Comparison

The Elements vs Veloq

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

Head to head
About

The Elements

Features
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The Body & Mind Vitality program of The Elements, helps you to consciously work on your health and well-being. Receive practical insights and inspiration to reduce stress, experience more energy and strengthen your physical and mental resilience. With meditations, yoga sessions, breathing workshops, nutrition workshops and exercises, you will discover what you can do for a vital life.

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Veloq

Features
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Veloq shows your intervals.icu training on your phone and looks for the routes and sections you repeat. The analysis runs on your device. Record Record rides, runs and other sports with GPS, Bluetooth sensors or a planned workout. Insights Short reads on your training, each opening to its numbers and how they were worked out. Maps Interactive maps with 3D terrain, route heatmaps, and light, dark and satellite styles. Routes and sections Compare every attempt on the routes and sections you repeat, then pin, trim or rename them. Charts Heart rate, power, pace, elevation and cadence on one timeline with the map. Fitness Fitness, fatigue and form with the zones drawn in, plus HRV, resting heart rate and sleep. Strength Your strength sets on a body diagram, by muscle group and exercise. Widgets Home-screen widgets for fitness and form, your last activity and your insights. Notifications A notification naming the route and any personal bests when a new activity arrives. Off until you turn it on. Backups Back up your settings and section decisions to a file, a folder, a cloud drive or a WebDAV server. Privacy Your training data stays on your device, with no analytics and no tracking. Optional push notifications store your athlete ID and a device token on our server for 30 days. Open source under Apache 2.0. Supports cycling, running, swimming, and 20+ activity types. Try the built-in demo mode to explore without an account. Requires an intervals.icu account for live data. Requires iOS 16.4 or later. Not affiliated with intervals.icu.

Screenshots

The Elements4 screens
Veloq4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: The Elements at Free against Veloq's $2.99. The Elements also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

The Elements is free to download; Veloq costs $2.99 up front. Veloq sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. The Elements asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Elements ships an update weekly, Veloq every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
The Elements versus Veloq: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe ElementsVeloq
PriceFree โ€” better$2.99
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size82 MB111 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperThe Elements Coaching BVEvan Thomas

In-app purchases

None

The Elements

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Veloq

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Tip$5.99
  • Big Tip$9.99

Questions

Is The Elements free?
The Elements is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Veloq free?
Veloq costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do The Elements or Veloq have ads?
Neither The Elements nor Veloq shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Elements or Veloq?
The Elements ships an update weekly, and Veloq every 4 weeks. Most recently, The Elements was updated on October 30, 2026 and Veloq on November 5, 2026.

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