Comparison

Pedal Assistant vs Soma

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

Head to head
About

Pedal Assistant

Features
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Pedal Assistant tracks the regular maintenance required on your bike based on your riding with Strava.

About

Soma

This app analyzes your voice patterns to provide insights into your mental clarity, energy, and stress levels. It offers personalized observations based on scientific evidence and learns your unique voice print over time for sharper, more personal understanding. Connect your calendar, location, and health data for a comprehensive view of factors impacting your mind.

Highlights
  • Personalized voice-based insights
  • Unique voice print learning
  • Context-aware analysis
  • Periodic weekly recaps
  • On-the-go conversation capture
  • Privacy controls
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Most health tools ask you to log how you feel, others require a wearable device or an in-person visit. Soma runs on devices you already have - first macOS and now iOS - to capture your voice as a health signal. By picking up on patterns in what you say and how you say it, Soma surfaces insights about your mental clarity, energy, stress, and more. HOW IT WORKS Soma runs primarily on macOS, capturing and analyzing your conversations as you go about your day. With the iOS app, you can now capture live conversations on the go and check your insights from anywhere. Soma builds your unique voice print to create a personalized understanding of you over time. - Personalized insights: specific, actionable observations drawn from your natural speech based on scientific evidence, not a one-size-fits-all cognitive assessment. - Voice print: Soma learns your baseline so insights get sharper and more personal the more you use it. - Context-aware: your speech carries rich context that helps us enhance your insights. You can also connect your calendar, location, Apple Health, and other health data so Soma can help you dissect the physiological and environmental factors that impact your mind. - Periodic recaps: a story of your week, including what shaped your mental states, what patterns are emerging, what to watch, and what to change. - Capture on the go: capture in-person conversations from your iPhone and pick up your insights right where you left off on Mac. - Privacy first: you decide what’s captured and what isn’t, and when something is stored or deleted. WHO IT'S FOR Soma is for anyone who wants to understand their own cognitive patterns better, whether that's staying sharp under work pressure, managing stress as a caregiver, or building mental resilience for competition. If you're curious what your voice reveals about your state of mind, Soma's for you.

Screenshots

Pedal Assistant4 screens
Soma3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Soma at every 5 days against Pedal Assistant's every 11 days. Pedal Assistant's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pedal Assistant ships an update every 11 days, Soma every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pedal Assistant versus Soma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPedal AssistantSoma
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB59 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRussell VernickSoma Precision Health, Inc

In-app purchases

None

Pedal Assistant

No in-app purchases

None

Soma

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pedal Assistant free?
Pedal Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Soma free?
Soma is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pedal Assistant or Soma have ads?
Neither Pedal Assistant nor Soma shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pedal Assistant or Soma?
Pedal Assistant ships an update every 11 days, and Soma every 5 days. Most recently, Pedal Assistant was updated on October 3, 2026 and Soma on November 6, 2026.

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