Comparison

ROX vs Moda

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

Head to head
About

ROX

Features
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Blowing up at the wall balls because you went out too hard on run one? That's a pacing problem, not a fitness problem. ROX-strat builds a personalized Hyrox® pacing plan from your 5K time, your station PRs, and how aggressive you want to race. On race day, an Apple Watch ghost tells you whether you're ahead, on, or behind your plan — segment by segment, all 31 of them. New here? Your first 90 days of ROX-strat Pro are free, no card required. WHAT YOU GET (FREE) • PFT onboarding — a personal fitness test that captures your baselines • Fixed-algorithm Simulator — Riegel formula plus fatigue curves • Live Race Ghost on Apple Watch — ahead / on / behind, in real time • Roxzone guide — pacing through every transition WHAT'S IN ROX-STRAT PRO • Live Readiness Score — HRV and sleep from Apple Health, read as race-day readiness • ML Decay Engine — three on-device models predicting how your station times fade early, mid, and late race • Strava sync — read-only, to pull your training history • Fatigue Sliders — hand-tune the fatigue curve to your body • CrossFit Converter — turn CF benchmarks into Hyrox station projections HOW IT WORKS Run the PFT once to set your baselines. Simulate your race across 8 × 1km runs, 8 stations, and the Roxzone transitions — 31 segments in all (Ski Erg, Sled Push, Sled Pull, Burpee Broad Jumps, Rowing, Farmers Carry, Sandbag Lunges, Wall Balls). Then race with the ghost on your wrist. WHY ATHLETES TRUST IT On-device ML — the three models run on your phone with CoreML, and your raw Apple Health data never leaves it. Sign in with Apple is your login, so there's no separate password. Apple Watch native, with sub-100ms haptics. SUBSCRIPTION Every new install gets the first 90 days of ROX-strat Pro free — no card required. After that, ROX-strat Pro is $19.99/year, with a 3-month free trial for new subscribers. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. terms of use (eula): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ privacy policy: https://rox-strat-legal.pages.dev/privacy ABOUT HYROX® Not affiliated with HYROX® or Hyrox World GmbH. PRIVACY Your training data syncs to our own server in Frankfurt (EU), so it follows you to a new phone and comes back after a reinstall. We don't store your name or your email, and your raw Apple Health data stays on your phone. Delete your account in the app and the server copy goes with it. We don't run ads or tracking.

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Moda

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The whiteboard says "21-15-9, For Time." Or the Hyrox sim is 8 stations deep and you're juggling a stopwatch between runs. Either way you're late to the clock, thumbing through a generic timer app, retyping reps you'll never look at again. Point your camera at it instead. Moda's AI reads the workout, builds the right timer, and you start. AI THAT ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDS WODS Moda is powered by a language model trained on the way workouts are actually written: the shorthand, the abbreviations, the coach's scrawl. It knows that "5 RFT" means five rounds for time, that "T2B" is toes-to-bar, and that 20/24" is a scaling, not a typo. It reads the Hyrox vocabulary just as fluently: sled push and pull, farmers carry, sandbag lunges, wall balls, ski erg, the 1 km runs between them. Give it a WOD any way you have it: • Photo: snap the whiteboard at your box, AI reads it • Voice: say the workout out loud, AI transcribes and structures it • Instagram and TikTok: share a Reel or a post straight from the app Seconds later you have a structured WOD: reps, weights, time caps, rest, warm-up, all in place, with the right timer already configured. Everything stays editable before you save. You're always the final say. THE RIGHT TIMER, NOT A GENERIC ONE Every format gets a screen built for how it's actually run: • For Time: counts up, finishes itself when you hit your round target • AMRAP: counts down, tap your rounds, fix the count afterwards if you forgot one • EMOM and E2MOM through E5MOM: signals every window, even with cycling movements • Death By: the ladder climbs on its own, with a 5-second grace window so a late rep still counts • Intervals: custom work/rest, Tabata presets included • Cash In / Cash Out and Multi-Step: blocks chain automatically, rest between them included No more mental arithmetic mid-workout. No more "wait, what minute are we on?" KNOW IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING FITTER Every session is saved with splits per round or set. Moda spots your personal records for you and tells you the moment you break one. History, trends, a training calendar. The proof that the work is landing. MODA SCORE tells you how hard a session really was, built from your heart rate and calibrated to your own training load. Not a leaderboard number: your effort, measured against your last four weeks. Pair it with the weekly load view to see when you're building and when you're just digging a hole. YOUR APPLE WATCH BECOMES THE TIMER Run the entire session from your wrist. Live heart rate, calories, haptic taps at every round change and countdown so you never look down. Double-tap for your main action, hands free. Your favorite WODs are on the watch even when your phone is in the locker. TRAIN WITH YOUR PEOPLE Share a WOD with a QR code or a 4-character code. Everyone lands on the same leaderboard, scores post themselves when the buzzer goes. Then turn your result into a card worth posting: pick a layout, add a selfie, done. TRY IT FREE FOR 7 DAYS Unlimited AI imports, full access, no commitment. We'll remind you two days before it ends, and stopping is one tap. Whether you train CrossFit metcons, Hyrox stations, or both in the same week, Moda gets you from whiteboard to workout in seconds. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ROX4 screens
Moda4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ROX at every 3 days against Moda's every 2 months. ROX also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ROX sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year and Moda sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ROX ships an update every 3 days, Moda every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
ROX versus Moda: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterROXModa
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB202 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMehmet GencolNV Labs

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ROX

Subscriptions1
  • rox-strat pro3 Months trial$19.991 Year
2 purchases

Moda

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is ROX free?
ROX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Moda free?
Moda is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ROX or Moda have ads?
Neither ROX nor Moda shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ROX or Moda?
ROX ships an update every 3 days, and Moda every 2 months. Most recently, ROX was updated on October 14, 2026 and Moda on October 16, 2026.

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