Stark Bag vs Staka
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stark Bag
This app offers a virtual training experience with HD exercise videos and customizable workout plans. It supports various training styles like Tabata and HIIT, tracks progress, and integrates with Apple Health to log burned calories and completed workouts.
- HD exercise videos
- Customizable workout plans
- Tabata, HIIT, and Circuit training timers
- Progress tracking and scoring
- Targeted muscle group exercises
- Apple Health integration
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Optimize your results with Virtual Trainer Bag! - Be inspired by 27 exercises presented in sharp HD video. - Create your own personal workout. - Get a full body workout with exercises in all ranges of difficulty - While working out, follow the step by step workout-feature which take you through the workout using timers and your chosen specifics. - The timers support different workout types including Tabata, HIIT and Circuit training. - Challenge yourself, get rewards and keep track of your score. - Find exercises targeting specific muscle groups. Integration with Apple Health: Save burned calories and performed workouts. The Bag, is a crescent-shaped exercise equipment used in strength training, plyometric weight training, cardiovascular training, and general physical fitness. Exercises are performed by the professional instructor, Martin Söderblom.
Staka
This app allows you to ski real trails on your SkiErg machine. Compete for top ranks, explore at your own pace, and follow guided workouts designed for nordic skiers. Track your power, pace, and heart rate to improve your performance.
- Virtual trail skiing
- Competitive racing
- Guided nordic workouts
- Performance tracking
- FTP testing
- Free to use
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But someone else may be faster than you. Compete for KOMs. Free ski. Race to improve your rank. FREE SKI Explore the trail network at your own pace, or chase the segment records. WORKOUTS The sessions nordic skiers actually do. Intensity 1, threshold intervals and sprints, guided on screen with power targets based on your FTP. Find yours with a 20-minute test. TRAIN Every session ends with the numbers. Power, pace, heart rate zones and your peak efforts. RACE About ten minutes per race. Run them back to back like intervals to improve your rank. Races go off every 15 mins. Staka is free. WHAT YOU NEED A SkiErg, and an iPhone or iPad. A heart rate strap is optional.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Staka at Free against Stark Bag's $4.99. Staka also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 17 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Stark Bag's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 6) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
Staka is free to download; Stark Bag costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Staka holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stark Bag has 50 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Stark Bag's written reviews are positive against 100% of Staka's.
Stark Bag ships an update every 17 months, Staka fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stark Bag | Staka |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (50 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 256 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Postra AB | Staka, LLC |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
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No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases









