Comparison

Personal Best vs First 5k Coach

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

Head to head
About

Personal Best

Log and celebrate your fitness achievements across various activities. Visualize progress with charts, create custom activities, and stay motivated by connecting with friends or groups. Personalize your experience with custom profiles and colors.

Highlights
  • Track personal bests for any activity
  • Visualize progress with charts
  • Create custom activities and categories
  • Join groups for motivation and competition
  • Customize profiles, colors, and icons
Features
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Achieve New Personal Bests with Ease! Personal Best - Record Tracker is the ultimate fitness companion for tracking your achievements and celebrating your progress across a wide range of activities. From intense weightlifting sessions to marathon training, track your milestones, set new goals, and stay motivated like never before! Key Features: - Track Your Personal Bests: Log and manage your records for any activity, from running and swimming to lifting and cycling. Set personal goals and watch as your achievements grow over time. - Visualize Your Progress: Monitor your fitness journey with interactive line charts and detailed lists that bring your progress to life. Quickly identify areas for improvement and celebrate how far you’ve come. - Create Custom Activities: Tailor your experience by adding personalized activities and categories. Personalize your tracking to suit your unique fitness journey, whether for gym routines, outdoor adventures, or sports. - Stay Motivated with Groups: Join forces with friends or fitness groups to support each other’s progress. Share goals, compare achievements, and fuel friendly competition for added motivation. - Express Yourself: Make Personal Best your own with customizable profiles, colors, icons, and categories. Personalize your app to match your style, energy, and fitness goals. Why Personal Best? Our app is designed to empower your fitness journey, whether you’re just starting out or pushing your limits. Track your personal records, connect with a community, and discover the motivation to keep improving. Share feedback and ideas with us to help make the app even better for you and the entire fitness community! Ready to push your boundaries and track your best moments? Download Personal Best - Record Tracker now and start your journey towards new personal records today! Terms of use: https://personal-best.app/terms

About

First 5k Coach

Features
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Go from the couch to running 5K in nine weeks. First 5K is a friendly running coach for real beginners. Three short workouts a week mix walking and running, building up bit by bit until you can run 30 minutes without stopping. A COACH IN YOUR EAR - Spoken cues tell you when to run and when to walk - Chimes and a 3-2-1 countdown at every switch - Vibration cues, too - Keeps coaching with your screen locked - Music gets quieter while the coach talks; podcasts pause so you don't miss a word SEE YOUR PROGRESS - All 27 workouts laid out week by week - Distance and pace with GPS - Notes after each run: how did it feel? - Encouragement at halfway and at the finish - Optional Bible verse encouragement PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your runs and notes stay on your phone. Back them up to a file whenever you like. Walk and run at a pace where you could still talk, and repeat any week you need. Talk with your doctor before starting if you have health concerns.

Screenshots

Personal Best4 screens
First 5k Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: First 5k Coach at none against Personal Best's 3. First 5k Coach also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Personal Best sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. First 5k Coach asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Personal Best versus First 5k Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPersonal BestFirst 5k Coach
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKlaus BrandnerSAMUEL JAMES ROYS

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Personal Best

Subscriptions2
  • Personal Best Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Personal Best Pro 1 Year Plan$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • Personal Best Pro$12.99
None

First 5k Coach

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Personal Best free?
Personal Best is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is First 5k Coach free?
First 5k Coach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Personal Best or First 5k Coach have ads?
Personal Best shows ads; First 5k Coach does not.

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