Comparison

Heavy Stride vs Weightpace

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

Head to head
About

Heavy Stride

This app is designed for ruckers, offering detailed tracking for weighted walks. It records metrics like distance, pace, heart rate, and pack weight, providing advanced analytics and route maps for comprehensive workout review.

Highlights
  • Live tracking of distance, pace, calories, heart rate, elevation
  • Pack weight impact analysis
  • Route maps and workout splits
  • Break detection and recalculation
  • Training load and tonnage comparison
  • Cross-device synchronization (iPhone/Apple Watch)
  • Shareable workout recaps
Features
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Heavy Stride is built for ruckers who want more than a generic walking workout. Track rucks on iPhone or Apple Watch with live distance, pace, calories, steps, heart rate, elevation, and pack weight. Review finished workouts with route maps, splits, break detection, load-aware recovery metrics, and analytics designed around load-bearing training instead of generic walking summaries. Heavy Stride helps you: • start workouts from phone or watch • set exact distance targets, including long events like 26.2 • track long rucks accurately on Apple Watch and iPhone • review maps, splits, and break-adjusted pace • infer stops after the workout, then edit or remove breaks and recalculate split pacing • compare training load, weekly tonnage, and same-weight pace improvement across workouts • understand how pack weight affects effort, calories, ruck work, and training stress • keep a live ruck visible across phone and watch, then transfer to iPhone if the watch battery gets low • share a polished route-and-stats recap image through Messages, Mail, and other share targets The companion experience keeps workouts visible across devices so you can train with the device that best fits the moment, hand off from watch to phone when needed, and still review the same workout afterward on iPhone.

About

Weightpace

This app helps you measure and track performance for weighted workouts using vests or packs. It calculates a unique 'Weightpace' metric based on load, distance, and time, allowing you to monitor progress and build benchmarks.

Highlights
  • Track weighted workouts
  • Calculate Weightpace (WP)
  • Monitor distance, time, pace, steps, elevation
  • Build performance benchmarks
  • Review saved activities and progress
  • Complete training programs
  • Share workout results
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Whether you use a weighted vest, ruck pack, or other weighted wearables, Weightpace helps you measure your performance and track your progress over time. Enter the weight you carry, start moving, and see your distance, time, pace, steps, elevation gain, weight moved, and Weightpace in one place. WHAT IS WEIGHTPACE? Speed describes how fast you move. Pace describes how long each mile or kilometer takes. Weightpace accounts for the external load you carry. Load × Distance ÷ Time = Weightpace The result is shown as WP. TRACK YOUR ACTIVITIES Set your load and track distance, time, pace, steps, and elevation gain while WP is calculated in real time. See your weight moved, calculated as load multiplied by distance. BUILD YOUR BENCHMARK Use your first activity with added weight as a starting point, then follow changes in your performance over time. FOLLOW YOUR PROGRESS Review saved activities, personal records, weekly performance, and your WP and pace records by weight. COMPLETE TRAINING PROGRAMS Choose a distance-based training program, complete each day, and track your program history. SHARE YOUR RESULTS Create share cards for activities, personal records, benchmarks, and completed programs. Choose a photo or take one directly in the app, then combine it with your stats to create a personalized performance card. USE YOUR PREFERRED UNITS Enter load in pounds or kilograms and view distance in miles or kilometers. Weightpace converts units before calculating WP. The same WP does not mean the same effort. Distance, duration, hills, and terrain affect an activity’s demands. Choose a load and activity appropriate for your experience and ability.

Screenshots

Heavy Stride4 screens
Weightpace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Weightpace at 5.0 against Heavy Stride's 1.0. Weightpace also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). Heavy Stride's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Weightpace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Heavy Stride ships an update every 6 weeks, Weightpace every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Heavy Stride versus Weightpace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeavy StrideWeightpace
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB52 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPlarixWeightpace

In-app purchases

None

Heavy Stride

No in-app purchases

None

Weightpace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Heavy Stride free?
Heavy Stride is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Weightpace free?
Weightpace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Heavy Stride or Weightpace?
Weightpace is rated higher. Heavy Stride averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Weightpace averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Heavy Stride or Weightpace have ads?
Neither Heavy Stride nor Weightpace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Heavy Stride or Weightpace?
Heavy Stride ships an update every 6 weeks, and Weightpace every 4 days. Most recently, Heavy Stride was updated on October 31, 2026 and Weightpace on October 31, 2026.

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