Comparison

Shoey vs TrainPilot

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

Head to head
About

Shoey

Effortlessly track your running shoe mileage and know exactly when to replace them. Automatically sync runs from Strava and Apple Health, assign them to the correct shoes, and visualize wear with progress bars. Manage your entire shoe rotation with custom statuses and photos.

Highlights
  • Automatic run syncing
  • Shoe mileage tracking
  • Rotation management
  • Cost per mile calculation
  • Support for all activity types
  • Visual shoe lineup
Features
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Track every pair. Know when to retire. Simplify your rotation. SYNC YOUR RUNS Activities flow in from Strava and Apple Health automatically. Import your existing shoes and mileage from Strava to pick up right where you left off. ASSIGN TO THE RIGHT SHOE Each run gets matched to the right pair. One tap to confirm. TRACK MILEAGE IN REAL TIME Progress bars fill as your shoes wear down. See cost per mile side by side. MANAGE YOUR FULL ROTATION Organize shoes as Up Next, In Rotation, Resting, or Retired. Photo each pair for a visual lineup. Built for runners with 2 pairs or 20. EVERY ACTIVITY TYPE Road runs, trail runs, hikes, and walks — all tracked separately. No ads. No subscriptions. Just run.

About

TrainPilot

Features
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TrainPilot is a running coach and a gym logbook in one app. FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME. Every feature below is unlocked, with no subscription and no ads. RUNNING A training plan built around your goal race, your current times and the days you can actually train. Live GPS tracking with pace, distance, splits and heart rate. Spoken cues tell you when you are drifting off target pace, so your phone can stay in your pocket. Structured interval sessions time each block for you. Treadmill mode for when you are indoors. GYM Build a session from a library of more than 700 exercises, or follow a plan. Log sets, reps and weight as you lift, with a rest timer that starts itself. Weight progression that reads what you actually lifted. TrainPilot works forward through your logged sessions and tells you what to load today, and why: "+2.5 kg, you hit 3x5 last time". Miss your reps and it will not add weight. Stall and it deloads. Warm-up ramps, supersets, dropsets and per-side rep tracking. Straight sets, circuits, HIIT, HYROX, AMRAP and EMOM, and you can change the format mid-session without losing a set. Repeat any past workout in one tap. Personal records, a muscle map of what you have worked, and progress over time. APPLE WATCH Start, pause and finish a run from your wrist. Live heart rate, running power and running-form metrics. Log gym sets from the watch between rounds. APPLE HEALTH Import runs recorded by Garmin, Strava, Nike or anything else that writes to Apple Health, with their GPS routes. Your TrainPilot runs are written back to Health. TRAIN TOGETHER Invite a friend to the same session and follow each other live, or train the same workout independently and compare afterwards. ALSO intervals.icu sync. Bluetooth heart-rate strap support. Kilometres or miles, kilograms or pounds, throughout. Available in English and Spanish.

Screenshots

Shoey4 screens
TrainPilot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Shoey at every 3 days against TrainPilot's weekly. TrainPilot's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

Shoey ships an update every 3 days, TrainPilot weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Shoey versus TrainPilot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShoeyTrainPilot
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam BrooksPablo Garces

In-app purchases

None

Shoey

No in-app purchases

None

TrainPilot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shoey free?
Shoey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TrainPilot free?
TrainPilot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shoey or TrainPilot have ads?
Neither Shoey nor TrainPilot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shoey or TrainPilot?
Shoey ships an update every 3 days, and TrainPilot weekly. Most recently, Shoey was updated on October 28, 2026 and TrainPilot on November 10, 2026.

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