MapStride vs Ironload
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MapStride
Track your runs, walks, and cycling routes with live GPS mapping. Monitor distance, speed, pace, steps, and calories burned. Review your progress and workout history with a clean, ad-free interface.
- Live GPS route tracking
- Real-time workout statistics
- Distance, speed, and pace measurement
- Calorie burn calculation
- Weekly progress dashboard
- Workout history log
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MapStride is a free GPS run, walk and cycle tracker that maps your route, measures your stats and tracks your fitness progress in one clean app. Need a run tracker, walking tracker or cycle tracker? MapStride handles all three without a subscription or paywall, and without the clutter of Strava, MapMyRun or MapMyWalk. No account required to start. GPS ROUTE TRACKING ON A LIVE MAP Every workout is tracked live on a GPS map. Your route appears as you move. Choose from multiple map styles. When you finish, your complete route is saved to review, share or compare. Run it, walk it, cycle it on your workout map. FREE RUNNING TRACKER, WALKING TRACKER AND CYCLING TRACKER IN ONE APP Built for runners, walkers, cyclists, hikers and anyone who moves outdoors. A free running app and run tracker with GPS pace and distance. A walking tracker, step counter and step tracker with calories burned. A cycling tracker and cycle tracker with speed and distance. A hike tracker or hiking tracker for trails and trekking. All in one app. REAL-TIME GPS STATS FOR EVERY WORKOUT • Distance in kilometres or miles • Time, duration and moving time • Current speed and average speed • Pace per kilometre or mile • Steps during walking and running • Elevation gain • Calorie tracker estimates from your profile (height, weight, age and activity) Stats update live. Track running distance, track walking distance and use MapStride as a cardio tracker, distance tracker and outdoor fitness tracker. Plan walking routes on the map as you go. RELIABLE BACKGROUND TRACKING Background GPS keeps recording with the screen off or in other apps. Pause and resume mid-workout. Recover a session if the app closes. Data saves locally even offline. Switch metric or imperial units anytime. GOALS, STREAKS AND PROGRESS RINGS Set goals for distance, steps, calories, duration or workout count: daily, weekly or monthly. Mark a primary goal on home-screen rings. Build a daily streak, celebrate milestones and personal bests, with evening reminders, weekly recap alerts and re-engagement messages. PROGRESS CHARTS, CALENDAR AND WEEKLY INSIGHTS Interactive charts for week, month and year, plus a calendar view. See weekly distance, calories, steps and active time by running, walking and cycling. A fitness tracker and workout tracker focused on improvement, not a social feed. WORKOUT HISTORY, SHARING AND ROUTE REVIEW Every workout saves its GPS route map, time, distance, pace, speed, steps, elevation and calories. Filter by activity. Export shareable workout cards in multiple styles after each outing. GUEST MODE, CLOUD SYNC AND APPLE HEALTH Start as a guest with no sign-up. Local history from session one. Sign in with Apple, Google or email for cloud backup, synced goals and a profile across devices. Optionally connect Apple Health to import or export steps, workouts, distance and calories. PERSONALISATION Light, dark or system theme. Metric or imperial units. Multiple languages. Profile photo and health profile for accurate calorie estimates. OUTDOOR FITNESS WITHOUT THE COMPLEXITY Clean GPS tracking for outdoor run, walk, cycle or hike. No social feed. No premium paywall on core tracking. No subscription required for everyday logging. Looking for a free running app, walking app, walking tracker, cycling tracker, step counter app or Strava alternative? MapStride covers walk, run and cycle in one focused package. FREE TO DOWNLOAD GPS maps, live stats, step counter, steps tracker, calorie tracking, elevation, history, goals, streaks, charts, shareable cards and route review are free to use. Download MapStride free on the App Store. Start your run, walk or cycle. Track it on the map. TERMS OF USE (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ironload
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Ironload is a clean, fast workout log for people who already know how they want to train. BUILD YOUR DAYS ONCE Set up each training day with its exercises, sets, rep ranges, and weights. Group supersets, pin days to weekdays, and start any day with one tap. LOG A SET WITH ONE TAP Every set starts filled in from your plan. Tap the circle when it's done, or type the reps you actually hit. When a weight starts to feel easy, raise it in your plan right from the workout screen, and it's ready for next time. YOUR NEXT SET ON THE LOCK SCREEN A Live Activity keeps your current exercise, your next set, and the workout clock on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Tap the checkmark to log the set without unlocking your phone. EVERY WORKOUT ON THE CALENDAR Finished workouts are saved to History exactly as you did them: every set, rep, and weight. Editing a day later never rewrites the past. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Workouts per week, trends for every lift, and a chart of your heaviest set over time. Apple Intelligence writes a short insight about your training, right on your device. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD On iPad, your list and its details sit side by side, and the workout view shows every exercise beside the one you're on. Search finds any day, exercise, or past workout. SIMPLE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no subscription • Syncs privately through your own iCloud, and works fully offline • Close the app mid-workout and pick up where you left off • Light and dark mode, pounds or kilograms • No ads, no streaks, no nagging
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ironload at none against MapStride's 3. Ironload also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). MapStride's advantage is iOS requirement (16.2 vs 27.0). 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. MapStride sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Ironload asks for nothing beyond the download.
MapStride ships an update every 6 days, Ironload every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MapStride | Ironload |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (28 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ARTEVUS TECHNOLOGIES (PRIVATE) LIMITED | Rogue Superintelligence LLC |
In-app purchases
MapStride
- Support MapStride $1.99$2.00
- Support MapStride $4.99$5.00
- Support MapStride $7.99$8.00
Ironload
No in-app purchases









