Comparison

Loadcast vs Somvia

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

Head to head
About

Loadcast

Features
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Until now you worked out what to train every morning. Now you open Loadcast and it's there, with the reason. Loadcast is a hybrid coach app for strength and endurance, for people who run and lift in the same week. You run on Tuesday and squat on Wednesday. Somebody has to decide whether both fit this week, and that call comes again every morning. Loadcast makes it. HOW THE DECISION IS MADE In the check-in you say whether you are sore or in pain, how you feel and how much time you have. That is three taps or more, and it is enough for the decision to run. Connect Apple Health and your workouts arrive on their own, so the decision reads what you actually did, not what the plan said. Feel less than fresh and the day stays moderate at most. If you feel beat up, it turns into recovery. When your last seven days get too heavy, the day becomes easy or recovery instead of another hard session on top. You do not have to follow it. Train something else, or nothing, and the next decision works with what actually happened. WHERE THE RULES COME FROM Easy endurance sessions with heart rate are counted after Edwards, minutes in each heart rate zone, weighted by zone. When the week is heavy and every day looks alike, the next day gets one step lighter, after Foster. Taper volume follows the meta-analysis by Bosquet. The split between easy and hard days follows Seiler. ONE WEEK FOR RUNNING AND STRENGTH Running and strength are planned as one week, including how they get in each other's way. Behind that sits a season plan, from base through build, peak and taper to race. The daily decision sits on top of it. There is a review of your week and of your month. WHERE THE LANGUAGE MODEL SITS The decision itself is a fixed calculation. Same inputs, same answer, every time. Atlas, your coach in the chat, explains it and takes your changes in a sentence. WHO IT IS FOR People who have put their running and lifting together themselves, with their own plan, an AI chat or just their head. A first marathon, Hyrox, a triathlon, or staying fit. HOW IT WORKS 1. A short onboarding about your goals, your experience and your week. 2. Every morning one concrete session, built on your season phase and, if you connect Apple Health, your past workouts. 3. You say how it felt. The next decision counts that in. Loadcast Pro Subscription: Loadcast Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, 119.99 EUR per year or 19.99 EUR per month, or the equivalent tier in your local currency, each with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID on confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel it in your Apple ID settings, and deleting the app does not cancel it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://loadcast.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://loadcast.app/privacy

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Somvia

Features
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Understand your sleep, recovery and training with the records already in Apple Health. Somvia helps you check your daily condition, review each workout and follow your progress. You can also connect your AI Agent to talk through your own data YOUR DAILY CONDITION See recovery and sleep scores, heart rate variability (HRV) and training status. Each score includes the readings and trends behind it, from last night's sleep to changes in heart rate and the load from previous workouts A CLOSER LOOK AT EVERY WORKOUT Review heart rate charts, time in heart rate zones, splits, cadence and power. Add a note about how the session felt. Somvia estimates training load, training effect and recovery time from the available records. The analysis you see depends on what was recorded in Apple Health YOUR PROGRESS OVER TIME Compare workout count, duration, distance and elevation gain with the same period last year. Explore monthly totals, a full-year training calendar and trends in cardio fitness and training load ESTIMATES FOR TRAINING AND RACING With enough data, Somvia estimates threshold pace, threshold heart rate, critical power and finish times from 5K to marathon. The app explains the data and methods behind the estimates NOTIFICATIONS YOU CHOOSE Get your recovery score in the morning, a reminder to add a workout note, or an alert when resting heart rate or HRV stays outside your usual range for several days. Turn each notification type on or off separately ASK YOUR AI AGENT Connect compatible AI Agents such as Claude, OpenClaw, Hermes, Grok, Muse and Codex through MCP. They can read the daily data, scores and workout details you share to answer questions like โ€œHow does this week's training compare with last week?โ€ KEEP YOUR TRAINING CONTEXT Save race goals, injuries, medication and training preferences as memories that different Agents can read. Your context stays available when you switch Agents. View, edit or delete any memory in the app YOUR DATA, YOUR CHOICE Scores and training analysis run on your iPhone and work without an AI connection. Health data upload is off by default. If you enable it, selected data is sent over an encrypted connection to Somvia's server for your connected Agents to read. Change the categories you share, revoke connections, delete server data or delete your account at any time. No ads. No sale of your data WHAT YOU NEED Somvia reads records from Apple Health. Recovery and HRV analysis need overnight readings, so wearing Apple Watch to sleep is recommended. Each analysis needs different records. When data is insufficient, the app shows what is missing HEALTH NOTICE Scores and predictions are estimates based on recorded data. Somvia is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Consult a qualified healthcare professional before making medical decisions Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://somvia.app/privacy

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Somvia at every 4 days against Loadcast's every 3 weeks. Loadcast's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Loadcast sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month and Somvia sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loadcast ships an update every 3 weeks, Somvia every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Loadcast versus Somvia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoadcastSomvia
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size191 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOle Fiegenbaum็‚่ฏš ่ฎธ

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Loadcast

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$17.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$99.991 Year
3 purchases

Somvia

Subscriptions2
  • Somvia Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Somvia Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Somvia Lifetime$149.00

Questions

Is Loadcast free?
Loadcast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Somvia free?
Somvia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Loadcast or Somvia have ads?
Neither Loadcast nor Somvia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loadcast or Somvia?
Loadcast ships an update every 3 weeks, and Somvia every 4 days. Most recently, Loadcast was updated on October 31, 2026 and Somvia on October 31, 2026.

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