Skate Plan vs Glide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skate Plan
Design, score, and visualize figure skating routines with official IJS scoring and visual path drawing. Sync elements to music and preview your choreography with animated routines. Ideal for skaters, coaches, and choreographers preparing for competition.
- Official IJS scoring with element validation
- Visual path drawing on a rink canvas
- Music synchronization with timeline view
- Animated routine preview
- Smart routine management
- Export and sharing of routines
- Comprehensive element library
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Skate Plan – Design, Score, Share, and Coach Figure Skating Routines Skate Plan is a complete program‑building tool for figure skaters, coaches, and choreographers. Create competition‑ready routines with official IJS elements, check that your program is well‑balanced, project your score, and share it with your coach or students — all on iPhone and iPad. Build IJS‑Based Routines Skate Plan includes 120+ official ISU elements across Singles and Ice Dance. Add jumps from singles through quads, spins (Levels 1–4), step sequences, twizzles, dance lifts, pattern dance, and choreographic elements. A real‑time predicted base score shows how your routine is shaping up, with a full category breakdown. The smart jump‑combination builder validates rules automatically so your layout stays legal. Program Check Choose your governing body (U.S. Figure Skating or ISU), level, and program type. Skate Plan checks your routine against well‑balanced‑program requirements — element counts, jump repetition limits, required spin types, and duration — and flags anything that needs attention. Score projection shows a low, expected, and high Technical Element Score, including second‑half jump bonuses. Personalized Score Ratings Set your own realistic value for each element to project your score based on how you actually land jumps and execute elements. Switch back to standard IJS base values anytime. Visual Path Drawing Draw your skating path on a realistic rink and place elements exactly where they occur on the ice. The workflow is simple: pick elements, draw the path, refine timing. Music & Timing Import music from Files, Your music library or Apple Music. Automatic beat and tempo detection creates a rhythm timeline, and you can drag elements along the timeline to sync choreography precisely to the music. Audio Tools Cut, Trim, Fade and edit music to get the sound you need. Additionally you can merge multiple audio clips together to create a single audio file as needed. Animated Preview Watch your routine skate itself along your drawn path, fully synchronized to your music — ideal for coaches and choreographers reviewing choreography. Share & Export Share routines as editable Skate Plan files that open directly in the app, or export a PDF with an official‑style Planned Program Content sheet listing elements and base values. Perfect for skaters, parents, and training partners. Coach Mode Create profiles for multiple skaters, assign routines to each, and filter your list with a single tap. All your students’ programs stay organized in one place. Manage Your Routines See IJS scores on every routine card. Duplicate routines to build variations. Sort by duration, element summary, or last edited. Who It’s For Competitive skaters, coaches, choreographers, skating parents, and test‑level skaters — from a first Axel to a quad combination. Built with SwiftUI for iPhone and iPad, featuring intuitive gestures, smooth animations, and full offline use. Your routines stay on your device, and no account is required. Program Check requirements and score projections are planning aids — always confirm against current USFS/ISU rules and your officials. Download Skate Plan and design your next program with confidence. By using this app, you agree to Apple’s standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Glide
This app helps figure skaters track their training sessions, log elements, and monitor progress over time. Connect with other skaters, discover rinks, and share your skating journey.
- Social training tracker for figure skaters
- Log practice, lessons, and freeskate sessions
- Tag elements, rate performance, add private notes
- 12-week activity graph for progress visualization
- Follow other skaters and see their sessions
- Discover rinks and connect with skaters
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Glide is the social training tracker built for figure skaters. Log every session — practice, lessons, run-throughs, freeskate. Tag the elements you worked on, rate how it went, and add private notes for yourself. Your training history builds into a 12-week activity graph so you can see your patterns at a glance. Follow other skaters at your rink and beyond. Their sessions show up in your feed — see what they're working on, give kudos, leave a comment. Discover other rinks and the people who train there. • Built specifically for figure skating • Element library covers jumps, spins, skating skills (Moves in the Field), and Learn to Skate • Private notes stay just for you, separate from what your followers see • Private accounts give you full control over who sees your training WHAT'S IN GLIDE • Personal feed of sessions from skaters you follow • Session logging with elements, duration, rating, photos, notes • Profile with activity graph, session history, and rinks you train at • Rink pages with the people who train there • Kudos, comments, and optional private notes on every session Glide is free and ad-free. Questions or feedback? Visit glide-skating.netlify.app/contact.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Skate Plan at 5.0 against Glide's 1.0. Glide's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Skate Plan sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Glide asks for nothing beyond the download.
Skate Plan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Skate Plan | Glide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Aaron Mcdonald | Jake Wong |
In-app purchases
Skate Plan
- Premium Access to Skate Plan$0.997 Days
- Skate Plan$14.996 Months
- Premium Access to Skate Plan$19.991 Year
Glide
No in-app purchases







