Comparison

Sonirest vs RunCraft

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

Head to head
About

Sonirest

This app offers a wide variety of high-quality natural and sacred soundscapes to aid in sleep and focus. Users can customize sound combinations and volumes to create personalized white or pink noise. Features include timed playback, random effects, and energy efficiency.

Highlights
  • Natural soundscapes
  • Sacred music series
  • Customizable sound mixing
  • Timed playback stop
  • Random sound effects
  • Energy saving efficiency
Features
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"Sonirest" is a sound application designed for your peace and efficiency. It has a large number of high-quality natural soundscapes and premium sounds such as rain, sea waves, deer calls and more. In addition, the Sacred Music series of independent music is also a good choice such as the Buddhist bell, temple, incense etc. You can freely combine all sounds and control volume to create a white noise / pink noise effect that is exclusive to you, eliminating interference, ensuring full concentration. This app has many special features such as timed playback stop, random sound effects, AirPlay projection, and excellent energy saving efficiency to ensure long-lasting use. Whether it is before sleep, yoga fitness, reading novels, writing homework, busy work, etc., "Sonirest" can help you. It can even help babies fall asleep, making it an ideal music background for newborn education. Even if you use the free version, you can still customize all non-premium sound effects at will and support 40 minutes of rotation. The free version will always support normal operation. If you have any questions or suggestions, please send an email to cypmatrix@gmail.com.

About

RunCraft

Features
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RunCraft adapts to how you run: start with guided run-walk training, prepare for a goal race, or run your own way. Download free. Your 21-day Full Experience starts when you first get RunCraft from the App Store, not when you first open it. Afterward, keep importing Apple Health workouts and viewing basic history, VDOT, and mileage for free, or unlock Lifetime with one purchase. No subscription. No automatic renewal. Guided workouts run on iPhone, and can also be sent to Apple Watch for haptics, heart rate, voice cues, and on-wrist controls. Live Activity keeps pace, heart rate, and interval progress visible on your iPhone lock screen and Dynamic Island. ——— CHOOSE YOUR PATH ——— Start as a Beginner: answer a short questionnaire to build run-walk training around your current habits, with 1–3 sessions per week. No race date or target pace is required, and the guidance adjusts as you progress. Train for a Race: enter a race date and recent result — or use one from HealthKit — and RunCraft builds a personalised plan from your remaining lead time using Jack Daniels VDOT pace zones. Run Your Own Way: during Full Experience or with Lifetime, start free runs without a schedule and add an optional weekly routine when you want more structure. In Free Mode, record with Apple Workout or another HealthKit app; RunCraft keeps importing time, distance, pace, heart rate, and trends. ——— TRAIN ON IPHONE OR APPLE WATCH ——— Start structured workouts directly on iPhone, or send them to your paired Apple Watch. Watch workouts add wrist haptics, heart-rate context, and water-lock friendly controls; iPhone workouts still save to Apple Health and appear in your history. ——— INSIGHTS ——— VDOT trend, VO₂max estimate, LT1/LT2 lactate threshold, running economy, heart rate recovery, training zone distribution, weekly mileage, and predicted race times for 5K / 10K / half marathon / marathon — all computed from your Health data, all on-device. ——— BUILT FOR RUNNERS ——— · Beginner guidance, race training, and, during Full Experience or with Lifetime, free runs with an optional weekly routine · Super slow jogging presets plus structured workouts such as Yasso 800s, Mona Fartlek, Michigan Workout, Cruise Intervals, Hill Repeats, Speed Pyramid, Ladder, Progression Run, Tempo Run, and Easy Recovery · Custom workout editor: build warmup → repeat groups → cooldown with distance, time, and pace-zone targets · Phone-native guided workouts and Apple Watch guided workouts · Session substitution for compatible planned workouts · HRV-aware recovery suggestions when sleep or recovery signals drop · Live Activity on iPhone lock screen and Dynamic Island · Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets showing today's session · Siri shortcuts for today's training, starting workouts, setting VDOT, and logging runs ——— PRIVACY ——— No RunCraft account, no developer-operated server, and no advertising or third-party analytics. Training data stays on your devices; if you enable iCloud, it syncs between them through your private iCloud database. Available in English · 繁體中文 · 简体中文 · 日本語 · 한국어

Screenshots

Sonirest3 screens
RunCraft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RunCraft at none against Sonirest's 1. RunCraft also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Sonirest sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RunCraft asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sonirest ships an update every 6 weeks, RunCraft every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sonirest versus RunCraft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSonirestRunCraft
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (30 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer延平 陈Cheng Lung Lin

Bugs and requests

Sonirest

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Play button overlaps with upgrade/crown icon on newer iPhones (12, 13, 14)
  • No sound at all
  • App crashes when trying to access Pro features
  • Timer display issues
  • Volume bar response is sensitive
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  • App crashes when accessing Pro features
  • Play button is unusable due to overlapping icons
  • App crashes when accessing Pro features

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more high-quality white/pink noise options
  • Increase the variety of sound types
  • Improve UI readability and button placement
  • Allow playback control when the phone is locked
  • Add more cicada and frog sounds

RunCraft

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sonirest

One-time1
  • Premium Version$1.99
None

RunCraft

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sonirest free?
Sonirest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RunCraft free?
RunCraft is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sonirest or RunCraft have ads?
Neither Sonirest nor RunCraft shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sonirest or RunCraft?
Sonirest ships an update every 6 weeks, and RunCraft every 9 days. Most recently, Sonirest was updated on October 17, 2026 and RunCraft on October 7, 2026.

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