Comparison

NinjaTrainer vs NinjaMetrics

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

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About

NinjaTrainer

This platform helps ninja and obstacle course racing athletes, coaches, and parents track training, manage teams, and discover events. It offers custom course timing, skill logging, team leaderboards, and direct messaging for seamless communication and progress monitoring.

Highlights
  • Custom obstacle course timing
  • Skill logging and progress tracking
  • Team management with QR codes
  • Live team leaderboards
  • Built-in team chat
  • Event discovery and management
  • Gym finder
Features
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NinjaTrainer is the complete ninja training platform built for ninja and obstacle course racing (OCR) communities. Whether you're a coach running a team, a parent tracking your child's progress, or an athlete managing your competition schedule, NinjaTrainer keeps everyone connected and working towards their goals. TRACK COURSE RUNS Build custom obstacle courses, then run them with a live timer, haptic feedback, and audio cues. Record video of every attempt and review it later. Track pass/fail on each obstacle, set time caps, and configure fail limits to match real competition rules. Quick Run mode lets you time any course instantly. PRACTICE SKILLS Log skills like dead hangs, box jumps, and laches with reps, time, weight, or distance. TRAIN YOUR TEAM Create teams and onboard athletes instantly with QR codes. Share courses with your team, then run Team Mode: line up your athletes, run the same course in sequence, and watch a live leaderboard. It's the closest thing to comp day in practice. TEAM CHAT Built-in messaging keeps coaches, athletes, and parents in sync. DISCOVER EVENTS Create and manage classes, open gym sessions, workshops, competitions, and private sessions. FIND A GYM Find and follow local ninja and OCR (obstacle course racing) gyms. Gym owners can manage events and build their community directly through NinjaTrainer. STATS & PROGRESS See training streaks, consistency heatmaps, skill trends, course completion rates, and best times at a glance. DESIGNED FOR THE NINJA AND OCR COMMUNITIES NinjaTrainer is designed specifically for ninja and OCR training. Every feature designed to solve common pain points we've all experienced. - Custom obstacle courses with configurable rules - Video recording and playback for every attempt - Personal records tracked automatically across all skills - Team management with QR code invites - Group course runs with live leaderboards - Training streaks and consistency tracking - Event scheduling with native RSVPs - Secure team chat and direct messaging - Multi-athlete profiles for families - Gym discovery and management Train like a ninja. Let's go! Privacy Policy: https://ninjatrainer.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://ninjatrainer.app/terms

About

NinjaMetrics

Analyze your ninja runs with detailed metrics and video comparison. Track progress, identify areas for improvement, and compare performance across different formats and leagues. Share results and insights with your community.

Highlights
  • Detailed run analytics
  • Video side-by-side comparison
  • Support for multiple ninja leagues and formats
  • Import competition results
  • Skill radar and goal tracking
  • Offline functionality
  • Shareable result cards
Features
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See every second of your ninja run — where you gained time, where you lost it, and what to train next. Built for the ninja community, at every level. From first run to podium contender, NinjaMetrics covers every ninja format — with the depth of analytics to show exactly where your next gain comes from. Free for 14 days. Full Pro access on the trial. EVERY FORMAT. EVERY LEAGUE. 11 scoring formats across 6 ninja leagues — we handle the rules, you focus on the run. • WNL — Flow, Challenge, Full Course • NSC — Hybrid, Speed, Burnout • UNAA — Standard • FINA — Speed, Endurance • FISO — OCR 100m Sprint • ANW — Qualifying Retries, halfway points, strike counts, time caps, difficulty scoring, continue-after-fail — every format scored correctly out of the box. Per-division time caps for mixed-age competitions. Live PB and course-leader deltas as you run. 10 METRICS. ONE CLEAR PICTURE. Sabermetric-inspired analytics, built for ninja athletes: • Clutch Factor — do you finish strong or fade under pressure? • Bounce-Back Score — how well you recover after a fail • Reliability Score — how consistent you are run to run • Momentum — whether you're trending up • Ninja Score — one number (0–1000) that makes every run comparable • True Clear Rate — credits clearing the obstacles that take down everyone else • Time Gained — where on the course you gain and lose time • Clear Quality — dominant, clean, or grit? Every clear isn't equal. • Course Difficulty Curve — where courses eliminate athletes • Pressure Response — how you perform inside the final seconds of a time cap Plus skill radar across 5 obstacle categories, personal bests, improvement trends, nemesis obstacles, and goal tracking. VIDEO. SIDE BY SIDE. Record video while you time. Play two runs in perfect sync to see exactly where time was gained or lost. Align Mode lines them up frame by frame and saves sync points you can jump back to. Split recording attaches obstacle-level timing to imported runs. Share polished result cards to Instagram, iMessage, or any group chat. IMPORT YOUR COMPETITIONS. Bring in competition results from the leading ninja scoring systems. A full competitive history in one app — across leagues, across seasons — with analytics layered on top of every event. Now including WNL Premier Series with an isolated PB pool for Premier-level athletes. BUILT FOR THE COMMUNITY. • Built natively for iPhone • Works offline — no gym WiFi required • iCloud sync across your devices • Family Sharing included • In-app guides for every feature — tap Help from any screen, no docs hunt • Designed with coaches, athletes, and parents who live the sport WHO IT'S FOR. • Athletes — see every second of your run and know exactly what to train next • Parents — follow your child's progress across seasons with shareable cards for the family group chat • Coaches — time a full class, prove training is working, run smooth in-house competitions PRICING. Free to download. Practice-mode timing is always free. NinjaMetrics: $7.99 / month or $59.99 / year (save 37% annually). Family Sharing included. 14-day free trial on Pro. Cancel anytime from Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. Auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscription auto-renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited on purchase of a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://ninjametrics.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://ninjametrics.app/terms MADE BY A NINJA DAD. Built by a solo developer because the ninja community deserved a purpose-built tool. Feedback, requests, bug reports — all welcome at support@ninjametrics.app. We read everything. Ninja on. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

NinjaTrainer4 screens
NinjaMetrics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: NinjaTrainer at 16.4 against NinjaMetrics's 26.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. NinjaTrainer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and NinjaMetrics sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NinjaTrainer against 5.0 for NinjaMetrics. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NinjaTrainer ships an update every 6 days, NinjaMetrics weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
NinjaTrainer versus NinjaMetrics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNinjaTrainerNinjaMetrics
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB41 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDragonscale Labs LLCTiffany de Bruyn

Customer experience

NinjaTrainer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

NinjaMetrics

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

NinjaTrainer

Subscriptions4
  • Plus - Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Plus - Annual$79.991 Year
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  • Pro - Annual7 Days trial$129.991 Year
2 purchases

NinjaMetrics

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro14 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Annual Pro14 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is NinjaTrainer free?
NinjaTrainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NinjaMetrics free?
NinjaMetrics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NinjaTrainer or NinjaMetrics?
NinjaTrainer and NinjaMetrics are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do NinjaTrainer or NinjaMetrics have ads?
Neither NinjaTrainer nor NinjaMetrics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NinjaTrainer or NinjaMetrics?
NinjaTrainer ships an update every 6 days, and NinjaMetrics weekly. Most recently, NinjaTrainer was updated on October 30, 2026 and NinjaMetrics on November 5, 2026.

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