Ride Forces
Stephen Dettling Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touchApple Watch
Ride Forces is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by Stephen Dettling. Rated 4.8/5 from 48 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated September 11, 2026.
- Rating
- 4.8
- 48 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 10 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 11
- 2026 · v2.2.0
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About Ride Forces
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/
Ratings & reviews
4.8
48 ratings
What’s new
Version 2.2.0 · Updated September 11, 2026
- New app icon - Refreshed app UI with Liquid Glass - New color scheme for ride data - Updated design and interactivity of ride charts - New force charts help visualize forces in new ways with more detail - Redesigned ride share image - Faster ride saves after ending a recording - Refreshed watch complications that show time elapsed while recording - Improvements to managing ride files stored in iCloud - Option to disable ride detection for rides with long gaps between high force sections - Ride name and park changes sync automatically between Apple Watch and iPhone - Bug fixes and stability improvements
App privacy
The developer, Stephen Dettling, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ride Forces | 4.8 / 5 (48 ratings) | Free | September 11, 2026 |
| Gauges: Speedometer & Sensors | 4.6 / 5 (3,077) | Free | Oct 1, 2026 |
| PeakG - G-Force & Motion Meter | 3.0 / 5 (2) | Free | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Race Stats: Lap & Drag Timer | 4.5 / 5 (642) | Free | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Accelerometer – G-Force Meter | 4.0 / 5 (1) | Free | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Accelerometer ∞ | 4.3 / 5 (65) | Free | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite | 4.7 / 5 (1,794) | Free | Sep 28, 2026 |