# GhostLoop: Race Your Ghost — Race your past self, daily

> Race your past self, daily (iPhone/iPad app by Ian Castillo.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ghostloop-race-your-ghost/id6759537384 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ian Castillo](https://appshunter.io/developer/1878802009)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Sports
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 69 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-03-04
- Data updated: 2026-08-24
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ghostloop-race-your-ghost/id6759537384/reviews.md

## What is GhostLoop?

Every run you record becomes a ghost — a replay of the exact runner you were. Lace up, pick one, and race it.

GhostLoop isn't about competing with strangers on a leaderboard. The only person you're chasing is the one you were last Tuesday. And you'll know exactly where they are the whole way.


RACE YOUR PAST SELF
• Every recorded run is saved as a ghost you can race any time
• A live gap shows whether you're ahead or behind, meter by meter
• Hear it happen: spoken splits, pace, and the moment your ghost passes you
• Save your favorite routes as loops and build a library of rivals


TRACK IT ANYWHERE
• Outdoor GPS with map-matched routes and elevation
• Treadmill mode: race indoors with no GPS, using your own calibrated stride
• Rides and swims import from Apple Health — pace in min/100m for the pool
• Apple Watch app: start a run, walk, or pool swim and see your ghost gap on your wrist
• Auto-pause when you stop, auto-resume when you go


SEE YOURSELF GET FASTER
• Weekly and monthly trends, training load, best weeks, longest runs
• Run streaks with rest days that don't break the chain
• Elevation profiles and 3D route views
• Personal records that only compare like with like — a bike ride never fakes a running PR


RUN WITH YOUR CREW
• Add friends and see their step counts on a live club leaderboard
• Create step challenges — daily, weekly, monthly
• Send a ghost to a friend so they can race your loop on their own feet
• Ghost runners fill out the board so it stays competitive from day one


YOUR DATA, YOUR CALL
• Export any activity as GPX; import your history from other apps
• Shared route images hide the start and end of your run
• Health data is read on your device and stays there


Outmove yesterday.


Apple Health is used to read your step counts and import your own workouts. Location is used to track your route while you run. GhostLoop never sells your data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 2.2.1 — 2026-08-21

FRIEND REQUESTS
Adding someone to your club now asks them first. Send a request, they accept or decline, and neither of you shows up on the other's map until both sides agree. Unanswered requests expire on their own.

YOU'LL KNOW WHEN SOMEONE ADDS YOU
Being added to a challenge used to tell you nothing — it simply appeared in your list. Now you're notified when someone adds you to theirs, or joins one of yours. There's a switch for it in Notification settings.

YOUR RUNS SURVIVE
An hour-long walk could save as fifty seconds if the app was reclaimed mid-run. Activities are now checkpointed as they go, and anything recorded but never saved is restored the next time you open the app.

ROUTES YOU CAN SEE
Recent activity and the route picker now show the actual shape of each route instead of a generic icon.

FIXES
• The map no longer zooms itself out the moment you touch it during an activity
• You can no longer start a second activity while one is already running
• The finish screen shows the run you just finished, not the previous one
• A failed step reading no longer shows your day as zero steps
• Club members with no photo show their initials instead of the app logo
• The run screen no longer claims "Good GPS" while GPS is lost
• A stalled sign-in no longer leaves the form disabled with nothing to tap
• Sharper logo on the Lock Screen Live Activity
• The keyboard no longer covers what you're typing on 11 screens
• A username change that fails to save no longer disappears without saying so
• Tapping a notification now opens what it's about, even from a cold start

### 2.2.0 — 2026-08-17

THE CLUB IS LIVE
When someone is actually walking — a friend or one of the nine ghost runners — their card lights up LIVE and their step count climbs while you watch. Nobody is marked live unless their steps are genuinely moving.

GHOSTS WITH REAL DAYS
Each ghost now walks in sessions — a morning loop, a lunch walk, the long evening one — instead of drifting up a flat line around the clock. Between sessions they rest, same as you.

A DARKER, CALMER LOOK
A neutral near-black palette across every screen, widgets included, and step counts set in a monospaced face so the numbers line up down the column.

FREE, AND STAYING THAT WAY
No subscription, no in-app purchases, no paid tier — every feature, every account. The first 100 accounts are founding members.

GhostLoop goes multi-sport — and starts talking.

VOICE COACHING
Your phone is in your pocket, so the race is now something you hear. Spoken splits with your pace and live ghost gap, plus a callout the moment you pass your ghost (or it passes you).

TREADMILL MODE
Race indoors. No GPS needed — distance comes from your steps, calibrated against your own outdoor runs so it tracks your real effort.

RIDES, SWIMS, AND HIKES
Cycling and swimming workouts now import from Apple Health, with swim pace shown per 100m and a recap comparing every swim to your best. Running PRs stay running PRs.

APPLE WATCH
Start a run, walk, or pool swim from your wrist and watch your ghost gap live, even mid-lane.

AUTO-PAUSE
Stop at a light, the clock stops. Start moving, it picks back up.

SEND GHOSTS TO FRIENDS
Send one of your loops to a friend and let them race the ghost of your run.

GPX IN AND OUT
Import your running history from other apps and race it immediately. Export any activity whenever you want.

FIXES
• Step counts no longer reset to zero in the evening (a time-zone bug that affected everyone outside UTC)
• Pausing a run and walking away no longer inflates your distance
• Club leaderboards now show your friends' current step counts
• Shared challenges now update across everyone's devices
• Password reset now works end to end
• Many smaller fixes to maps, stats, and the run screen

### 1.0 — 2026-03-05

No release notes.

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