Comparison
Loadcast or TrainingPeaks if you run and lift?
TrainingPeaks says it is one platform to plan, train and lift, and that strength workouts count in its fitness and fatigue scores. Loadcast decides each day from the sessions you logged, and it counts lifting as load on the same legs you run on.
Last checked 14 October 2026. We make Loadcast, so read our lines with that in mind.
By Ole Fiegenbaum, founder of Loadcast. Before the app, Ole's triathlon training ran through one ChatGPT chat. More on the landing page.
How this page was made: our lines come from how the Loadcast engine works. Each claim about another app that has a source link was read on that app's own page, on the date shown under it. The rest is our judgment. The text was written with AI help.
What is each one built for?
TrainingPeaks. TrainingPeaks says: "Plan. Train. Lift. Find your coach. All in one platform. All for one price."Source trainingpeaks.com, read on 14 October 2026.
Loadcast. Loadcast is a coach for strength and endurance. Each morning it decides what you train today, from the sessions you logged and how they felt.
Where does your plan come from?
TrainingPeaks. TrainingPeaks says: "Get your season on-track with strength, Virtual, and plans from top-tier coaches." On its pricing page: "The only features we offer that are not included with Premium are personal coaches and training plans."Source trainingpeaks.com/pricing/for-athletes/, read on 14 October 2026.
Loadcast. Loadcast takes your race date too. It counts the days down and moves your training through peak, taper and race week.
How does lifting fit in?
TrainingPeaks. TrainingPeaks has strength built in. It says: "Build strength with 1,000+ video-guided movements. Workouts sync to your calendar and factor directly into your fitness and fatigue scores."Source trainingpeaks.com, read on 14 October 2026.
Loadcast. Loadcast reads a lifting session as load on your legs. After a hard leg day it says "Your leg day is still in your legs, so no hard intervals today." When your upper body is sore it says "Upper body is sore. Shifting to lower body or easy run."
Which phone and watch does each one work with?
TrainingPeaks. TrainingPeaks says: "Train for any sport, with any device, any time indoors and out." We could not read its list of supported devices, so we do not compare device support here.Source trainingpeaks.com, read on 14 October 2026.
Loadcast. Loadcast is an iPhone app. It reads your sessions from Apple Health and from Strava.
What does each one cost?
TrainingPeaks. TrainingPeaks offers "a 14-day free trial where you can explore all Premium features". Its pricing page also lists "Work with a live coach." as a separate option.Source trainingpeaks.com/pricing/for-athletes/, read on 14 October 2026.
Loadcast. Loadcast is a paid app too. We leave the amounts out here, because the price you pay depends on your country. Read the number on each app's own page before you decide.
Pick TrainingPeaks if
- You work with a coach, or want one, who plans your season in TrainingPeaks.
- You want strength workouts with 1,000+ video-guided movements that count in your fitness and fatigue scores.
- You want TrainingPeaks Virtual, which it lists.
Pick Loadcast if
- You lift and run in the same week and want today's session set from both.
- Your week keeps changing and you want tomorrow to follow what you really did.
- You have an iPhone.
What Loadcast does not do
- There is no Android app.
- There is no Apple Watch app of its own.
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