Comparison

LOAD! vs MAP IRT

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

Head to head
About

LOAD!

This app helps athletes manage their training load to reduce injury risk and improve performance. It uses simple inputs after each session to track conditioning and provides clear trend graphs. Stop guessing and start training with data to perform at your best.

Highlights
  • Weekly training load management
  • Visualize peaking and fatigue
  • Automatic ACWR calculation
  • Alert system for workload
  • Daily and weekly workload entry
  • Intuitive trend graphs
Features
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Manage your training load and visualize peaking and fatigue! LOAD! is a powerful app that monitors acute and chronic training loads to reduce injury risk and enhance athletic performance. With just two simple inputs after each training session, anyone can easily track and optimize their conditioning. Key Features: Automatic ACWR (Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio) calculation with alert system Daily and weekly workload entry Clear and intuitive trend graphs Stop guessing. Train with data. Train smart, stay healthy, and perform at your best.

About

MAP IRT

Features
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MAP IRT - Intermittent Recovery Test The field test for football: you always run at the same speed and it is the recovery that gets shorter, until exhaustion. All you need is 50 metres of pitch and about fifteen minutes. Validated in collaboration with the University of Bologna. WHAT YOU MEASURE • Estimated VO2max (ml·kg⁻¹·min⁻¹) • Maximal Aerobic Speed (MAS) and metabolic power in W/kg • Your level: Entry, Pro, Elite, Champions • Personal training zones (S2 / S4 / MAS) with the right recovery for you • Heart rate per zone • Post-test lactate, if you measure it • Test history, telling you when an improvement is real and not noise HOW YOU COMPARE • Against the O2UP database: over 1,500 real tests, not textbook values • Dedicated pools for women and under 17s: a woman is compared with women, a boy with his own age group • Comparison by role: goalkeeper, central defender, lateral, midfielder, striker TRAINING • Your speeds and your recoveries, worked out from your own test • Intermittent matrix 50 / 75 / 100 metres for each zone • Ready-made sessions, chosen from what you are missing • Split by period: pre-season or in-season FOR COACHES AND TEAMS • Create your squad and invite athletes with a link • Simultaneous test for up to 40 players with a single audio guide • Squad list with every player's level and tests side by side • CSV import: load the whole squad and the tests already done in one go • PDF reports: squad, session and training • Scouting by role and by weak point ON THE PITCH • Audio guide with a recorded voice: countdown, change, finish • Vibration at every change, if the phone is on silent • Works with the screen locked and offline, syncs afterwards • Bluetooth heart rate belt (Polar, Garmin, Wahoo, Suunto) THE PROTOCOL • Men from 17: 18 km/h, 50 m in 10 seconds • Women and under 17s: 16.5 km/h, 46 m in 10 seconds • Recovery falling from 17 to 2 seconds • Run to exhaustion: the result is total distance WHY IT IS DIFFERENT Classic progressive tests raise the speed. MAP IRT keeps the speed fixed and takes recovery away: that is what actually happens in a match, where you do not get to choose when to catch your breath. WHO IT IS FOR Amateur and recreational athletes, young footballers, coaches and fitness trainers, sports physiotherapists, clubs that want numbers instead of impressions. MEDICAL DISCLAIMER MAP IRT is a sports performance tool. The values it calculates (VO2max, MAS, HR zones) are estimates based on distance and age; they are not a diagnosis. Before a test to exhaustion it is the athlete's responsibility to check their own fitness to take part, with a sports medical examination if needed. GDPR PRIVACY Your data stays yours. Encrypted in transit and at rest, no advertising tracking, no sharing with third parties beyond our technical providers. You can delete your account from inside the app. Made in Italy with O2UP and Medaere · mapirt.com SUBSCRIPTION MAP Coach — EUR 1.99 per month, auto-renewable. Unlocks unlimited squads, group testing, PDF reports and scouting. Payment is charged to your App Store account at confirmation. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; you can manage and cancel it in your App Store settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://mapirt.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://mapirt.com/privacy

Screenshots

LOAD!3 screens
MAP IRT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: LOAD! at every 5 days against MAP IRT's every 6 weeks. LOAD! also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

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

LOAD! ships an update every 5 days, MAP IRT every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
LOAD! versus MAP IRT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLOAD!MAP IRT
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTNQ Tech, Co.O2UP SRL

In-app purchases

None

LOAD!

No in-app purchases

None

MAP IRT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LOAD! free?
LOAD! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MAP IRT free?
MAP IRT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LOAD! or MAP IRT have ads?
Neither LOAD! nor MAP IRT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LOAD! or MAP IRT?
LOAD! ships an update every 5 days, and MAP IRT every 6 weeks. Most recently, LOAD! was updated on September 6, 2026 and MAP IRT on September 12, 2026.

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