Comparison

Activity Glance vs Runsy

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

Head to head
About

Activity Glance

This app displays your Apple Watch activity data from the Health app with large, easy-to-read numbers. It can also prevent your iPhone from automatically locking while you're exercising.

Highlights
  • View Apple Watch activity data
  • Large, easy-to-read numbers
  • Track move, exercise, and stand progress
  • Prevents iPhone auto-lock
  • Power-saving black background
Features
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A handy app for checking your Apple Watch activity at a glance. • Activity Glance gathers your Apple Watch activity data from the Health app • Has large, easy-to-read numbers that let you track your Apple Watch move, exercise, and stand progress. • While Activity Glance is active, it prevents your iPhone from automatically locking, making it a great companion app while working out on a treadmill or other stationary exercise machine. • The background is pure black, which saves power and looks especially great on the iPhone X.

About

Runsy

Features
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A running plan that keeps up with your life. Runsy is an AI running coach for iPhone and iPad: tell it what you're training for, and it plans every week around your goal, your runs and your schedule. Travel, a missed day or a tight calf: call your coach, talk it through, and the week adjusts. Works with Apple Watch, Garmin, COROS and Strava through Apple Health. Your first week is built from your own runs in seconds, and you see it before you pay. Some new runners get that week free, no card needed; then coaching continues with Runsy Pro. THREE WAYS TO TRAIN Train for an event A 5K, 10K, half marathon or marathon, or a big day like a match or a hike. Your plan counts back from the date. Race plans move through base, build, peak and taper, with race day pinned and two weeks of recovery after. Non-race events train your engine: intervals, repeated sprints and long runs. Get faster Four-week blocks: three push weeks, then a lighter week with a test. Track progress through VO2 max, 5K time or weekly volume. Stay fit Keep your running steady. Any run, or 20 minutes or more of another sport, counts as a session. CALL YOUR COACH Tap the phone and talk it through. Your coach answers out loud, and moves runs or adds rest days while you talk. When your first plan is built, your coach offers a short first call, or a text if you'd rather, to walk you through your first week. It works like a phone call: lock your phone or switch apps and your coach stays on the line. Start a call from Siri, the Runsy icon or a widget. After a run, say "Hey Siri, log a workout in Runsy" and tell it what you did. A COACH THAT KNOWS YOU A work trip, a tight calf, a big match. Tell your coach by text, voice note or a call, and the week changes around it. Your coach sees your plan, runs and Health data, remembers what you tell it, and lets you view and delete that memory. TARGETS Your coach sets a path of dated targets from your own running, like a longer long run or a faster 5K, with your best so far against each. Tap a coin to see what it takes; meet it and it is yours. WIDGETS Today's run in the middle of your week, a countdown to race day, the whole week at a glance, and a one-tap call to your coach, on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. ON YOUR APPLE WATCH Start today's run on your watch: Runsy records it step by step, taps your wrist when you drift off pace, and saves it to Apple Health, live on your iPhone too. Complications put today's run and your week on your watch face. Calls with your coach start on your iPhone. BUILT FROM APPLE HEALTH Runsy reads workouts, heart rate, VO2 max, resting heart rate and body weight from Apple Health. EVERYTHING COUNTS Soccer, cycling and other sports earn running-equivalent credit. PROGRESSION WITH LIMITS Weekly growth is capped at about 10%, hard days get an easy day around them, and volume has a ceiling suited to your distance. These limits are not a guarantee against injury. AI COACHING AND YOUR DATA To build your plan and answer your questions, Runsy shares your workouts, fitness metrics, goals and coach conversations (on a call, your voice) with our AI providers. The app names them and shows exactly what is shared, and you agree before any AI feature turns on. Your data is never used for model training or ads, and we never sell it. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Runsy Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly at US$12.99/month or yearly at US$79.99/year. Both include every feature. Local pricing is shown at checkout. A 7-day free trial is available to eligible new subscribers; the App Store determines eligibility. After an eligible free trial, Runsy Pro continues at the subscription price unless canceled. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Your subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://runsy.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://runsy.ai/privacy

Screenshots

Activity Glance3 screens
Runsy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Activity Glance at none against Runsy's 2. Activity Glance also leads on iOS requirement (11.3 vs 18.0). Runsy's advantage is update cadence (daily vs monthly). On price, 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. Runsy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Activity Glance asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Activity Glance ships an update monthly, Runsy daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Activity Glance versus Runsy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActivity GlanceRunsy
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS11.3 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKyle CroninLeap Labs Inc

In-app purchases

None

Activity Glance

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Runsy

Subscriptions2
  • Runsy Monthly Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Runsy Pro Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Activity Glance free?
Activity Glance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Runsy free?
Runsy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Activity Glance or Runsy have ads?
Neither Activity Glance nor Runsy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Activity Glance or Runsy?
Activity Glance ships an update monthly, and Runsy daily. Most recently, Activity Glance was updated on October 24, 2026 and Runsy on October 25, 2026.

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