Workout Beacn vs Fitmeter Run Basic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Workout Beacn
This app helps you track your progress during running, biking, or walking workouts. It offers features like voice cues, private live tracking, and accident detection with automated SMS alerts. All data is stored locally and can be exported.
- Progress tracking (time, distance, speed, calories)
- Private live tracking
- Accident detector with SMS alerts
- Heart rate monitoring and warnings
- Workout plans
- Siri integration
- GPX file export
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For biking, running, or walking exercise workouts. Track your progress (time, distance, elevation, speed, calories, cadence and heart rate) with voice cues and special security & privacy features: ** No account required ** ** Private live tracking on a password protected website - Public tracking is optional ** ** Accident detector with automated SMS of your current location ** ** Heart rate limit warning ** ** Heart rate zones ** ** Apple Watch ** ** Workout plans ** ** Music Playlists ** ** Siri Integration ** ** Sync between devices** ** No registration required! All data is stored locally and can be transferred by email as GPX files ** Compatible with Bluetooth heart rate monitors Compatible with Cadence Bluetooth sensors Syncs with Health App - Integration by sharing your activity type, energy, start and end dates Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Fitmeter Run Basic
This app transforms your iPhone into a powerful running computer, tracking your workouts with GPS. It provides real-time data on distance, pace, altitude, and calories burned, with detailed session history and statistics.
- GPS tracking and route mapping
- Real-time pace and distance
- Altitude and calorie tracking
- Auto-pause detection
- Session history and statistics
- CSV export
- Apple Health integration
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Fitmeter Run turns your iPhone into a running computer with incredible functionality. Your session is tracked GPS based and all data is presented in real-time. The app is designed for a wide user base, from amateur to professional. Features: - GPS based position and route of the session will be displayed on a map including distance markers - Distance - Duration of the session - Pause time - Auto Pause detection - Current pace - Pace of last mile - Fastest mile - Altitude tracking. Uphill / Downhill - Burned calories - Split times - History. Activities will be stored and can be reviewed. The session count is limited to 10. - Export all activities to a CSV file - Statistics for a session. Speed and Altitude over distance - Records. See your all-time records and a summary over all sessions. - Facebook support. Post sessions to your Facebook timeline. - Apple health support: Read the weight and use it calculate the burned calories Save the workout and its activity energy - No registration required - No annoying notifications - No marketing emails Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fitmeter Run Basic at none against Workout Beacn's 1. Fitmeter Run Basic also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 67%). Workout Beacn's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Workout Beacn sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fitmeter Run Basic asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Workout Beacn against 4.7 for Fitmeter Run Basic. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 102 and 220 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Workout Beacn's written reviews are positive against 83% of Fitmeter Run Basic's.
Workout Beacn ships an update every 2 months, Fitmeter Run Basic every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workout Beacn | Fitmeter Run Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (102 ratings) | 4.7 (220 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 102 | 220 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emidio Cunha | Volker Schueppel |
Customer experience
Workout Beacn
Fitmeter Run Basic
In-app purchases
Workout Beacn
- Unlock$2.99
Fitmeter Run Basic
No in-app purchases
Questions
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