boatiesnz vs JRun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
boatiesnz
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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.
JRun
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | boatiesnz | JRun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | McLaren Brown Media | 静 袁 |
In-app purchases
boatiesnz
No in-app purchases
JRun
No in-app purchases









