Comparison

Stride vs My Swing Thoughts

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

My Swing Thoughts

Features
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Most golf advice is forgotten by the next round. My Swing Thoughts is different: an AI golf coach that remembers every swing thought you've ever had — and helps you turn the ones that work into a mental game that actually holds up. Capture a thought the moment it clicks — on the range, after a lesson, mid-round — by voice, in seconds. The app transcribes and files it automatically. Then open the chat: your coach already knows every thought, session and focus cue you've logged, and uses all of it to help you make sense of your own game. HOW IT WORKS • Capture — Tap, talk for a few seconds, done. No typing. Your thought is transcribed, cleaned and filed. • Coach — Chat with an AI that has the full context of everything you've logged. It refines your thinking, surfaces patterns and asks the right questions. • Play — Set one focus thought for your round. Capture more as you play. Debrief with your coach afterwards. • Compound — Thoughts prove themselves over time, moving from New to Promising to Holding Up to Trusted, so what works for your swing rises to the top. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • A coach that remembers. Every thought and session is context your coach uses on every reply — the longer you use it, the sharper it gets. • Voice-first capture. Built for the exact moment a thought hits, when typing is the last thing you want to do. • Thoughts that earn their place. Your library becomes a personal playbook of what's actually working for you — not a generic tip feed. ALSO INSIDE • Active round mode — one focus cue, a calming breathing pulse and a capture button. Nothing else. • Round debriefs — your coach turns each round into a clear takeaway and a focus for next time. • Practice plans — personalised, multi-week plans built from your own thoughts and goals. • Drill library — save the drills your coach suggests and pull them up at the range. WHO IT'S FOR Golfers trying to get better — who take the odd lesson, watch tips online, and have a swing thought that works for two rounds and then vanishes. If you've ever wished you could remember what was working, this is for you. WHAT IT ISN'T No scorecard, no GPS, no yardages, no swing-video analysis. My Swing Thoughts is about your mental game and the thoughts that drive it — not stats or course management. MEMBERSHIP My Swing Thoughts is a premium app with a free trial, then an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or annual). Cancel anytime in Settings or the App Store. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Service: https://myswingthoughts.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://myswingthoughts.app/privacy

Screenshots

Stride4 screens
My Swing Thoughts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: My Swing Thoughts at none against Stride's shown. My Swing Thoughts also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). Stride's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, 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. Stride sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and My Swing Thoughts sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stride ships an update every 10 days, My Swing Thoughts every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Stride versus My Swing Thoughts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrideMy Swing Thoughts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALEXANDER ROSS BARLOWLewis Clayton

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Stride

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

My Swing Thoughts

Subscriptions2
  • My Swing Thoughts Pro1 Month trial$5.991 Month
  • My Swing Thoughts Pro1 Month trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Swing Thoughts free?
My Swing Thoughts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stride or My Swing Thoughts have ads?
Stride shows ads; My Swing Thoughts does not.
Which is updated more often, Stride or My Swing Thoughts?
Stride ships an update every 10 days, and My Swing Thoughts every 6 weeks. Most recently, Stride was updated on October 21, 2026 and My Swing Thoughts on October 14, 2026.

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