Comparison

Pace Watch vs FivePointFive

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

Head to head
About

Pace Watch

This app helps runners maintain a target pace during training. It provides haptic and audio feedback when you deviate from your desired speed, with adjustable leeway. It integrates with HealthKit to read and write workout data.

Highlights
  • Target pace training
  • Haptic and audio feedback
  • Phone-free operation
  • Adjustable pace buffer
  • HealthKit integration
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Pace Watch doesn't use your phone or watches GPS and can be used without your phone. Pace Watch helps you stay at your target pace while training for your next big run. If you start to go too fast or slow it will tap your wrist and play a tone every 5 seconds until you are back in your target zone. Hints: - Use the buffer setting to give yourself a little more leeway around your target pace. - Only want the watch to tap you? Use the silence option in the control center on your watch to quiet the noise. This app uses HealthKit to access some of your data in the Health app(workouts, distance, and active energy(Calories burned)) and to write new data into the Health app(workouts, distance, and active energy(Calories burned))

About

FivePointFive

Enhance athletic performance and recovery with science-backed breathwork exercises. This app offers guided sessions to improve focus, reduce stress, and deepen sleep, with real-time heart rate monitoring and personalized coaching insights.

Highlights
  • Guided breathwork sessions
  • Live heart-rate monitoring
  • AI Performance Coach
  • Performance and recovery tracking
  • Stress reduction
  • Improved focus
  • Deeper sleep
Features
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FivePointFive: Breathwork for Athletes What is FivePointFive The world’s first breathwork app built for athletes—used by Elite Athletes and a fast-growing community of Everyday Athletes. We turn cutting-edge breathing science into short, coached sessions that strengthen performance and recovery, improve focus and stress resilience, and deepen restorative sleep. Built on science. Made measurable. Peer-reviewed research links structured breathwork with higher VO₂-max, improved HRV, lower resting heart rate, and better sleep quality. FivePointFive translates that science into sessions you can see working: - Live heart-rate in class to watch your autonomic nervous shift in real time - AI Performance Coach with post-session insights and coach tips - Trends over time across HR, HRV, resting HR, and sleep Train the full system: Mind • Body • Sleep - Mind: Downshift stress fast, sharpen focus, and rebalance the nervous system—in as little as 90 seconds. - Body: Build breathing mechanics and CO₂ tolerance to increase endurance, boost stamina, and speed recovery. - Sleep: Lower nighttime cortisol and deepen restorative sleep so you wake recovered and ready to go. Backed by the best - Patrick McKeown -#1 functional breathwork expert globally and best-selling author, scientist and founder of ‘Oxygen Advantage’. - Jay T. Wiles - Global authority in HRV biofeedback, applied psychophysiology, and performance psychology. Founder of Thrive Wellness & Performance, working with elite athletes across the NFL, NBA, MLB, PGA, ATP, and MLS. - Marco Altini - World leader in HRV, Human Movement and High performance coaching. Founder of HRV4Training & Data Science Advisor to Oura. Editor of the Wearable Department of IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine. Privacy Your health data stays with you. We read/write to Apple Health with your permission and never sell personal data. Subscriptions Quarterly and Yearly plans with a free trial. Auto-renews unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage in your Apple Account Settings. FivePointFive® — Breathwork for Athletes Not medical advice. Individual results vary. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pace Watch2 screens
FivePointFive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FivePointFive at 4.8 against Pace Watch's 3.8. FivePointFive also leads on ratings volume (5.1K vs 4) and chart position (#123 vs unranked). Pace Watch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.6). On price, review sentiment, 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. FivePointFive sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $44.99 per 3 months. Pace Watch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FivePointFive holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FivePointFive has 5.1K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Pace Watch's written reviews are positive against 58% of FivePointFive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pace Watch ships an update every 8 days, FivePointFive every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Pace Watch versus FivePointFive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPace WatchFivePointFive
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings)4.8 (5.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews57.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings45.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#123 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB871 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSimon Fortelnyfivepointfive

Customer experience

Pace Watch

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

FivePointFive

All ratings5,050 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews164 reviews
Positive57.9%
Neutral9.8%
Negative32.3%

Bugs and requests

Pace Watch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

FivePointFive

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Can't log in, awful
  • Won't let me log in
  • Way too buggy
  • Faulty

Requested features

1 request
  • Record HRV measurements to Apple Health

In-app purchases

None

Pace Watch

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

FivePointFive

Subscriptions5
  • FivePointFive 3 Months$44.993 Months
  • FivePointFive 3 Months3 Days trial$44.993 Months
  • FivePointFive 1 Year Discount3 Days trial$69.991 Year
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  • FivePointFive 1 Year$89.991 Year
  • FivePointFive 1 Year3 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Pace Watch free?
Pace Watch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FivePointFive free?
FivePointFive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pace Watch or FivePointFive?
FivePointFive is rated higher. Pace Watch averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while FivePointFive averages 4.8 from 5.1K ratings.
Do Pace Watch or FivePointFive have ads?
Neither Pace Watch nor FivePointFive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pace Watch or FivePointFive?
Pace Watch ships an update every 8 days, and FivePointFive every 4 days. Most recently, Pace Watch was updated on October 24, 2026 and FivePointFive on October 24, 2026.

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