Quick Steps vs Tempo Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Steps
This app helps runners improve their stride rate to increase speed and reduce injury risk. It provides audio cues to guide your pace and tracks your running activity, even when in the background. Customize your target cadence for personalized training.
- Improve running cadence
- Audio step-sound cues
- Customizable target cadence
- Background activity tracking
- Run summary with average cadence
- Reduce injury risk
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Quick Steps is a fitness app to help improve your running cadence (steps per minute). 180 steps per minute has been recognised as the ideal running cadence. By increasing your cadence, you will be able to run faster and will be less prone to certain types of injury. The free version of Quick Steps defaults to a cadence of 180 steps per minute and will display your current cadence and activity time. It will also play a step-sound at 180 beats per minute to allow you to synchronise your cadence to 180. Through in-app purchase, you can change the target cadence to suit your needs. Using this feature, you can ease towards 180 steps per minute. If you put Quick Steps in the background the sound will continue to play, allowing you to add cadence training to your workout alongside other fitness apps. Quick Steps still tracks your activity, even in the background. At the end of your run, hold down the stop button to finish and show a summary of your activity, including an average cadence.
Tempo Run
This app guides your running and workouts with a real-time metronome to improve your cadence and efficiency. It offers 28 coached training camps and 17 workout plans for various fitness levels and goals. Track your progress with GPS and voice coaching.
- Real-time metronome for cadence training
- 28 coached training camps
- 17 beat-tempo workout plans
- GPS route mapping with speed overlay
- Voice coaching and smart variations
- Shoe mileage tracker
- Apple Health integration
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TempoRun is the only running and workout app with a built-in metronome and 28 coached training camps. Set a beat. Match your steps. Run smarter. Other running apps tell you where you went. TempoRun teaches you HOW to run - with a real-time metronome that syncs every footstrike to the perfect cadence for your pace. Whether you're a beginner learning to jog or an elite chasing a sub-2 half marathon, your rhythm is everything. WHY BEAT-TEMPO TRAINING WORKS Running at 170–185 steps per minute reduces injury risk, improves efficiency, and makes every mile feel easier. The metronome is your always-on cadence coach — guiding your pace through sound, vibration, and visual cues. 28 COACHED TRAINING CAMPS Multi-week structured programs with beat-tempo guidance: BEGINNER: Walk-to-Run, Happy Jogger INTERMEDIATE: 5K Ready, 10K Breakthrough, Half Marathon Hero, Marathon Finisher LIFE STAGE: Run Your 20s, Power in Your 30s, Strong at 40, Ageless at 50, Forever Runner RECOVERY: Return to Run, Illness Comeback, Walk Through It, Gentle Restart, Run for Your Mind PERFORMANCE: Sub-25 5K, Sub-2 Half, Cadence Upgrade, Negative Split Master, Ultra Prep LIFESTYLE: Couch Potato to 5K, Stress Buster, Running Therapy, Dad/Mom Run, Race Day Special, Menopause Runner, Longevity Protocol Each camp runs 6–12 weeks, 3 sessions/week, with progressive tempo targets. 17 BEAT-TEMPO WORKOUT PLANS - Walk-Run Beats, Drill Sync, Baseline+5 (Beginner) - Steady Rhythm, Waltz Rhythm, Cadence Gears (Intermediate) - Cadence Build, Over-Under, Racer's Edge (Advanced) - VO2 Max Run and HIIT at every level - Cadence Drill and Spin-Ups (Cycling) Create your own plans with custom blocks and per-segment tempo targets. BUILT-IN METRONOME - 40–240 BPM range with 6 beat styles - Cadence zone alerts — notified when you drift - Haptic, sound, and visual beat indicators - Auto-starts at the right cadence per plan segment - Works alongside your music playlist MORE FEATURES - GPS route map with speed-color overlay and Live Activity - Voice coaching with 10+ smart variation phrases - Personal bests: 1K, 1Mi, 5K, 10K, Half, Marathon, 40K - Shoe mileage tracker with replacement alerts - Beautiful share cards, iCloud sync, Apple Health - 13 languages, Dark and Light mode SUBSCRIPTION Free trial — 10 complete workouts, no credit card. Find your rhythm. Run to the beat. Download TempoRun. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://temporun.isotropic.app/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tempo Run at 4.8 against Quick Steps's 1.0. Tempo Run also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 13 months). Quick Steps's advantage is iOS requirement (10.3 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Quick Steps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tempo Run sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tempo Run holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively.
Quick Steps ships an update every 13 months, Tempo Run every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Steps | Tempo Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Levy | Xiaomeng Zhang |
Customer experience
Quick Steps
Tempo Run
In-app purchases
Quick Steps
- Change Target Cadence$0.99
Tempo Run
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Annual14 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Annual_noTrial$29.991 Year
- lifetime199$199.99
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