head
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.

About

Pitch Maps

Features
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There's a side of football that doesn't make the highlights. The grounds, the cities, the distances between them. Pitch Maps puts football on a satellite map. The stadiums appear as pins, exactly where they stand. LIVE, ON THE MAP See stadium pins pulse while matches are played in them. Tap one and you're inside the game: the score and scorers update as they happen, backed by the full events timeline, lineups, match stats and a league table that moves while you watch. One glance at the map tells you where football is on right now in the world. TODAY'S MATCHES, ONE PAGE See the day's football at a glance: what's on, what's live, what kicks off next. Swipe between days, tap any match and follow it through: a preview before kickoff, live coverage during, the full story after. WHOLE COMPETITIONS, NOT JUST SCORES Open a league and browse it from Match-day 1 to the final round: results and fixtures round by round, tables with home and away splits, top scorers, and knockout brackets for the cup competitions. EXPLORE THE GROUNDS Tap a pin and the map flies there in 3D, real surroundings and all. See how close Old Trafford sits to the city centre, or how Mestalla is wedged into its block. Zoom into Serie A, filter the Bundesliga, or just wander around. WORLD CUP 2026 All 48 nations with their groups, squads, live scores and the knockout bracket - and the 16 host stadiums sit on the map, from the Azteca to MetLife. Coverage starts June 11. SQUADS AND STATS Open a club's squad to see appearances, goals, assists and cards for the season, alongside nationality and age. Match panels add lineups, head-to-head history and detailed stats. PLAN YOUR AWAY DAY Inside the stadium and match panels, the Fan Zone connects you to tickets, airport transfers, hotels and shirts for the trip you've been putting off. NO ACCOUNT, NO SIGN-UP There is nothing to register and nothing to configure. Open the app and you're on the map. 600+ STADIUMS, 40+ COMPETITIONS Premier League, Championship, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Eredivisie, Primeira Liga, Scottish Premiership, Champions League, Europa League, Conference League, MLS, Brasileirão, Liga Profesional, Copa Libertadores, FIFA World Cup 2026, and more.

Screenshots

Stride4 screens
Pitch Maps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pitch Maps at none against Stride's 2. Pitch Maps also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.1). On price, update cadence 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. Stride sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Pitch Maps asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stride ships an update every 10 days, Pitch Maps every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Stride versus Pitch Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStridePitch Maps
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALEXANDER ROSS BARLOWTommaso Creatini

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Stride

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly14 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Yearly14 Days trial$149.001 Year
None

Pitch Maps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pitch Maps free?
Pitch Maps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stride or Pitch Maps have ads?
Stride shows ads; Pitch Maps does not.
Which is updated more often, Stride or Pitch Maps?
Stride ships an update every 10 days, and Pitch Maps every 5 days. Most recently, Stride was updated on October 17, 2026 and Pitch Maps on October 12, 2026.

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