Trails. vs Templar Formation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trails.
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Trails is the ultimate trail recorder app for your iPhone. Whether you walk, hike, run, or cycle – use trails to keep track of your favorite paths, see how far you moved and how much elevation you gained, and revisit your trails later or share them with others!
Templar Formation
This app offers a daily discipline program to train your soul, mind, and body. It focuses on confronting vices through warrior-saint prayer, study, and calisthenics, with a structured progression and rank system.
- Daily discipline orders
- Conquer 7 deadly vices
- Warrior-saint prayer
- Vice study and quizzes
- Calisthenics workouts
- Rank progression system
- Water and sleep tracking
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Templar Formation is a daily discipline program that trains your soul, mind, and body through warrior-saint prayer, vice study, military calisthenics, and brotherhood accountability. Each cycle you confront one of the 7 deadly vices with its patron warrior saint. Complete your daily formation orders. Study the vice. Train your body. Join a squad. Launch fire-team missions with your brothers. Rise through the ranks. HOW IT WORKS DAILY ORDERS Eight orders across three pillars — Spiritual, Mental, and Physical. Morning prayer with your warrior saint. Daily discipline. Evening examen. Vice study and quiz. A full calisthenics workout. Water and sleep tracking. Earn XP for every order completed. CONQUER THE 7 VICES A focused progression through the 7 deadly vices — Pride, Greed, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Anger, and Sloth. One vice at a time until you conquer it. Each vice has three tiers of study — Basic, Advanced, and Master. Learn the roots of the vice, pass the quiz, and defeat it with your patron saint at your side. Basic teaches you the vice. Advanced sharpens your understanding. Master forges conviction. BROTHERHOOD Join the Order. Compete on five leaderboards. Post prayer petitions on the prayerboard. Share why you fight. Form squads and invite brothers by text with a direct App Store link. Hold each other accountable. FIRE-TEAM MISSIONS Challenge your squad to Cold Showers, Daily Fast, 50 Push-ups, Holy Rosary, Scripture Reading, Wake Before Dawn, and No Social Media. Pick a duration — 1, 3, 5, or 7 days. Every brother earns or fails on his own. One slip is yours, not the team's. DEVOTIONS Pray the Rosary together as a squad. Track your devotional life alongside your formation. Spiritual discipline is not optional — it is the foundation. WARRIOR TRAINING A structured calisthenics program scaled to your fitness level. Progressive overload built in — the work increases as you grow stronger. No gym required. RISE IN RANK Start as a Pilgrim. Earn XP through daily formation. Get promoted through ten ranks — from Initiate to Grand Master. Each promotion comes with a ceremony and prayer. BUILD YOUR TEMPLE Unlock warrior saints and historical Templars as you hit streaks and milestones. Your Temple is your proof of consistency. TEMPLAR PRO Templar Pro is an auto-renewing subscription that unlocks all features in the Templar Formation app, including: Focused vice formation with three tiers of study per vice — Basic, Advanced, and Master Full calisthenics training program scaled to your fitness level Daily warrior-saint prayers, evening examen, and Rosary devotion Brotherhood — squads, fire-team missions, prayerboard, and leaderboards Rank progression from Pilgrim to Grand Master Unlockable saints and Templars earned through streaks and milestones Access to new modules and content released while subscribed Monthly: $9.99/month after a 7-day free trial. Annual: $89.99/year after a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions on your device. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://templarformation.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trails. at none against Templar Formation's 2. Trails. also leads on ads (none vs shown). Templar Formation's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Templar Formation sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Trails. asks for nothing beyond the download.
Trails. ships an update every 6 months, Templar Formation weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trails. | Templar Formation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (152 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 82.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 152 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 255 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vision Thing B.V. | Templar Formation LLC |
In-app purchases
Trails.
No in-app purchases
Templar Formation
- Templar Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Templar Pro Annual7 Days trial$89.991 Year









