Comparison

Run Club vs Focus Shift

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

Head to head
About

Run Club

This app enables schools to create running clubs, using device cameras to scan barcodes or QR codes for tracking laps, distance, and time. It displays individual student progress and can function as a self-scanning station.

Highlights
  • Barcode/QR code scanning for lap tracking
  • Track distance and time
  • Display lap counts or total distance per student
  • Self-scanning station functionality with iPad front camera
  • iPhone and iPad compatible
Features
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Start a Run Club at your school! • Use barcodes or QR codes to track laps, distance and time. • Scan using your iPhone or iPad • Lap counts or total distance displayed for each student • iPad can be used as self scanning station with front camera

About

Focus Shift

Features
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Focus Shift helps you create personalized affirmation audio to turn the mindset you want into something you can hear, repeat, and live by. Create personalized affirmation scripts for your real goals, generate high-quality audio, and build a listening routine that fits your day. The power is in consistency: small daily mindset shifts compound into meaningful change. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Create custom scripts for confidence, focus, sleep, performance, relationships, and more • Generate natural-sounding audio from your scripts • Listen with calming background sounds or your own music • Save favorites and organize content in playlists for repeat listening • Refine your words as your goals evolve **Create** Answer a short guided flow about what you’re working on—confidence, sleep, performance, relationships, and more. Edit until the words feel like yours. **Generate** Turn your script into audio with natural voices, optional background sound, and optional voice cloning so it sounds like you. **Listen** Save to My Library, build playlists, and play on repeat—commute, focus time, or wind-down.WHY IT WORKS Reading a goal once is easy to forget. Hearing your own intentional words regularly helps reinforce the identity and habits you want to build—whether you start your morning with intention, reset focus midday, or wind down at night. SUBSCRIPTIONS (auto-renewable) Focus Shift is free to download. Optional paid subscriptions unlock cloud sync, AI generation, voice audio, and more. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. FREE • Explore the app and premade content • Limited access to creation and generation features STARTER — $6.99/month (or annual plan in app) Includes: • Cloud sync on iPhone, iPad, and web • AI-generated mind training scripts (~3,000 words/month) • Natural voice audio (~15,000 TTS characters/month) • Voice cloning, custom backgrounds, and playlists • Listen to audio shared with you by Creator subscribers CREATOR — $14.99/month (or annual plan in app) Everything in Starter, plus: • Higher monthly limits (~8,000 AI words, ~40,000 TTS characters) • Longer scripts and more generation capacity • Share generated audio with others via secure listen links Support: https://focusshift.app/support/ Terms of Use: https://focusshift.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://focusshift.app/privacy

Screenshots

Run Club4 screens
Focus Shift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Run Club at none against Focus Shift's 5. Run Club also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Focus Shift's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). On price, 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. Focus Shift sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Run Club asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Run Club ships an update every 6 months, Focus Shift weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Run Club versus Focus Shift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRun ClubFocus Shift
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (66 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings66 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB242 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperActive4me Inc.Izasa, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Run Club

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Focus Shift

Subscriptions4
  • Starter Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Creator Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Starter Yearly$69.991 Year
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  • Creator Yearly$149.991 Year
One-time1
  • Monthly Usage Boost$5.99

Questions

Is Run Club free?
Run Club is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Focus Shift free?
Focus Shift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Run Club or Focus Shift have ads?
Neither Run Club nor Focus Shift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Run Club or Focus Shift?
Run Club ships an update every 6 months, and Focus Shift weekly. Most recently, Run Club was updated on October 24, 2026 and Focus Shift on October 25, 2026.

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