Comparison

boatiesnz vs JRun

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

Head to head
About

boatiesnz

Features
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Essential info on boating in NZ This awesome little app gives you great fishing facts and the latest tides to help you plan ahead. Check out marinas around New Zealand, and find just what you want from engineers to electronics. Discover the latest marine events and stay up to date with weather and VHF channels. Easy to use with interactive maps, it’s right here at your fingertips on boatiesnz.

About

JRun

Features
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JRun is a lightweight iPhone running app for personal use and everyday runners. It focuses on recording a run clearly. There are no social feeds, ads, shopping, rankings, account requirements, cloud sync, or subscription walls. Start a run quickly, then review your route and training data in a focused interface. Features - GPS run recording with route, distance, duration, current pace, and average pace - Lock-screen and background location recording during an active run - Interrupted-run recovery from the last valid local checkpoint after an app crash, system termination, or phone power loss - Current weather before a run, with Open-Meteo as the primary source and MET Norway as fallback - History filters for time, distance, and shoes - Redesigned run details with an immersive map and pull-up panel for routes, metrics, notes, and weather - Kilometer splits with exact pace and fastest/slowest labels when at least two complete kilometers are available - Elevation chart by distance with cumulative elevation gain - Steps, average cadence, and average stride when motion data is available and authorized - Shoe management with automatic linked-run mileage, suggested replacement distance, and approaching/reached reminders - Local GPX / CSV export and full run-history CSV export - Full local JRun backup export and manual merge import for moving data - Interface languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, and German - Metric units only Data boundary JRun does not provide account registration, cloud sync, or automatic multi-device sync. Run history, shoes, profile data, and settings are stored locally on the device. Export a JRun backup before deleting the app, clearing local data, or changing phones. Weather requires network access. Run recording can continue when weather is unavailable.

Screenshots

boatiesnz4 screens
JRun4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: JRun at every 2 weeks against boatiesnz's every 31 months. boatiesnz's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

boatiesnz ships an update every 31 months, JRun every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
boatiesnz versus JRun: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterboatiesnzJRun
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 31 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMcLaren Brown Media静 袁

In-app purchases

None

boatiesnz

No in-app purchases

None

JRun

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is boatiesnz free?
boatiesnz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is JRun free?
JRun is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do boatiesnz or JRun have ads?
Neither boatiesnz nor JRun shows ads.
Which is updated more often, boatiesnz or JRun?
boatiesnz ships an update every 31 months, and JRun every 2 weeks. Most recently, boatiesnz was updated on October 24, 2026 and JRun on October 25, 2026.

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