Comparison

SUMRY vs Runbuds

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

Head to head
About

SUMRY

This app transforms your Apple Health data into insightful overviews of your activities and achievements. Relive your workouts and trips with detailed summaries, including route maps and calorie totals. Unlock advanced features and customization with an optional subscription.

Highlights
  • HealthKit data summarization
  • Workout and trip overviews
  • Route mapping for activities
  • Activity ring insights
  • Customizable summaries
  • Widgets for home and lock screen
Features
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SUMRY helps you turn your Apple HealthKit data into clear, meaningful overviews. Whether you’re training, traveling, or simply curious about your daily activity – SUMRY shows you where you’ve been and what you’ve achieved. Create Summaries to explore your data in ways Apple’s Health app doesn’t: • Totals at a glance: calories, steps, and distance across workouts or custom time ranges • Activity ring insights: more detail than Apple’s standard views • Maps of your routes: see all your workouts combined – runs, bike rides, hikes, city strolls and more SUMRY is more than a fitness tracker – it’s a way to relive experiences. Look back on your vacation walks, discover which parts of a city you explored, or compare how much you ran this year versus last. SUMRY+ UNLOCKS MORE • Auto-Update Summaries in the background • Home and Lockscreen widgets • Filter workout types when creating Summaries • Focus on workout-only health data (steps, distance) • Organize with folders • Compare two Summaries directly • Extra details like daily averages & extended activity ring breakdowns SUMRY is free to use with no limit on the number of Summaries. If you’d like more control and insights, SUMRY+ is available – and by upgrading, you also support further development by a solo indie developer. ABOUT SUMRY & HEALTHKIT SUMRY integrates with Apple’s Health app to read and summarize your HealthKit data.
The app never writes data, never shares it, and all processing happens locally on your device. Your health data stays 100% private. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Runbuds

This app allows you to run with friends in real-time, seeing each other's avatars on a virtual track. It includes a run tracker with lock screen support, group relay challenges, and detailed performance statistics with shareable visualizations.

Highlights
  • Real-time avatar tracking
  • Live lock screen activities
  • Group relay challenges
  • Detailed run statistics
  • Shareable run visualizations
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Runbuds is the social running app that is truly built for your friends first. /// THE TRACK /// ・ Your avatar moves around a physical track ・ Your friends move around the track with you ・ Pass (or get passed oh no !!!) by your friends /// LOG RUNS /// Our run tracker lets you choose between: ・ An in-app full screen view ・ Live activities on your lock screen /// GROUP RELAYS /// Run towards a shared goal: ・ Set a total distance target ・ Set a timeframe ・ Add your friends to the Relay ・ Run run run run run !!! /// BEAUTIFUL STATS & VISUALS /// ・ See beautiful visualizations of your past runs ・ Sort by date, pace, distance, or difficulty ・ Share images of your runs with your friends /// GET IN TOUCH /// ・ Hit us up with ANY feedback or requests !!! ・ Contact support@runbuds.app

Screenshots

SUMRY4 screens
Runbuds3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Runbuds at none against SUMRY's 5. Runbuds also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (69 vs 5). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. SUMRY sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Runbuds asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for SUMRY against 4.8 for Runbuds. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Runbuds has 69 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of SUMRY's written reviews are positive against 96% of Runbuds's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SUMRY ships an update every 5 weeks, Runbuds every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SUMRY versus Runbuds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSUMRYRunbuds
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings)4.8 (69 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better96.3% of reviews
Number of ratings569 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarcel EichhornLight Nudge

Customer experience

SUMRY

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Runbuds

All ratings64 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive96.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.7%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

SUMRY

Subscriptions2
  • SUMRY+ (monthly)$0.991 Month
  • SUMRY+ (yearly)$8.991 Year
One-time3
  • Remove ads$1.99
  • SUMRY+ (Lifetime)$14.99
  • SUMRY+ (Lifetime)$17.99
None

Runbuds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SUMRY free?
SUMRY is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Runbuds free?
Runbuds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SUMRY or Runbuds?
Runbuds is rated higher. SUMRY averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Runbuds averages 4.8 from 69 ratings.
Do SUMRY or Runbuds have ads?
Neither SUMRY nor Runbuds shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SUMRY or Runbuds?
SUMRY ships an update every 5 weeks, and Runbuds every 2 days. Most recently, SUMRY was updated on October 24, 2026 and Runbuds on October 24, 2026.

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