Comparison

MyWeight Assistant vs PaceBuddy

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

Head to head
About

MyWeight Assistant

Track your weight changes and body measurements with this app. Document progress with daily or weekly weigh-ins, monitor BMI, and visualize your success with clear historical data and graphical views. Set goals and receive reminders to stay motivated on your fitness journey.

Highlights
  • Track daily/weekly weigh-ins
  • Monitor BMI, body fat, muscle mass
  • Set target weight and time period
  • Compare body measurements and photos
  • Statistical and graphical views
  • Daily/weekly reminders
  • Import/export data to Apple Health
Features
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See your progress, not just a number: MyWeight Assistant keeps your weight history, BMI and body measurements in one place – day after day. Log your weight in seconds, set a target, watch the curve. Add body fat, muscle mass and measurements to see what is really changing, even on the days the scale stands still. FEATURES • Log your weight daily or weekly, with a clear history • Current BMI (body mass index) and a smoothed average curve • Set a target weight and a time frame, then track your progress • Statistics and charts for weight, BMI and body measurements • Save charts as an image and share them • Daily or weekly weigh-in reminders • Apple Health: import and export your weight data • CSV import and export • Simple, uncluttered handling WITH MYWEIGHT PREMIUM • No ads • Automatic cloud backup – daily, weekly or monthly – and restore on a new device • Track body fat percentage and muscle mass alongside your weight • Measure neck, chest, upper arms, waist, hips, thighs and more, and compare photos • Multiple profiles on one device, for the whole family • Passcode lock at launch: six-digit code, Face ID or Touch ID MyWeight Assistant can sync your weight data with the Apple Health app. MyWeight Assistant uses the default Health app on your iPhone to display your existing weight data and store new weight data. Therefore, MyWeight Assistant will ask for read and write access to your weight data. Terms of use: https://langsoftware.de/?page_id=272 and Privacy policy: https://langsoftware.de/?page_id=233 Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.

About

PaceBuddy

This app acts as a personal running coach, allowing you to race against your past performances on familiar routes. It provides real-time feedback on your pace and distance, with advanced features for accurate tracking on varied terrain and integration with smartwatches.

Highlights
  • Race against past runs or personal bests
  • Live ahead/behind pace feedback
  • Falling-behind alerts (vibration, beep, spoken)
  • Accurate distance and elevation tracking
  • Calorie calculation with climbing cost
  • Apple Watch standalone workouts
Features
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Everyone has a route they do over and over — the same loop, the same hill, the same trail. PaceBuddy is built on one idea: on that route, the only pace worth chasing is your own. It replays your last run beside you, second by second, and tells you whether you're ahead or behind and by how far. Race your last attempt, or your best. RACE YOURSELF, NOT A STRANGER • Live ahead/behind against your own past run on the same route • Choose your last run or your personal best as the target • Works even if you start the loop from a different point each day • Falling-behind alerts by vibration, beep, or spoken callout • Distance announcements at every kilometre or mile • Lap splits with distance, time, pace and calories BUILT FOR REAL TERRAIN • Elevation from the barometer, not GPS altitude — far more accurate on hills • Distance from GPS Doppler speed with step-based stride calibration, so it holds up under tree cover and on switchbacks • Calories that account for the metabolic cost of climbing, not just distance • Heart-rate zones when you wear an Apple Watch APPLE WATCH, WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR IPHONE • Standalone workouts — leave the phone at home • Create routes on your wrist; they sync back automatically • Live heart rate and heart-rate zones • Lap splits and alerts on the watch too PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads — ever • No subscription. One purchase, yours forever • No account, no sign-up, no tracking, no analytics • No third-party SDKs PaceBuddy has no servers and makes no network connections. Your workouts, routes and settings stay on your devices — aside from heart-rate and workout data you choose to sync through Apple Health. TRY IT FIRST PaceBuddy is free for 14 days, with everything unlocked. After that, a single one-time purchase keeps it. No subscription, no renewal, and the workouts you recorded stay readable either way. A NOTE ON HOW IT WORKS Pace coaching compares you to your own history on a given route, so it appears from your second workout on that route onward — a first run has nothing to race yet. Workouts under 100 m are treated as accidental starts and discarded.

Screenshots

MyWeight Assistant4 screens
PaceBuddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PaceBuddy at 5.0 against MyWeight Assistant's 4.0. PaceBuddy also leads on ads (none vs shown). MyWeight Assistant's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. MyWeight Assistant sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and PaceBuddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PaceBuddy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyWeight Assistant has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MyWeight Assistant versus PaceBuddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyWeight AssistantPaceBuddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (11 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastian LangShahab Karimi

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MyWeight Assistant

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription Premium$1.991 Month
  • Year Subscription Premium$9.991 Year
1 purchases

PaceBuddy

One-time1
  • Unlock PaceBuddy$6.99

Questions

Is MyWeight Assistant free?
MyWeight Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PaceBuddy free?
PaceBuddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MyWeight Assistant or PaceBuddy?
PaceBuddy is rated higher. MyWeight Assistant averages 4.0 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while PaceBuddy averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do MyWeight Assistant or PaceBuddy have ads?
MyWeight Assistant shows ads; PaceBuddy does not.

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