Comparison

Run the Realm vs RunStation

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

Head to head
About

Run the Realm

Embark on an audio adventure where your runs, walks, or bike rides power a fantasy narrative. Earn ability points to customize your hero, unlock new quests weekly, and integrate your own music playlist into an epic story of saving a medieval kingdom.

Highlights
  • Audio-driven fantasy adventure
  • Integrates personal music playlists
  • Character customization and leveling
  • Walk, run, or bike support
  • Weekly new quest unlocks
  • Multiple character classes
Features
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Take your workout into a whole new world. Run, walk, or bike your way to glory as you mix your music playlist with an immersive fantasy adventure. Unlock new skills and characters and unravel the mysterious forces attacking a medieval kingdom. GREETINGS, ISLANDER After an otherworldly attack, you and a disgraced knight barely escape with your lives. Your city is destroyed. Your world is under attack. And if you have any hope of surviving, you need to do one thing: RUN! YOU’RE THE HERO Become the star of an epic tale of knights and mages, warlords and kings. Run from disaster, battle your enemies, and save the realm from a terrible force. Play the first quest for free immediately and unlock a new quest every week. UNLOCK A WHOLE NEW WORLD Upgrade to a Premium subscription to unlock every quest for unlimited play, along with extra features: granular tracking of personal records, premium Bard content, and an ad-free experience. YOUR MUSIC, OUR STORY Start your music playlist (on your phone or any streaming service) before running: the story unfolds in between your tracks. WALK, RUN, OR BIKE YOUR WAY TO GLORY Run the Realm works anywhere and at any speed. Go for a leisurely stroll, an easy jog, or a mad sprint -- your companion will match your pace and encourage you every step of the way! BUILD YOUR CHARACTER Every time you run, you’ll earn ability points that you can use to build and customize your hero. Choose a class -- Knight, Mage, or Thief -- and and level up to unravel the mystery and save the world! Privacy Policy: https://liviagames.com/privacypolicy/ End User License Agreement: https://liviagames.com/eula/

About

RunStation

Features
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RunStation turns any training session into a full race-style breakdown: every station time, every run split, your ROXZONE, your total — on your wrist, with your phone in the locker. THE FULL BREAKDOWN, EVERY SESSION Per-station times. Per-run splits. Heart rate across the whole hour with the hard parts marked. Transitions totalled as ROXZONE. The kind of report you get on race day, from a Tuesday in the gym. ROXZONE, MEASURED Transitions decide finish times. RunStation times every one — from the moment you stop to the moment you start again — and totals them the way the race does. RESULTS AS A RULER Search any name across 330+ races and over a million finishes. Every split is placed against the field for that division, gender and age group, so a station time reads as a position instead of just a number. Start lists come ranked, with nationality and age group. Race data comes from a public dataset, updated weekly. BUILD THE SESSION YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING Any combination of the eight race stations and 17 training movements. Distance or time goals per segment, rounds, free reordering. The full race is built in as a template. OR DON'T PLAN AT ALL Start on the watch with nothing loaded and pick each station as you walk up to it. Class rotations, open gym, anything improvised — the same breakdown comes out. THE WATCH DOES THE WORK The watch knows what's next and what's left, counts down your goals, and keeps timing the parts you'd never track yourself. REAL NUMBERS FROM THE MACHINE SkiErg, rower and bike connect over Bluetooth and report their own distance, straight into your splits. YOURS TO KEEP Everything writes to Apple Health. Counts stay editable after the fact. Any plan or result goes out as a whiteboard card — the way it would look written on the gym wall. MOTION LAB (optional) If you opt in, RunStation shares the motion sensor data from your workouts so movement recognition can be improved. No name, no email, no location — a random ID only, and you can turn it off at any time. RunStation is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by HYROX or Upsolut Sports AG.

Screenshots

Run the Realm3 screens
RunStation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RunStation at none against Run the Realm's 4. RunStation also leads on ads (none vs shown). Run the Realm's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence 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. Run the Realm sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. RunStation asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Run the Realm ships an update every 9 days, RunStation every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Run the Realm versus RunStation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRun the RealmRunStation
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB8 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperLivia Games LLC益平 林

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Run the Realm

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Premium$19.991 Year
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  • Premium Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year
None

RunStation

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Run the Realm free?
Run the Realm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RunStation free?
RunStation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Run the Realm or RunStation have ads?
Run the Realm shows ads; RunStation does not.
Which is updated more often, Run the Realm or RunStation?
Run the Realm ships an update every 9 days, and RunStation every 4 days. Most recently, Run the Realm was updated on October 24, 2026 and RunStation on October 18, 2026.

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