Comparison

Stride vs DMRL

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

DMRL

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DMRL keeps Dirty Mitten Racing League close at hand. Follow the season from current race information and expected-position scoring (EPS) to published results, standings, team pages, tour briefings, and Extracurricular Competition (ECC) challenges. Open official Zwift race passes, save a result for quick return, browse the Discord Decoder Ring and other league tools, and choose the appearance that works best for your device. FPCS has its own area inside DMRL. Browse published rider rankings, filter by assigned pen, explore rider statistics, and compare riders. When registration or an eligible ECC challenge is open, riders can complete the same DMRL process from the app. Registration and effort submissions are confirmed before anything is sent. DMRL keeps league scoring, approvals, and official records on the league systems—never on your phone. You can browse without an account. Optional rider details you save in My DMRL stay on that device to prefill forms. Optional phone alerts deliver DMRL announcements; you control them and can turn them off at any time. Race for the win, chase your best effort, or help your team take the next spot.

Screenshots

Stride4 screens
DMRL4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DMRL at none against Stride's 2. DMRL also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). On price 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. DMRL asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stride ships an update every 10 days, DMRL every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Stride versus DMRL: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrideDMRL
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.116.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB32 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperALEXANDER ROSS BARLOWMatthew Horning

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Stride

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

DMRL

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stride free?
Stride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DMRL free?
DMRL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stride or DMRL have ads?
Stride shows ads; DMRL does not.
Which is updated more often, Stride or DMRL?
Stride ships an update every 10 days, and DMRL every 3 days. Most recently, Stride was updated on October 13, 2026 and DMRL on October 14, 2026.

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