Comparison

onRun vs Blocks NYC

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

Head to head
About

onRun

Discover and organize your running activities, find local group runs, and connect with other runners. Share your progress and build your running community.

Highlights
  • Discover group runs and events
  • Organize runs in seconds
  • Connect with other runners
  • Auto-organized race history
  • Share running achievements
  • Build a runner profile
Features
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onRun is the social app for runners to automatically collect your past races, find group runs, and build community. Whether you want to train with real-time pace feedback, join local run clubs, or showcase your entire race history — onRun brings everything you need into one simple, clean app. AUTO-ORGANIZED RACES & PRs Showcase your entire athletic journey in one place. Automatically collect and organize your running history — including official races, memorable runs, streaks, FKTs (Fastest Known Times), future races, and even DNFs, if you wish. PACED RUNS WITH LIVE FEEDBACK Track your runs with real-time pace guidance. Get instant ahead/behind voice announcements and audio feedback, so you know exactly where you stand against your target pace without looking at your screen. Perfect for both races and daily training. FIND & JOIN GROUP RUNS Discover local group runs and events on an interactive map. Explore what is happening near you, get notified when new runs are organized nearby, and RSVP to connect with local running communities. ORGANIZE RUNS IN SECONDS Host a run in under 10 seconds using our map-based builder. Invite friends, share details easily, and build your local running crew. CONNECT WITH RUNNERS Build your personal runner profile and claim your clean handle (onrun.com/@yourname) to share with anyone. Follow friends to cheer them on, message runners directly, and stay connected with your local running network. Built for runners, by runners. Whether you are a beginner looking for running buddies, a marathoner training for your next PR, or a running club organizer — onRun helps you find your people and run more, together. Download onRun today. Never run alone.

About

Blocks NYC

Track your exploration of New York City by walking streets and completing blocks. The app automatically records your progress, allowing you to see how much of the city you've covered and discover new places.

Highlights
  • Automatic street tracking
  • Block completion fills map permanently
  • Per-neighborhood progress tracking
  • Discover local businesses
  • Connect with friends on leaderboards
  • Integrate with Apple Health
Features
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How much of New York have you actually walked? Blocks answers that. Put your phone in your pocket and start walking — every street you cover lights up on your map. Walk all the way around a block, every side, and the whole block fills in. It's yours for good. There's no streak to keep and nothing to lose. Your map only ever grows. HOW IT WORKS • Start a walk, or let Blocks pick it up automatically in the background • Streets light up as you walk them — phone stays in your pocket • Cover every side of a block and it fills in permanently • Walk one side today and the rest next month, it all still counts • 33,114 real blocks across all five boroughs, traced from actual NYC intersections EXPLORE NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD • Per-neighborhood progress, so you find out you're 40% through the East Village • Neighborhood cards rank where to go next based on what you haven't seen • Restaurant, cafe, and bar picks sitting on blocks you've never set foot on • Rate the places you go and build a real record of your city • See your whole New York at a glance — every street you've ever walked • Climb from Tourist to True New Yorker as your block count grows CLIMB THE LEADERBOARD WITH FRIENDS • Neighborhood leaderboards — find out who really knows the East Village • Leaderboards count blocks you actually walked. No shortcuts. • Invite a friend to walk a neighborhood together • Follow friends and watch the neighborhoods they're filling in • Add Tastemakers, people whose taste you trust, and their favorite spots rise to the top of your recommendations • Share your map as an image any time you want to show it off ALREADY TRACK YOUR RUNS? Connect Apple Health and the runs and walks you already record get added to your map automatically. Your route never leaves your phone. YOUR MAP IS YOURS • Your profile is private unless you choose to make it public • You control what friends and followers can see • Location is used to credit the streets you walk. It is never sold. Blocks is for the people who take the long way home — who pick a direction, see where it goes, and measure the city in footsteps. Start walking. Your first block is one trip outside away.

Screenshots

onRun4 screens
Blocks NYC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Blocks NYC at weekly against onRun's monthly. Blocks NYC also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for onRun against 5.0 for Blocks NYC. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 19 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

onRun ships an update monthly, Blocks NYC weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
onRun versus Blocks NYC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteronRunBlocks NYC
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (31 ratings)5.0 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings31 — better19
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB117 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperonRun Inc.Traversal Labs, Inc.

Customer experience

onRun

All ratings31 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Blocks NYC

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

onRun

No in-app purchases

None

Blocks NYC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is onRun free?
onRun is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blocks NYC free?
Blocks NYC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, onRun or Blocks NYC?
onRun and Blocks NYC are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 31 and 19 ratings respectively.
Do onRun or Blocks NYC have ads?
Neither onRun nor Blocks NYC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, onRun or Blocks NYC?
onRun ships an update monthly, and Blocks NYC weekly. Most recently, onRun was updated on October 8, 2026 and Blocks NYC on October 24, 2026.

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