Comparison

TreadLeft vs Glide

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

Head to head
About

TreadLeft

Automate your running shoe mileage tracking by connecting to Strava and Apple Health. Visualize wear, manage shoe loadouts, and get notified about deals on new gear.

Highlights
  • Automated activity syncing
  • Tactical shoe loadout management
  • Visual wear tracking with color-coding
  • Shoe retirement tracking
  • Advanced performance analytics
  • Live shoe deals and price alerts
Features
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Take control of your running gear with TreadLeft. TreadLeft connects directly to Strava and Apple Health to automate your shoe tracking. No more manual logs or guessing games—know exactly how many miles are on every pair in your rotation, how your gear is performing, and precisely when it’s time to retire them. KEY FEATURES: Seamless Activity Syncing: Connect Strava and Apple Health to import your runs instantly. We automatically match activities to your active rotation, so your dashboard is always up to date. Tactical Shoe Loadout: Build your ultimate arsenal. Assign distinct roles to your shoes (Daily Trainer, Race Day, Trail, Recovery) and monitor the health of each category at a glance to ensure your rotation is perfectly balanced. Visual Wear Tracking: See the health of your gear instantly. Colour-coded progress bars (Fresh, Worn, Critical) help you visualise wear, protect your joints from dead foam, and prevent injury. The Finishers: Every shoe has a lifespan. When it's time to put a pair out to pasture, send them to the Finishers to preserve their lifetime stats and share a custom retirement card on your feed. Advanced Analytics: Deep dive into your data. Dedicated Performance and Gear tabs show your weekly mileage trends, wear rates, and total distance across your entire inventory. Live Shoe Deals: See the best prices on the exact models you need from major retailers, updated in real time. Set a price alert, and we'll notify you the moment your shoe drops below your target—so you never miss a flash sale. Smart Dashboard: Your running command centre surfaces exactly what needs attention—unassigned runs, critical wear alerts, rest-day reminders, and automated retirement countdowns based on your actual weekly pace.

About

Glide

Track your running mileage, shoe rotation, and training progress. Plan and follow custom routes with live map guidance and create cinematic highlight videos of your runs. Get personalized recovery scores and AI coaching with Pro features.

Highlights
  • Log shoe mileage and track rotation
  • Draw and follow custom routes
  • Create cinematic route highlight videos
  • Daily recovery score and AI coaching
  • Customizable widgets and app themes
  • Syncs with Apple Health and other apps
Features
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Glide is the running app for people who care about their shoes, their routes, and how they actually train. Built around Apple Health and designed by a small team. ASK GLIDE • Chat to plan a route, plan a workout, talk training, or find your next pair • Answer a few quick questions, then get route cards you can save or edit TRACK YOUR ROTATION • Log every pair and see mileage add up automatically from Apple Health • Know when to rotate or retire a shoe before you wear it out • Climb ranks as your training adds up • Shoe Wrapped summaries and shareable highlights from your year in a pair PLAN & RUN YOUR ROUTES • Ask Glide for a scenic loop, or draw it yourself with waypoints that snap to roads and trails • See every run, walk, and hike on your personal heatmap • Import and export GPX files • Pick a saved route when you start a workout and follow it live on the map • Save, organize, and revisit routes in My Routes • Share a route with the community — or browse ones other runners have posted CINEMATIC ROUTE STORIES • Turn runs into flyover videos with a full timeline editor • Add photos, video clips, and voiceovers on your route • Customize camera moves, stats, and overlays before you share TRAIN WITH CONTEXT • Daily Recovery score from sleep, HRV, resting heart rate, and recent load • Log aches on a 3D Injury Map and spot patterns early • Get a daily training plan and shoe recommendation with Glide Pro • AI coaching and deeper workout analysis with Glide Pro • Best efforts, advanced stats, goals, and race estimates MAKE GLIDE YOURS • Widget Studio — customize your shoe, Stats Summary, and Weekly Mileage widgets • Custom app themes with Glide Pro • Preview planned routes in cinematic 3D with Glide Pro RUN YOUR WAY • Record workouts on iPhone or Apple Watch • Works with Strava, Garmin, Nike Run Club, MapMyRun, and other apps that sync to Apple Health • Friends feed to share runs and stay connected with your crew Glide Pro unlocks Ask Glide chat, unlimited coaching, Injury Map logging, flyover timeline features, 3D route preview, premium widgets, custom themes, and more. Subscriptions are optional and managed through your Apple ID. Built by Orchestrated Apps, LLC — a small team of two from Pittsburgh, PA. We read every review and love hearing from runners. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TreadLeft4 screens
Glide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TreadLeft at none against Glide's 2. TreadLeft also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Glide's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Glide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. TreadLeft asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TreadLeft holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Glide has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TreadLeft ships an update every 10 days, Glide weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TreadLeft versus Glide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTreadLeftGlide
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings113 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid BurnsOrchestrated Apps, LLC

Customer experience

TreadLeft

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Glide

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TreadLeft

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Glide

Subscriptions2
  • Glide Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Glide Pro Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is TreadLeft free?
TreadLeft is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Glide free?
Glide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TreadLeft or Glide?
TreadLeft is rated higher. TreadLeft averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Glide averages 4.8 from 13 ratings.
Do TreadLeft or Glide have ads?
Neither TreadLeft nor Glide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TreadLeft or Glide?
TreadLeft ships an update every 10 days, and Glide weekly. Most recently, TreadLeft was updated on October 30, 2026 and Glide on October 24, 2026.

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