StatLap vs Ochy: running gait or track events
Ochy scores a runner from a phone clip and shows the trend over weeks. StatLap does that for sprinters and adds the jumps, the hurdles and the timing. Different runners, different tools.
Ochy is a running form app: film side-on or from behind, get a score and a set of metrics, follow the trend from week to week, and get exercises. It is aimed at runners, road and trail as much as track, and it is very good at the thing it does. A track coach will find the overlap and the gap quickly.
Where Ochy is stronger
- The back view: pelvic tilt and foot landing seen from behind, which a side camera cannot.
- A polished single score and a running style label that athletes like to share.
- Built for the distance runner and the treadmill, with the metrics that matter there.
Where StatLap is different
- Events, not just running: block starts, hurdles, long and triple jump, high jump, throws, each with its own measures and drills.
- Timing in the same app: the run that was analysed was also timed, from the gun, with the finish frame kept.
- Speed from the clip once two marks a known distance apart are set, plus ground contact and cadence.
- Free with no account, and the video never leaves the phone.
Which one
A distance runner who wants a gait check every few weeks and a score to watch should try Ochy. A track coach with a squad across events, who wants the clip, the time and the form in one place, is who the Film Room is for. Plenty of people will end up with both.
- Is 180 steps a minute the right cadence?
- How far forward should a sprinter lean?
- Can you measure sprint speed from a phone video?
Time your next meet with the phones you already have
Timing, the Film Room and the speed gates are free forever. Publishing results to your own page starts at $59 a month.
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