ActivForce vs FeetBeat Cadence
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ActivForce
This app syncs with a handheld device to provide real-time data for strength and range of motion testing. It helps practitioners optimize client care and recovery with accurate, data-driven insights and customizable testing sequences.
- Real-time strength and ROM data visualization
- Customizable test sequences
- Detailed data modeling and analysis
- Offline functionality
- Seamless web dashboard sync
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The data-driven advantage for practitioners. The new ActivForce companion app syncs with the handheld dynamometer and inclinometer to optimize care and recovery with real-time data. Accurate, Adaptable & Accessible Strength & ROM Testing Technology Streamline workflows, elevate your practice and improve your clients’ results. ActivForce’s integrated digital system measures, tracks and visualizes strength, force and range of motion (ROM) metrics. Designed to improve decision-making with data-driven insights, the new software supports: - Comprehensive Testing & Sequences: Perform multiple muscle force, symmetry comparison and ROM tests. Customize test sequences for faster and more flexible testing. - Real-Time Insights: Force and ROM metrics are instantly visualized to support faster and more informed care decisions. - Detailed Data Modelling: Industry-standard calculations and analysis offer deeper insights into client progress, supporting tailored care plans. - Portable, Flexible Testing: Conduct sessions anywhere from homes to hospitals with quick set-up and offline functionality. Customize Testing. Optimize Recovery. Maximize Retention. Our system is engineered to meet practitioners’ needs and optimize client outcomes. Seamlessly sync data with ActivForce’s intuitive web dashboard to improve analysis and reporting while reducing manual inputs. Assess the problem. Access the insights. Address the issue with effective, evidence-based care.
FeetBeat Cadence
This professional tool helps physical therapists, running coaches, and clinicians assess and improve running cadence. It offers real-time step counting, target setting, and retraining guidance with features like a metronome and stopwatch.
- Real-time cadence measurement
- Cadence target setting
- Metronome for retraining
- Stopwatch with lap tracking
- Countdown timer with multiple views
- Session summary generation
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FeetBeat is a professional cadence assessment and coaching tool designed for physical therapists, running coaches, and clinicians who work with runners and triathletes. Created by Chris Johnson, PT — physical therapist, running coach, and multi-time Kona Ironman qualifier — FeetBeat helps you assess running cadence, set clear targets, and guide retraining with speed and precision. CADENCE COUNTER Tap in time with your client’s steps to measure SPM in real time. At the end of each session, FeetBeat generates a clean summary with cadence targets, session duration, and space to record footwear and running speed. Copy results directly into a text, email, or a note. METRONOME Set a target BPM and choose from four click sounds to support cadence retraining and exercise prescription. Audio continues with the screen locked so you can keep coaching without interruption. STOPWATCH Track laps and split times with a clean, dependable stopwatch. TIMER Use preset countdowns, switch between analog, digital, and hourglass views, and add time mid-session without resetting. Built for the clinic, the track, and the trail. No subscriptions. No accounts. No ads. Just practical tools for helping runners move better and train consistently.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FeetBeat Cadence at 100% against ActivForce's 17%. FeetBeat Cadence also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). ActivForce's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99). On ratings volume, ads, 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
ActivForce is free to download; FeetBeat Cadence costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FeetBeat Cadence holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of ActivForce's written reviews are positive against 100% of FeetBeat Cadence's.
| Parameter | ActivForce | FeetBeat Cadence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Activbody, Inc. | Alchemy Endurance |
Customer experience
ActivForce
FeetBeat Cadence
In-app purchases
ActivForce
No in-app purchases
FeetBeat Cadence
No in-app purchases







