Comparison

Running Tracker App vs Challenge Tracker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Running Tracker App

This fitness diary uses GPS to track your runs, walks, and other activities, recording distance, duration, and pace. It also offers weight logging, voice feedback, and social sharing features to help you stay motivated and achieve your health goals.

Highlights
  • GPS activity tracking
  • Weight logging and history
  • Voice feedback during workouts
  • Social sharing of activities
  • Weekly and monthly statistics
  • Automatic step counter
Features
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Start today, not tomorrow! FITAPP, your personal fitness and health diary: • Records distance, duration and pace via GPS Tracker • Weight Log (Detailed weight history that supports and motivates you) • Voice feedback (total duration, calories, distance, current speed, average pace) • FITAPP Feed (take snaps of your sporting prowess and share it with your friends) • Weekly and monthly statistics give you a perfect overview • Automatic Step Counter Track your distance, time, speed and calories burned with FITAPP. The running app uses GPS tracking to support you during all your sporting activities, be it running, jogging, cycling, inline skating, mountain biking, nordic walking, cross-country skiing, hiking, golfing, riding, walking the dog, long boarding, or whichever winter sport takes your fancy. FITAPP will also help you to count your calories, maintain your target weight or simply to stay fit. Take a SNAP of your favorite route, your personal best or your favorite hike in the great outdoors. You can then post your sporting prowess on social media networks and embark on a journey with your friends into your fit futures together! AIM HIGH • Do you want to use GPS to track and register your sporting activities? • Do you want to compare a wide variety of sports? • Do you want support while you run, cycle, mountain bike or carry out your favorite activity? • Do you want to improve your health or maintain your target weight? • Do you want to combine sport with fun and share your activities with your friends? • Yes to any of these? Then FITAPP is the right app for you! Apple Health: FITAPP can integrate with Apple Health to read your Heart Rate information. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Should you choose to upgrade to a Premium Membership, payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Following subscriptions are available: * $4.99 per month, charged monthly * $9.99 charged every 3rd month * $19.99 per year, charged yearly * $39.99 per year, charged yearly (Prices may vary by location.) Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period and cancellation of the current active subscription period is not allowed. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Watch out for sales to get premium at a discount. Auto-renewal may be turned off in your Account Settings in iTunes after purchase. You can also manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Service - https://www.fitapp.info/privacy.html

About

Challenge Tracker

Track your progress towards monthly health and fitness goals, including steps, distance, and exercise minutes. Integrates with Apple Health to visualize your progress with rings and charts. Supports various activities and is fully accessible.

Highlights
  • Set monthly goals
  • Track various activities (walking, running, exercise, steps, cycling, swimming)
  • Integrates with Apple Health
  • Progress rings and bar charts
  • VoiceOver and Apple Audio Graph accessibility
  • Supports iPhone and iPod
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Set a monthly goal or use suggested goal and keep track on the progress throughout the month or number days in a month that you want to achieve the daily goal. Set different types of activities - Walking + Running Distance - Exercise ** - Steps Count - Cycling Distance (App or device may be needed) - Swimming Distance (App or device may be needed) - Move (Apple Watch required or iPhone on iOS16 or later) - Wheelchair Distance Activities integrates with Apple Health app to be able to show a progress ring so each day you can see if you are on target for the month and a bar chart showing each day amount compared to the goal each day. Fully accessible with Voice Over and Apple Audio Graph. ** Movement equal to or exceeding the intensity of a brisk walk counts towards your Exercise minutes. Apple Watch not required for some of activities but recommended. Apple and Apple Watch are a trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

Screenshots

Running Tracker App4 screens
Challenge Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Challenge Tracker at none against Running Tracker App's 15. Challenge Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Running Tracker App's advantage is ratings volume (6.4K vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Running Tracker App sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Challenge Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Challenge Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Running Tracker App has 6.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Running Tracker App ships an update fortnightly, Challenge Tracker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Running Tracker App versus Challenge Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunning Tracker AppChallenge Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6.4K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.4K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size288 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFITAPP GmbHNigel Gee

Customer experience

Running Tracker App

All ratings6,393 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.4%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews1,307 reviews
Positive70.7%
Neutral3.7%
Negative25.6%

Challenge Tracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Running Tracker App

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes during workouts
  • Incorrect distance and calorie tracking
  • Subscription charges without user consent

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to track treadmill workouts
  • More customization options
  • Better integration with Apple Health
  • Option to disable voice prompts

Challenge Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Running Tracker App

Subscriptions15
  • FITAPP Premium Subscription1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • FITAPP Premium Subscription7 Days trial$2.491 Month
  • FITAPP Premium Subscription$4.991 Month
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  • FITAPP Premium Subscription7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Premium - 1 month$6.991 Month
  • FITAPP Premium Subscription$6.991 Month
  • FITAPP Premium Subscription$19.991 Year
  • FITAPP Premium Subscription$24.996 Months
  • FITAPP Premium Subscription$29.991 Year
  • Running Tracker Premium3 Days trial$35.993 Months
  • FITAPP Premium Subscription7 Days trial$35.993 Months
  • Running Tracker Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Running Tracker Premium3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • FITAPP Premium Subscription$59.991 Year
  • Premium - 1 year7 Days trial$69.991 Year
None

Challenge Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Running Tracker App free?
Running Tracker App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Challenge Tracker free?
Challenge Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Running Tracker App or Challenge Tracker?
Challenge Tracker is rated higher. Running Tracker App averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6.4K ratings, while Challenge Tracker averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Running Tracker App or Challenge Tracker have ads?
Neither Running Tracker App nor Challenge Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Running Tracker App or Challenge Tracker?
Running Tracker App ships an update fortnightly, and Challenge Tracker every 3 weeks. Most recently, Running Tracker App was updated on September 28, 2026 and Challenge Tracker on August 26, 2026.

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