Comparison

Wandrer vs PaceVault

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

Head to head
About

Wandrer

An exploration game that rewards you for discovering new places. Track your journeys on a live map and earn points for every road you travel for the first time. Sync with other fitness apps to record your progress.

Highlights
  • Explore new roads and trails
  • Live map of traveled and untraveled routes
  • Record activities and track distance
  • View completion percentages for areas
  • Discover achievement areas for bonus points
  • Sync with Strava, Garmin, and RideWithGPS
Features
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Wandrer is an exploration game you win by going places you've never been. You get credit for every road you travel—but only once. The more you meander, the more points you earn. • See traveled and untraveled roads on a live map • Record activities and watch new distance count up as you go • Tap the map to see how much of any neighborhood, city, county, state, or country you've completed • Spot achievement areas on the map so you know where bonus points are waiting • Browse everything you've recorded, plus activities synced from Strava, Garmin, and RideWithGPS

About

PaceVault

Analyze your running history with best efforts, route matching, and lifetime trends. This private app provides insights into your personal records and wellness signals, all processed on your device.

Highlights
  • Best efforts and PR detection
  • Route matching and ranking
  • Year-over-year trend analysis
  • Wellness signal tracking
  • 100% on-device processing
  • No account or cloud required
Features
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Best-efforts records, matched routes, and lifetime trends — all on your iPhone, all private. PaceVault turns your fitness activity history into the analytics you've been missing. • Best efforts — every PR across every distance, auto-detected • Route matching — see every run of your favorite loop, ranked • Widgets! - Users have the option of six different widgets to show their activities on their iPhone homepage • Gear tracking — add your bikes and shoes and track their mileage automatically from your rides. Bikes support consumable parts with replacement reminders by distance or time. • Year-over-year trends across your whole history • Wellness signals gathered in one place — how you feel is yours to read • 100% on-device. No account, no cloud, nothing leaves your phone Free, forever. Every feature, for every user.

Screenshots

Wandrer4 screens
PaceVault4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wandrer at none against PaceVault's 3. Wandrer also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. PaceVault sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Wandrer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Wandrer against 5.0 for PaceVault. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Wandrer versus PaceVault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWandrerPaceVault
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB10 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperWandrerZACHARY THOMAS MULLEN

In-app purchases

None

Wandrer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

PaceVault

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Wandrer free?
Wandrer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PaceVault free?
PaceVault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Wandrer or PaceVault?
Wandrer and PaceVault are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Wandrer or PaceVault have ads?
Neither Wandrer nor PaceVault shows ads.

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