Comparison

Final Surge vs The Block Maui

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

The Block Maui

Plan and schedule fitness classes directly from your mobile device. View class schedules, sign up, and access studio information. Optimize your time and convenience for class bookings.

Highlights
  • View class schedules
  • Sign up for classes
  • View ongoing promotions
  • Studio location and contact info
  • Click through to social pages
Features
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Download the The Block Maui App today to plan and schedule your classes! From this mobile App you can view class schedules, sign-up for classes, view ongoing promotions, as well as view the studio’s location and contact information. You can also click through to our social pages! Optimize your time and maximize the convenience of signing up for classes from your device! Download this App today!

Screenshots

Final Surge4 screens
The Block Maui3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Block Maui at 5.0 against Final Surge's 3.8. The Block Maui also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Final Surge's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (125 vs 1). On price, update cadence 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. The Block Maui asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Block Maui holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Final Surge has 125 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, The Block Maui monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Final Surge versus The Block Maui: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFinal SurgeThe Block Maui
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (125 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings125 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB118 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFinal SurgeMana Ohana Maui, LLC

Customer experience

Final Surge

All ratings125 ratings
Positive68.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative26.4%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive50.5%
Neutral14.3%
Negative35.2%

The Block Maui

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

The Block Maui

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Final Surge free?
Final Surge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Block Maui free?
The Block Maui is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Final Surge or The Block Maui?
The Block Maui is rated higher. Final Surge averages 3.8 out of 5 from 125 ratings, while The Block Maui averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Final Surge or The Block Maui have ads?
The Block Maui shows ads; Final Surge does not.
Which is updated more often, Final Surge or The Block Maui?
Final Surge ships an update every 2 weeks, and The Block Maui monthly. Most recently, Final Surge was updated on October 29, 2026 and The Block Maui on October 11, 2026.

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