Comparison

Trailcast vs Ruttio

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

Head to head
About

Trailcast

Features
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Trailcast turns your workouts from the Health app into meaningful insights. Export, analyze, and share your training sessions β€” with maps, weather, stats, and more. Routes and Maps Every workout is visualized on a speed-color-coded map. See at a glance where you pushed hard and where you held back. Export GPX, CSV, and TCX with a tap. Import just as easily. Analysis and Statistics The Effort Score from 0 to 100 shows you how hard a workout really was. Trailcast Pro adds Pace Zones, Heart Rate Zones, elevation profile visualization, calorie trends over 8 weeks, and the ability to compare two workouts on one map. Weather and Forecast See the weather during your workout and the forecast for your next session. The Ride Score rates how ideal conditions are for your training. Motivation and Gamification Streak tracking with heatmap, weekly goal with ring progress, 38 achievements with progress bars, and a Year-in-Review in Spotify Wrapped style keep you motivated long-term. Share and Widgets Create share cards for Instagram and Strava. Three widget sizes for Home and Lock Screen keep you on track at a glance. Privacy Trailcast processes all data exclusively on your device. No account, no cloud, no ads. Trailcast Pro Unlock unlimited exports, advanced analytics, full-screen maps, detailed weather data, and the full achievement catalog. Monthly: 2.99 Euro Yearly: 19.99 Euro, save around 44 percent The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Cancel anytime in your device settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Use: https://lemmidevpixelcraft.github.io/Trailcast-iOS/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://lemmidevpixelcraft.github.io/Trailcast-iOS/privacy.html

About

Ruttio

Features
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Export workouts. Plan routes. Everything you need to move from workout data to usable files. Ruttio reads your Apple Health workouts, lets you build planned routes on the map, and exports your data as GPX, TCX, FIT, JSON, or Ruttio route files β€” all on your device. BROWSE YOUR WORKOUTS Filter Apple Health workouts by activity type and open detailed summaries with route maps and performance stats. EXPORT IN ANY FORMAT Choose GPX, TCX, FIT, or JSON depending on the target app, device, or whether the workout has GPS data. JSON export now includes GPS data. Select multiple workouts and export them together as a ZIP archive, one file per workout. SEE YOUR TRAINING TRENDS A statistics tab shows weekly and monthly overviews of session count, time, and distance. Filter by activity type and read frequency and heart-rate charts with configurable heart-rate zones. PLAN ROUTES ON A MAP Add waypoints and let them snap to nearby roads automatically β€” no limit on waypoints. Tap the start to close a route into a loop. Name your routes, mark favourites, swipe to delete, import GPX files, save a workout's GPS track as a planned route, and export routes back out as GPX or Ruttio JSON. INTERACTIVE ELEVATION PROFILES View the elevation profile for any activity or planned route with climb analysis. Drag your finger along the chart to scrub through the profile while a marker tracks the exact point on the map in real time. FOLLOW ROUTES, HANDS-FREE Turn-by-turn guidance for multi-point routes shows the next waypoint and remaining distance, plus off-route alerts. A Live Activity puts the current instruction and remaining distance on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets keep your routes one tap away. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch companion mirrors active route navigation with the current instruction, distance to the next waypoint, total remaining distance, off-route alerts, and pause, resume, or stop controls β€” with haptic cues. SIX LANGUAGES Available in English, Swedish, German, French, Spanish, and Italian. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Ruttio requests read-only HealthKit access. Workout browsing, export generation, route planning, and temporary export files all happen locally on your device. Planned routes sync only through your own private iCloud database when available. No workout exports are uploaded to Ruttio servers, and the app uses no analytics or tracking. Your workout data never leaves your device.

Screenshots

Trailcast4 screens
Ruttio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ruttio at none against Trailcast's 2. Trailcast's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Trailcast sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Ruttio asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trailcast ships an update every 9 days, Ruttio monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Trailcast versus Ruttio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrailcastRuttio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 days β€” betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.6 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size9 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSimon AußerlechnerAndreas Andersson

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Trailcast

Subscriptions2
  • Trailcast Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Trailcast Pro Yearly$17.991 Year
None

Ruttio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Trailcast free?
Trailcast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ruttio free?
Ruttio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Trailcast or Ruttio have ads?
Neither Trailcast nor Ruttio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trailcast or Ruttio?
Trailcast ships an update every 9 days, and Ruttio monthly. Most recently, Trailcast was updated on October 25, 2026 and Ruttio on October 28, 2026.

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