FitHero vs OnPace Running
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FitHero
Plan and track your gym workouts with detailed exercise logs, video demonstrations, and personalized routine generation. Measure your progress, build healthy habits, and achieve your fitness goals with this intuitive and ad-free application.
- Log workouts, exercises, sets, and reps
- 400+ exercises with video demonstrations
- Create custom routines and add exercises
- Personalized workout generation
- Progress statistics and 1RM estimates
- Sync with Apple Health
- Customizable rest timer
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Free to use and with no ads, FitHero lets you plan & track your workouts, measure progress, learn new exercises, and reach your fitness goals. Simple and intuitive to use, FitHero is perfect for expert weightlifters & bodybuilders, as well as amateurs just starting out. Choose from a variety of pre-made routines, or create your own from scratch with over 400 exercises. Every exercise includes a video demo, so you can see exactly how it’s done. You can also add custom exercises and modify your routines however you see fit. Use FitHero to get stronger and build a healthy lifestyle. Focus on your workouts and let the app take care of the rest. Give FitHero a try for free! FITHERO - FEATURES & BENEFITS ---------------------------------------------- • No ads • Start logging workouts right away with just a few clicks • Log workout, exercises, sets & reps • Supersets, tri-sets and giant sets • Add notes to your workouts • 400+ exercises with video instructions for each of them • We can generate personalized workouts for you based on your goals, fitness level, and available equipment • Access pre-made plans & routines like StrongLifts, 5/3/1, Push Pull Legs, and more popular and proven programs for every fitness level • Create your own routines & add custom exercises to your workouts • Weekly plans • See progress statistics for every exercise • Get estimates for your 1-rep maximum (1RM) and the number of repetitions you can perform at various weights • Customizable rest timer for in-between sets • Sync with Apple Health to track your weight & body fat percentage • Streak system to see your best and current streaks • Copy and duplicate your previous workouts • See all previous workouts on the calendar • Use kg or lb, km or miles • Mark sets as warm-up, drop sets or failure for advance tracking • Dark mode • Backup and restore your data PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP - WHAT’S INCLUDED? ----------------------------------------------------------------- • Supersets, tri-sets and giant sets • Chart tracking for all exercises • Unlimited routines • Unlimited video views • Unlimited rest timer • Unlimited workout generation • Sync body measurements with Apple Health • Ability to mark sets as warm-up, drop sets or failure • Unlimited workout exercise notes • All new premium features ----------------------------------------------------------------- Pricing: • Monthly auto-renew subscription ($5.99 / month) • Quarterly auto-renew subscription ($12.99 / quarter) • Yearly auto-renew subscription ($39.99 / year) These prices are for customers in the United States and may vary depending on your iTunes Account settings. If you will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. Terms of Service: https://fithero.app/terms-of-service Privacy policy: https://fithero.app/privacy-policy
OnPace Running
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Run by effort, not guesswork. OnPace is a heart-rate-first running app built to keep the signal that matters most in view. Connect a compatible Bluetooth heart-rate sensor, choose an outdoor or indoor run, and see your current heart rate, training zone, time in zone, duration, distance, and pace in a focused live screen. FEATURES • Live heart rate from devices that broadcast the standard Bluetooth Heart Rate service • Five configurable heart-rate zones based on your maximum heart rate • Clear zone guidance and time-in-zone tracking during every run • Outdoor GPS distance, pace, and route recording • Indoor run mode without GPS • Live Activity support for the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Run summaries, local history, and training statistics • Optional export of completed workouts, heart-rate samples, distance, and routes to Apple Health • Runs can continue if the heart-rate signal is interrupted PRIVATE BY DESIGN OnPace has no account, advertising, analytics, or tracking. Run history and preferences stay on your device. Data is shared only when you choose Apple Health export or use the system Share sheet. OnPace is not a medical device. Heart-rate zones are estimates and can be adjusted in Settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OnPace Running at none against FitHero's 8. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. FitHero sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. OnPace Running asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | FitHero | OnPace Running |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (186 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 186 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 209 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FitHero, LLC | paul zogmann |
Bugs and requests
FitHero
Reported bugs
6 issues- Cannot scroll down enough to add exercises when editing
- Routine not saving when changing days
- Bug that resets reps to 8
- Cannot report bugs
- Latest update broke routine history and logging
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- Cannot copy workouts to different days
Requested features
12 requests- Add Apple Watch app
- Add home screen widgets
- Link to Apple Health app
- Add goals function (weight goals/targets)
- Lifetime purchase option
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- Native iPad app
- Add dark app icon theme
- Add supersets feature
- Add negative weight option
- Add incline level on treadmill
- More exercises to reduce custom additions
- Ability to copy workouts to different days
OnPace Running
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FitHero
- Premium membership (weekly)$1.997 Days
- Premium membership (monthly)2 variants$5.991 Month
- Premium membership (quarterly)$12.993 Months
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- Premium membership (yearly)$29.991 Year
- Premium membership (yearly)$39.991 Year
- Premium membership (yearly)1 Year trial$39.991 Year
- Premium membership (yearly)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
OnPace Running
No in-app purchases









