Accelerometer Visual vs Ride Forces
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Accelerometer Visual
Visualize the real-time motion data from your device's accelerometer. See how your phone moves in a graphical representation. This tool is designed for understanding sensor behavior.
- Graphical accelerometer display
- Real-time motion visualization
- Sensor behavior analysis
- Simple utility tool
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It is a tool that displays graphically the behavior of the Accelerometer.
Ride Forces
This app records and analyzes the g-forces experienced on roller coasters and amusement park rides using your iPhone or Apple Watch. It offers detailed graphs and statistics, with an optional subscription for advanced features like GPS tracking and weather data.
- Records g-forces on rides
- Provides 3D g-force graphs and stats
- Captures rider orientation
- Includes GPS ride mapping
- Records weather conditions
- Analyzes airtime and inversions
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Ride Forces records g-forces on roller coasters and amusement park rides with your iPhone or Apple Watch. View graphs, analyze stats, and share the forces of your favorite rides. A must have app for thrill seekers, roller coaster enthusiast, and physics nerds. Standard Recording: Captures the g-forces of rides and roller coasters. Provides stats and graphs of g-forces in three dimensions. - Records force data from accelerometer - Requires motion tracking permissions Subscribe to Ride Forces Pro to capture advanced recordings. Advanced Recording: In addition to capturing the force data of a standard recording advanced recording captures rider orientation, GPS data, and weather conditions. This reveals additional ride information including: identifying airtime/hangtime, inversions, orientation angles, a map of ride location, temperature, wind speed, and wind direction. A Ride Forces Pro subscription is required to capture advanced recordings. Advanced recordings can be viewed, edited, and shared with or without a subscription. - Records force and orientation data using multiple sensors including accelerometer and gyroscope - Records GPS data - Records weather conditions (requires internet connection) - Requires location and motion tracking permissions - Records for a maximum of 15 minutes - Advanced recording will fallback to standard recording if the app is closed while recording Privacy Policy: https://rideforces.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://rideforces.com/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ride Forces at 4.8 against Accelerometer Visual's 3.3. Ride Forces also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 45%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 22 months). Accelerometer Visual's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). 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. Ride Forces sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Accelerometer Visual asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ride Forces holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ride Forces has 48 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Accelerometer Visual's written reviews are positive against 79% of Ride Forces's.
Accelerometer Visual ships an update every 22 months, Ride Forces every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Accelerometer Visual | Ride Forces |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 58works | Stephen Dettling |
Customer experience
Accelerometer Visual
Ride Forces
In-app purchases
Accelerometer Visual
No in-app purchases
Ride Forces
- Ride Forces Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Ride Forces Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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