Workout Beacn vs Running Tracker
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.
Running Tracker
This app is a free running tracker that provides essential statistics for your runs, walks, and jogs. It allows you to map your routes and create shareable summary cards of your activities.
- Route mapping
- Essential run statistics
- Shareable activity cards
- Completely free
- Simple and beautiful interface
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RITMO is a simple, beautiful run tracker with essential stats and shareable cards - completely free.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Running Tracker at none against Workout Beacn's 1. Workout Beacn's advantage is ratings volume (102 vs 11) and device support (4 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Running Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Workout Beacn against 4.8 for Running Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workout Beacn has 102 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Workout Beacn ships an update every 2 months, Running Tracker monthly. Both last shipped on September 18, 2026.
| Parameter | Workout Beacn | Running Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (102 ratings) | 4.8 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 102 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emidio Cunha | Carlos Fernandez Mayor |
Customer experience
Workout Beacn
Running Tracker
In-app purchases
Workout Beacn
- Unlock$2.99
Running Tracker
No in-app purchases
Questions
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