Comparison

Final Surge vs ASHKICKN

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

Head to head
About

Final Surge

This app helps endurance athletes, runners, cyclists, and triathletes manage their training. It offers features for planning, tracking workouts, and communicating with coaches or teams. Premium subscriptions unlock advanced analytics and tools.

Highlights
  • Dark Theme & Custom Icons
  • Dynamic Font & Navigation
  • Calendar Date Range & Labels
  • Training Plan Management
  • HRV & Morning Readiness (Premium)
  • Route Builder (Premium)
  • Apple Health & Wahoo Integration
Features
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Introducing Final Surge 4.0 – Train with a Purpose. With our biggest update yet, Final Surge is here to help you reach your goals, whether you're a seasoned runner, triathlete, cyclist, endurance athlete, or just starting your fitness journey. If you work with a coach, club, or team, or you train on your own using a training plan, Final Surge has robust features to ensure your training is efficient and tailored to your needs. Final Surge is compatible with many GPS watches, cycling computers, and other with various devices. What's New: -Dark Theme & Custom App Icons: Discover the beauty of contrast and depth with our Dark Theme. -Dynamic Font Size: Adjust the size of the app text based on your preferences, ensuring optimal readability. -Dynamic Navigation: Adjust and customize your navigation panel based on your preferences. -Calendar Date Range & Labels: The enhanced calendar allows for range selection, providing quick features like adding date range labels or clearing specific training days. -Training Plan Management: Edit, add, move, and remove workouts from your personal calendar, team calendar, or a specific athlete's calendar. What's New for Athletes: -Subscribe to Athlete Premium and unlock additional features such as HRV & Morning Readiness, Weather & Forecasts, Partner Discounts, Route Builder and more! -Apple Health Integration: Sync your fitness workouts, vitals data, and completed workouts to and from your Apple watch. -Wahoo Integration: Sync planned structured workouts to your Wahoo devices, and sync completed workouts from Wahoo to Final Surge. -Widgets: Choose from various widgets to view your upcoming workouts and fitness data from your home screen. -Time Zone Auto Adjustments: Whenever you travel, we detect and align your workouts to your new time zone seamlessly. What's New for Coaches: -New Coach's experience within the app to make it more efficient and coach-friendly. -Manage athlete and team calendar settings. -Update structured workout settings within the app. -Access to Athlete Notebook. Training Made Easy: -Quickly access today's workout on your iPhone or Apple Watch. -Push structured workouts to your Apple Watch, and let Siri guide you through each step of the workout. -Create a custom training plan or utilize one of the hundreds available online at FinalSurge.com. -Build a workout library to create training schedules effortlessly. -Get a Weekly Snapshot of your fitness summary at a glance. -Keep tabs on the mileage you're putting on your gear. Teams & Clubs: -Athlete and coach communication through post-activity comments, workout feel, and pain and injury reports. -Post activities to the Social Wall to stay accountable and celebrate progress with teammates. -Coaches can manage training plans, schedule group runs, and track athletes and team progression.

About

ASHKICKN

This training app helps users prepare for and complete any endurance event, from 5ks to marathons and triathlons. It removes the guesswork from training, allowing users to focus on achieving their goals.

Highlights
  • Endurance event training
  • Marathon preparation
  • Triathlon training
  • 5k training plans
  • Expert guidance
Features
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ASHKICKN is a training app designed to help you train for and complete any endurance event. Founded by Ashley Paulson, a professional triathlete and runner, Olympic Trials Qualifier in the marathon, ultramarathon champion, wife, and mother of 4. From a 5k to a marathon, or a triathlon of any distance, Ashley takes the guesswork out of your training so you can focus on crossing the finish line.

Screenshots

Final Surge4 screens
ASHKICKN4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ASHKICKN at 5.0 against Final Surge's 3.8. ASHKICKN also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Final Surge's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (121 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Final Surge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. ASHKICKN asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ASHKICKN holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Final Surge has 121 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Final Surge ships an update every 2 weeks, ASHKICKN every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Final Surge versus ASHKICKN: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFinal SurgeASHKICKN
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (121 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings121 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFinal SurgeMatthew Paulson

Customer experience

Final Surge

All ratings121 ratings
Positive68.6%
Neutral5.0%
Negative26.4%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive50.5%
Neutral14.3%
Negative35.2%

ASHKICKN

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Final Surge

Subscriptions2
  • Final Surge Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Athlete Premium7 Days trial$99.991 Year
None

ASHKICKN

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Final Surge free?
Final Surge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ASHKICKN free?
ASHKICKN is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Final Surge or ASHKICKN?
ASHKICKN is rated higher. Final Surge averages 3.8 out of 5 from 121 ratings, while ASHKICKN averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Final Surge or ASHKICKN have ads?
Neither Final Surge nor ASHKICKN shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Final Surge or ASHKICKN?
Final Surge ships an update every 2 weeks, and ASHKICKN every 6 months. Most recently, Final Surge was updated on October 16, 2026 and ASHKICKN on October 6, 2026.

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