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Ride Forces

Stephen Dettling

Free download 4.83 · 1 storefront · 47 ratings In-app purchases unconfirmed
Open on Apple

About this app

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/

Latest release

What’s New

Version 2.1.9 Aug 19, 2025

- Displays the correct force key images in ride replay view for flying rides. - Prevents issue that could cause the orientation graph on ride overview to be blank. - Fixes issue with occasional unexpected recording results on Apple Watch when out of range of paired iPhone. - Capture time data in ride forces files when the data sequence isn't at the expected sample rate. - Additional recording optimizations. - Minimum supported WatchOS is now 9.0.

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US rating-count history
47 ratings
47 Aug 21, 2026 · 47 ratings Aug 21, 2026

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Free Aug 21, 2026 · Free Aug 21, 2026 · Free Aug 21, 2026 Aug 21, 2026
  1. First observed Aug 21, 2026 · 4:49 AM Free

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