How to Cancel Strava Subscription in 2026 — Free Alternatives for Every Feature

Last updated: February 2026 • Difficulty: Easy

⚠️ Strava's paywall creep: Strava has progressively moved free features behind the $11.99/month paywall — route planning, segment leaderboards, training log, relative effort, personal heatmaps, and beacon safety features. What used to be a free GPS tracker now requires $144/year for the full experience. The social feed remains free, but the features that made Strava useful are paywalled.

Strava Pricing

Free: GPS tracking, activity upload, social feed, clubs, basic stats
Subscription ($11.99/month or $79.99/year): Segments, route builder, training log, heatmap, beacon, goals, relative effort
What moved behind paywall: Segment leaderboards, filtered leaderboards, route planning, matched runs, personal heatmap, goals, training log

How to Cancel

Go to strava.com → Settings → Subscription
Click Cancel Subscription
If subscribed via Apple: Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions → Strava → Cancel
If subscribed via Google Play: Play Store → Subscriptions → Strava → Cancel
Your activities and history are preserved — you just lose premium features
You can still upload activities and use the social feed for free

Free Alternatives for Each Premium Feature

Route planning: Komoot (free tier), RideWithGPS (free), Garmin Connect (free with Garmin device)
Segment leaderboards: Garmin Connect segments (free), Komoot segments
Training log/analytics: Garmin Connect (free), TrainingPeaks (free tier), Runalyze (free, open-source)
Heatmap: Wandrer.earth (free), your watch's native heatmap
Live tracking/beacon: Apple Watch (built-in), Garmin LiveTrack (free), Google Maps location sharing (free)
Relative effort/fitness: Garmin Training Status (free), Apple Watch workout app
Social/clubs: Strava free tier still includes this!

💡 The hybrid approach: Keep Strava free for the social feed (kudos, comments, clubs) and use Garmin Connect or Runalyze for the analytics. You get the best of both worlds for $0.

All-in-One Free Alternatives

Garmin Connect (free): Best free alternative if you have a Garmin watch — full training log, routes, segments, analytics
Nike Run Club (free): Great for runners — guided runs, training plans, achievements
Adidas Running (free tier): GPS tracking, training plans, social features
MapMyRun (free tier): Route planning, community routes, basic analytics
Runalyze (free, open-source): The most detailed free analytics platform — TRIMP, VO2max, race predictions

The Math

Strava subscription: $80-144/year. Garmin Connect + Strava free + Runalyze: $0/year with better analytics. Over 5 years: $400-720 saved. The social aspect of Strava (the only truly unique feature) is free. Everything else has a free equivalent that's often better.

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Quick Cancel Guide: Strava

Direct cancel link + step-by-step instructions