Fitmeter Run Basic vs PerfectWOD Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
PerfectWOD Timer
This app simplifies workout timing with customizable presets for various interval training styles. It offers audible cues for round transitions and displays your timer on the lock screen and Dynamic Island for easy monitoring.
- Customizable timer presets
- Audible cues for rounds
- Live Activity on lock screen
- Dynamic Island integration
- AMRAP, For Time, EMOM, Tabata timers
- Round count button
- Background operation
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PerfectWod Timer makes timing your workouts a breeze! With custom timer presets for AMRAP, For Time, EMOM and Tabata workouts - you're fully in control! Our 3..2..1 timer will give you an audible queue when your rounds are starting and finishing and Live Activity support on your lock screen and Dynamic Island will showcase keep your timer on screen even when you navigate away from the app! This is what you get: • big and clear display • simple navigation • motivational sound support • timer for "AMRAP" workouts • timer for "EMOM" workouts • timer for "For Time" workouts • timer for "Tabata" workouts • count button to count your rounds during the workout • landscape mode for even bigger numbers • runs in background Have fun sweating with SmartWOD!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fitmeter Run Basic at none against PerfectWOD Timer's 1. Fitmeter Run Basic also leads on ratings volume (220 vs 5) and review sentiment (83% vs 67%). PerfectWOD Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. PerfectWOD Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fitmeter Run Basic asks for nothing beyond the download.
PerfectWOD Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fitmeter Run Basic has 220 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Fitmeter Run Basic's written reviews are positive against 67% of PerfectWOD Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Fitmeter Run Basic ships an update every 3 months, PerfectWOD Timer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fitmeter Run Basic | PerfectWOD Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (220 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 220 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Volker Schueppel | Sawyer Billings |
Customer experience
Fitmeter Run Basic
PerfectWOD Timer
In-app purchases
Fitmeter Run Basic
No in-app purchases
PerfectWOD Timer
- Workout Library$1.99
Questions
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