Carry Forward vs Run This
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Carry Forward
This app helps participants in a specific 5K fundraising event track their progress, manage their donation pages, and communicate with supporters. It offers tools for individual fundraisers and squad leaders to maximize their efforts and engage donors.
- Track fundraising progress
- Receive donation notifications
- Manage fundraising page
- Share QR code for donations
- Email and text contacts for donations
- Share progress on social media
- Squad leader tools
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Make the most of your fundraising with the Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) Carry Forward 5K® mobile app! With this app, Carry Forward 5K participants can: - Track your fundraising progress - Receive notifications when new donations come in - Manage and update your fundraising page - Share a QR code so others can donate to your page - Text and email your contacts to ask for donations - Share progress updates to Facebook and LinkedIn - Squad leaders only: Manage your squad, track your squad's progress, and communicate with squad members And much more! Please note: The Carry Forward mobile app is intended for current registrants of the WWP Carry Forward 5K. If you haven't registered yet, please visit wwpcarryforward.org to register today.
Run This
This app connects race organizers and athletes, offering tools for seamless event management and a social platform for discovering races, building calendars, and engaging with a community. It simplifies race organization and helps athletes stay connected.
- Seamless event management
- Athlete race discovery
- Community engagement tools
- Push notifications
- Race calendar building
- Event day management
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FIND YOUR NEXT CHALLENGE. FIND YOUR PEOPLE. RUN THIS. There's always a next challenge out there. Run This helps you find it, then chase it with your whole crew behind you. Built by runners and race directors, Run This puts your next race, your friends, and your results in one app. Find what's next, plan ahead, and never miss a start. DISCOVER YOUR NEXT RACE From your first 5K to your next ultra, find road races, trail runs, triathlons, and club meetups near you. Search by distance, date, and location, and turn up events you didn't even know were happening down the street. BUILD YOUR CALENDAR Save the races you want, track the ones you've signed up for, and see them all in one place. Set your goals, count down to race day, and always know what's next. FIND YOUR PEOPLE Running is better with other people. Follow friends, see which races they're doing, and line up next to them on race day. Jump into the posts, comments, and chats, and stay close to your local running scene. NEVER MISS A START Push notifications keep you current. New races, friend activity, schedule changes, and start-time reminders land right on your phone. When something moves, you'll know. ARE YOU A RACE DIRECTOR? Run This is a full event platform too. And honestly, we're the best in the market: *Event pages and fast, simple checkout *Push notifications, targeted emails, and event comments to reach every athlete *Volunteer coordination and the Director Message Board *Race-day tools for check-ins, bibs, and merch, from your phone or computer *Live results, all in one place List your race, fill your field, and run a better event day. BUILT BY THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE COMMUNITY Run This was made by a runner and race director who knows both sides of the start line. Whether you're racing or putting on the race, it's built to help you show up and push harder. Your next start line is waiting. Download Run This and go chase it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Run This at 100% against Carry Forward's 40%. Run This also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Carry Forward's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (251 vs 5). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Run This holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Carry Forward has 251 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Carry Forward's written reviews are positive against 100% of Run This's.
Carry Forward ships an update every 5 months, Run This every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Carry Forward | Run This |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (251 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 251 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wounded Warrior Project, Inc. | Run This, LLC |
Customer experience
Carry Forward
Run This
In-app purchases
Carry Forward
No in-app purchases
Run This
No in-app purchases









