Treadmill Pro vs KS Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Treadmill Pro
Control your compatible treadmill directly from your iPhone. This app offers real-time speed and incline adjustments, workout tracking, and heart rate monitoring via Apple Watch. It supports various treadmill protocols and provides a history of your past sessions.
- Bluetooth Low Energy treadmill connection
- Real-time speed and incline control
- Workout tracking (distance, calories, pace)
- Apple Watch heart rate monitoring
- Workout history and review
- Support for FTMS, WalkingPad, and Gymax protocols
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Treadmill Pro puts your treadmill or walking pad in your hand. Connect over Bluetooth, then start, pause and stop, and change speed and incline with big buttons or speed presets. Turn the iPhone sideways for landscape mode and read your numbers from a few steps away. Works with your treadmill The app speaks FTMS and many other Bluetooth protocols. A built-in catalog lists hundreds of treadmill models: search by brand or model, tap yours, connect. Not in the list? Add your treadmill. Pairing being stubborn? Step-by-step connection help is built in. Programs that run the belt for you Pick a program and the app changes speed and incline while you walk. • Japanese Walking: three minutes easy, three minutes brisk, repeat. Inspired by Japanese interval walking. • 12-3-30: a steady uphill walk based on the 12-3-30 trend. It starts at a lower incline and raises it session by session. On a flat treadmill it becomes a brisk flat walk. • Hill Walk: rolling hills. On a flat treadmill it turns into Speed Hills. • Desk Day Steps: a daily step goal for walking at a desk or on an under desk treadmill. • Easy Start: a gentle walk with a warm-up and a cool-down. Not sure where to start? Answer one question and get a plan: Easy Start for 1 week, Japanese Walking for 5 weeks, or Desk Day for 30 days. A plan calendar and reminders keep it on your schedule. Train by heart rate With Apple Watch, the Treadmill Pro Watch app sends your live heart rate to the phone, and you can start and control the workout from your wrist. Heart rate zones run from Z1 Recovery, Z2 Easy and Z3 Tempo to Z4 Threshold and Z5 Max. Choose a target zone and Auto Speed changes the treadmill speed to keep you in it. After the workout you see how long you spent in each zone. What you see while you walk Time, distance, speed, pace, incline, steps, calories and heart rate. You choose what shows under the timer. Music controls sit right on the workout screen, so you do not have to leave the app to skip a song. Look back and keep going Every workout goes into your history with a recap: speed chart, heart rate chart and time in zones. Weekly totals show how the week adds up. A streak calendar and a Home Screen widget track your streak, badges reward milestones, and the leaderboard ranks you by week, month, year or all time. Workouts, heart rate and steps are saved to Apple Health. Free and Pro Free: control your treadmill (free workouts have a time limit), Hill Walk, Easy Start, the heart rate zones page, history, streaks, achievements and the leaderboard. Pro, as a subscription or a one-time purchase: unlimited workout time, live heart rate and Auto Speed, the Apple Watch app, all programs and plans, Apple Health sync, and your choice of metrics. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel them in your Apple ID settings. Treadmill Pro is an independent app. It is not made by, sponsored by or affiliated with any treadmill maker. Brand names are used only to say which treadmills the app works with. WalkingPad is a trademark of Beijing KingSmith Technology Co., Ltd. Sperax is a trademark of its owner. Terms: https://treadmillpro.app/terms/ Privacy: https://treadmillpro.app/privacy/
KS Lite
This app simplifies workout tracking with one-click recording of duration, frequency, and calories. It offers a clear dashboard to view exercise trends and allows customization of training programs for a personalized fitness experience. Seamlessly integrates with Apple Health and Google Fit.
- One-click activity recording
- Concise data dashboard
- Customizable training programs
- Integration with Apple Health
- Integration with Google Fit
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KS Lite – Formerly KS Fit Lite App KS Lite retains the core recording functions while simplifying the process, allowing you to focus on the workout itself. 1. One-click activity recording: Automatically records training duration, frequency, and calorie consumption, requiring no additional operation. 2. Concise data dashboard: Intuitively view your exercise trends by week, month, and year, track your body's rhythm, and clearly understand your progress. 3. Customize programs: Freely set training segments (duration/speed/intervals) according to your own pace to create your own personalized courses. 【Seamless integration with Apple Health and Google Fit】 In KS Fit Lite, go to "Me" → "Settings" → "Third-party app services" → enable "Share all data". If you have any questions, please do not leave a negative review yet. Feel free to contact us: Official WeChat account: KingsmithWalkingPad Customer service email: kingsmithfitness@gmail.com In-app feedback: My → Help Center → Feedback
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Treadmill Pro at 100% against KS Lite's 0%. Treadmill Pro also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.5) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). KS Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, 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. Treadmill Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. KS Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
Treadmill Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Treadmill Pro has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Treadmill Pro's written reviews are positive against 0% of KS Lite's.
| Parameter | Treadmill Pro | KS Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10 ratings) — better | 1.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Supafast Tech LLC | Beijing Yiqipao Enterprise Management Center(Limited Partnership) |
Customer experience
Treadmill Pro
KS Lite
In-app purchases
Treadmill Pro
- Treadmill Pro Premium1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- Treadmill Pro Premium1 Year trial$52.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$49.99
KS Lite
No in-app purchases









