Comparison

Bike Intervals vs Paces

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

Head to head
About

Bike Intervals

Features
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Bike Intervals guides you through your cycling interval workout with the voice of your iPhone. Create a workout, get on your bike and let Bike Intervals announce the intervals through your headphones or your device's internal speaker. You can concentrate on your surroundings while riding outside or listen to music, watch a movie or a cycling race while exercising indoors. Create, edit and delete your personal interval workouts. Choose how each interval will be announced, the interval duration, repeat count and the duration of the recovery intervals. The app contains three example workouts that will help you to start. You can also set target power, heart rate, cadence and speed for each interval. Connect a heart rate monitor, speed and cadence sensor or a power meter to monitor your performance during your training session. Your workouts are automatically synchronized with iCloud and will be available on all your iOS devices. But you can also use the app without iCloud. Bike Intevals plays nicely with other apps. It will only shortly interrupt your music or video to remind you about the next interval. If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions, don't hesitate to send us feedback from inside the app.

About

Paces

Easily calculate your running pace and predict finish times for various race distances. Save your preferred paces and distances for quick access during training.

Highlights
  • Calculate running pace
  • Predict finish times
  • Customizable race distances
  • Save preferred paces
  • Skip paces by the minute
Features
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What's your marathon time at a 7:30 pace? Your 5K? Paces answers instantly — no more Googling pace charts. Built by a runner, for runners. Pick a pace, and see your finish time for every race distance at a glance. Tap +1 or -1 minute to jump between paces, or fine-tune to the second. RACE DISTANCES • Track: 200m, 400m, 800m, 1K, 1500m, Mile, 2K, 3K • Road: 2 Mile, 5K, 6K, 8K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon • Custom distances in miles or kilometers — perfect for ultras or your favorite loop MILES OR KILOMETERS Switch between min/mile and min/km. See that a 4:15/km pace is a sub-3 hour marathon. SIMPLE AND PRIVATE • Remembers your last pace and distance • Dark mode • No account, no ads, no data collected Whether you're chasing a PR, planning race-day splits, or checking a goal time for your next half marathon, Paces makes the math effortless.

Screenshots

Bike Intervals4 screens
Paces4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Paces at Free against Bike Intervals's $4.99. Bike Intervals's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Paces is free to download; Bike Intervals costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Bike Intervals versus Paces: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBike IntervalsPaces
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNatalia OssipovaAustin Louden

In-app purchases

None

Bike Intervals

No in-app purchases

None

Paces

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bike Intervals free?
Bike Intervals costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paces free?
Paces is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bike Intervals or Paces have ads?
Neither Bike Intervals nor Paces shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bike Intervals or Paces?
Bike Intervals ships an update every 3 months, and Paces every 3 months. Most recently, Bike Intervals was updated on October 24, 2026 and Paces on October 14, 2026.

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