Comparison

The Training Lab vs Soundtrack Run

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

Head to head
About

The Training Lab

Plan and schedule fitness classes directly from your device. View class schedules, sign up, and access studio location information. Optimize your time and convenience for class bookings.

Highlights
  • View class schedules
  • Sign up for classes
  • Access studio location
  • Schedule classes from device
  • Optimize time for bookings
Features
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Download the The Training Lab NYC App today to plan and schedule your classes! From this mobile App you can view class schedules, sign-up for classes, as well as view the studio’s location information. Optimize your time and maximize the convenience of signing up for classes from your device! Download this App today!

About

Soundtrack Run

This app records your runs and visualizes them with the music you listened to. See your route colored by song and replay specific tracks from moments in your run. It integrates with Apple Health and Apple Watch for comprehensive fitness tracking.

Highlights
  • Records runs with music synchronization
  • Visualizes routes colored by songs
  • Live pace, distance, heart rate, and calories tracking
  • Mile splits and pace chart
  • Routes save to Apple Health
  • Shareable run summaries with song-colored routes
Features
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Soundtrack records your runs and the music that powered them — together. Start a run and your Apple Music library (or any playlist you pick) starts with you. As you move, Soundtrack draws your route in the colors of the songs you heard: every stretch of road remembers its track. When you're done, scrub back through the map to any moment — and the song you heard right there starts playing. ONE RUN AT A TIME • Choose an easy run, steady run or timed intervals • Set a time or distance goal, with an optional pace • Music follows your workout without a training schedule TRAIN WITH A PLAN • Plans for 5K, 10K and half marathon, based on your current running • Warm-ups, easy runs, controlled intervals, recovery and a taper • Follow segment cues on iPhone and Apple Watch • Track completed workouts, move a run or skip a day BUILT FOR RUNNERS • Live pace, distance, heart rate, and calories. • Mile splits, a pace chart, and elevation gain on every run • Routes and workouts save to Apple Health BUILT AROUND YOUR MUSIC • Plays from your Apple Music library or a playlist you choose • Adaptive music chooses songs for your effort, pace and heart-rate trend • Music prepares for planned effort changes and can enter songs at matched timed passages • Song choices learn from early skips and listening history • A tracklist for every run — see exactly what you heard, and for how long SHARE THE RUN, KEEP THE FEELING • Every run gets a beautiful share page with your song-colored route, splits, and tracklist • You control visibility: link-only or private, per run Music playback requires an Apple Music subscription — without one (or without music permission), Soundtrack still records complete pace-only runs. Heart rate comes from a paired Apple Watch; no Watch needed for everything else.

Screenshots

The Training Lab3 screens
Soundtrack Run4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Soundtrack Run at none against The Training Lab's shown. Soundtrack Run also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). The Training Lab's advantage is ratings volume (52 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for The Training Lab against 5.0 for Soundtrack Run. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Training Lab has 52 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Training Lab ships an update every 4 months, Soundtrack Run every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
The Training Lab versus Soundtrack Run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Training LabSoundtrack Run
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (52 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings52 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWarrior Fitness LLCISAAK NICOLAS HERNANDEZ

Customer experience

The Training Lab

All ratings52 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.9%

Soundtrack Run

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

The Training Lab

No in-app purchases

None

Soundtrack Run

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Training Lab free?
The Training Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Soundtrack Run free?
Soundtrack Run is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Training Lab or Soundtrack Run?
Soundtrack Run is rated higher. The Training Lab averages 4.9 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while Soundtrack Run averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do The Training Lab or Soundtrack Run have ads?
The Training Lab shows ads; Soundtrack Run does not.
Which is updated more often, The Training Lab or Soundtrack Run?
The Training Lab ships an update every 4 months, and Soundtrack Run every 3 days. Most recently, The Training Lab was updated on October 29, 2026 and Soundtrack Run on October 24, 2026.

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