Basic Jogger vs Run Along
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Basic Jogger
Easily track your jogging sessions with this straightforward app. It offers pause/resume functionality, detailed charts and statistics, and the ability to export your data. Switch between miles and kilometers effortlessly, with all data stored locally on your device.
- Pause and resume sessions
- Charts and statistics
- Export session data
- Switch between miles and kilometers
- No account creation
- Local data storage
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Track your jogging sessions in a simple way. No accessories required. • Easily PAUSE and RESUME a session. • Get insights with CHARTS and STATISTICS. • EXPORT your sessions for analysis in a spreadsheet. • Quickly switch between MILES and KILOMETERS. • NO ACCOUNT creation. Data is stored only on your device. Translations provided by: juncotranslations.com (Japanese) Mei-Chen Chen (Chinese)
Run Along
Track your runs with automatic start/stop, monitor pace, distance, and time. Set personalized distance goals and visualize your progress with simple graphs and home screen widgets. Share achievements with friends and receive weekly summaries.
- Automatic start and stop detection
- Pace, distance, and time monitoring
- Apple Health sync
- Personalized distance goals
- Home screen widgets
- Weekly, monthly, yearly stats
- Social sharing with friends
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▶ Full Featured Run Tracker - Automatic start and stop detection - Monitor your pace, distance, and time - Seamless sync with Apple Health - Share your achievements right to Instagram - Use the Live Activity for real-time updates ▶ Simple Progress Tracking - Weekly, monthly, and yearly stats - Visualize your consistency with the weekly grid ▶ Distance Goals - Personalize your running targets: weekly, monthly, yearly - Convenient in-app and widget tracking for simple goal management ▶ Simple but better graphs - Insights from your historical progress - Effortlessly align your efforts with your goals ▶ Home Screen Widgets - Monitor your progress with the activity grid - Display weekly, monthly, and yearly distances - Track all your distance goals on the home screen ▶ On-the-Run with Friends - Share your latest runs and achievements with friends - Motivate each other with emoji reactions ▶ Notifications - Receive comprehensive weekly summaries - Explore detailed monthly statistics - Celebrate your year in review - Get timely goal reminders to stay on track --- Terms of Use: https://runalong.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Basic Jogger at none against Run Along's 2. Basic Jogger also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). Run Along's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads 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. Run Along sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Basic Jogger asks for nothing beyond the download.
Basic Jogger ships an update every 3 months, Run Along every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basic Jogger | Run Along |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Allan Juenemann | Appiculous UG (haftungsbeschraenkt) |
Customer experience
Basic Jogger
Run Along
In-app purchases
Basic Jogger
No in-app purchases
Run Along
- Athlete (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Athlete (Yearly)3 Days trial$8.991 Year
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