Comparison

EveryStride vs Run Diary

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

Head to head
About

EveryStride

Features
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EveryStride turns your Apple Watch and HealthKit running data into clear, actionable insights — without recording a single run itself. Connect once, and EveryStride automatically imports every run from Apple Watch, Strava, Nike Run Club, Garmin, and any app that saves workouts to Apple Health. Then it gets to work. DASHBOARD AT A GLANCE Your Home tab is a living dashboard — weekly goal progress rings, training load gauge, running streaks, and personalized recommendations all update as you run. See your last run's full stats including distance, pace, elevation, and heart rate right at the top. TRAINING LOAD (ACWR) A sports-science metric used by professional coaches, now in your pocket. EveryStride calculates your Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio — comparing your last 7 days of training to your 28-day average — and tells you if you're in the sweet spot, undertraining, or at risk of overtraining. PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS Based on your training load, streaks, goals, and recent activity, EveryStride generates up to 3 prioritized suggestions each day: target distances for next week, overtraining warnings, goal catch-up nudges, and rest day reminders. WEEKLY & MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS Automatic, detailed summaries generated every week and month. See your run count, total distance, pace trends, personal records, and how you compare to the previous period — all with change indicators. ALL TIME STATS Premium users can view stats across their entire running history with year-by-year filtering. See your all-time records, averages, and trends. RICH CHARTS & STATISTICS Weekly Comparison, Weekly Breakdown, Monthly Distance, Pace Trend, Cardio Trend (pace + HR + elevation + resting HR), and Run Type Split charts give you deep insight into your training. CALENDAR HEATMAP Browse every month with color-coded day cells — green for outdoor, blue for indoor. Tap any day to see full run details. HOME SCREEN WIDGET A medium-size widget shows your weekly progress, goal rings, and streak count. FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE Toggle any card or chart on or off. Set weekly distance and time goals. Choose metric or imperial. Make EveryStride yours. PRIVACY FIRST EveryStride only reads your data — it never writes to HealthKit. Your workouts stay on your device and sync via iCloud. No accounts, no tracking, no ads. --- EveryStride Premium (one-time purchase) unlocks unlimited run history, All Time stats with year filtering, and all charts. Free users get the full feature set with the last month of data. Previously known as Askel. Love cycling? EveryRide — the same great analytics for your rides — is coming soon.

About

Run Diary

This app transforms running into a mindful journey by tracking miles, emotions, and gratitude. Create photo collages, log reflections, and visualize progress with a calendar dashboard. Receive daily motivation and weekly achievements to foster growth and joy.

Highlights
  • Automatic run import
  • Photo collage creation
  • Gratitude tracking
  • Mood and weather logging
  • Post-run journaling
  • Calendar visualization
  • Weekly achievement summaries
Features
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Run Diary is a running journal. It records the run, then asks the better question: how did it feel? Your runs arrive on their own from Apple Health. What you add to them is the part that lasts. WHAT YOU ADD A note written while it's still fresh. How the run felt, in a tap. The weather. What you were grateful for. Photos from the road. WHAT YOU GET BACK A calendar of your month, and what you ran and wrote. A collage of your photos, grouped by month. A word cloud built from the things you've been grateful for. A weekly view that shows the shape of your week at a glance. A quote each morning, if you want one. FROM APPLE HEALTH Run Diary imports your running workouts automatically — from your Watch, or any app that writes to Apple Health. It only reads your workouts. It never writes anything back. You can also log a run by hand, including a second run on the same day. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your entries, photos and reflections stay on your phone. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no account to create. ALSO INSIDE Miles or kilometres. Choose which day starts your week. A daily inspiration reminder you can turn off.

Screenshots

EveryStride4 screens
Run Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Run Diary at none against EveryStride's 1. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. EveryStride sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Run Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EveryStride ships an update every 3 days, Run Diary every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
EveryStride versus Run Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEveryStrideRun Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPragmaTecGlen Bentley

In-app purchases

1 purchases

EveryStride

One-time1
  • Premium$4.99
None

Run Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EveryStride free?
EveryStride is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Run Diary free?
Run Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EveryStride or Run Diary have ads?
Neither EveryStride nor Run Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EveryStride or Run Diary?
EveryStride ships an update every 3 days, and Run Diary every 4 days. Most recently, EveryStride was updated on October 19, 2026 and Run Diary on October 25, 2026.

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