Comparison

Map My Run GPS Running Tracker vs Pressure

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

Head to head
About

Map My Run GPS Running Tracker

This app helps runners of all levels track their runs, map routes, and improve performance with personalized training plans and real-time stats. It offers community motivation, challenges, and seamless integration with wearables and health apps.

Highlights
  • GPS tracking for distance, pace, and calories
  • Customizable training plans for various distances
  • Real-time audio feedback during runs
  • Wearable and health app synchronization
  • Community challenges and social sharing
  • Route saving and discovery
Features
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Map My Run: Your Ultimate Running Tracker App, Built for All Runners Take your running to the next level with the most complete Running Tracker app. Whether you're a beginner starting your first jog or an experienced athlete preparing for a marathon, this Running Tracker gives you the tools to hit your goals. Log every run, get customizable Training Plans, and real-time stats across outdoor runs, treadmill workouts, and everything in between. With personalized coaching tips and community motivation, this isn’t just another running app, it’s your all-in-one Running Tracker. Now with Form Coaching tips for Garmin users to improve your form and performance. TRUSTED BY 100M+ RUNNERS WORLDWIDE - Named Top 10 Apps for Runners – The Guardian - Featured in NY Times, TIME, Wired & TechCrunch - Voted Best Running App Readers' Choice on About.com TRACK, MAP & IMPROVE EVERY RUN - Use GPS to track running distance, pace, elevation, and calories - Works as a mile tracker, jogging tracker, and treadmill tracker - Track 600+ activities including walking, cycling, yoga, gym, and more - Accurate indoor stats with step-counting and treadmill tracking with cadence updates - Get audio feedback in real-time: distance, duration, pace, and heart rate - Save routes and discover new places to run nearby or while traveling Whether you're indoors or out, the Running Tracker app gives you full control of your stats. PERSONALIZED TRAINING PLANS FOR EVERY RUNNER Train with purpose using expert-backed plans: - Adaptive coaching for 5K runners, 10K runners, half marathon training, and full marathon training - Set custom goals with your personal run trainer - Real-time feedback to help improve endurance and performance - Ideal for structured interval running and pace control - Whether it's weight loss, speed, or distance, this Run Tracker adapts to your goal Let your iPhone become your personal running coach and training partner. SEAMLESS DEVICE SYNC & WEARABLE SUPPORT - Sync your Running Tracker with Garmin, Apple Watch, and other wearables - Connect Bluetooth devices and HR monitors - Monitor your progress across apps like Apple Health - Perfect for both outdoor training and indoor treadmill workouts This Running Tracker works wherever and however you train. MOTIVATION THROUGH COMMUNITY & CHALLENGES - Find friends & join a global community of runners and share your progress - Compete in virtual challenges, earn achievements, and share workouts on your favorite social networks. - Use Live Tracking so friends can follow your run in real time and keep you safe. - Follow other runners, get inspired, and celebrate milestones Whether you’re a solo runner or part of a team, the Running Tracker community keeps you moving. RUN LIKE A PRO WITH MVP PREMIUM FEATURES Upgrade your Map My Run: Running Tracker to MVP and Unlock the best tools to turn your goals into achievable plans: - Use Live Tracking to give loved ones peace of mind -- Our safety feature can share your real-time run location with a secure list of family and friends. - Execute Run Training Plans and reach weight loss or distance goals with personalized plans that adapt dynamically to your fitness level as you improve. - Real-time Run Tracker that monitors and analyzes heart rate zones to adjust your training based on goals. - Set a goal for your run and stay on track with audio coach updates, including pace, cadence, distance, duration, calories, and more. Note: Continued GPS use in background may reduce battery life. Download the most complete Running Tracker today — your personal runner app, jog partner, distance tracker, and running coach all in one. From treadmill tracking to outdoor run training, this is the only app you'll ever need. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pressure

This app helps you build consistent workout habits with friends through weekly streaks. It supports running and gym logging, offers photo proof options, and includes group chat for accountability. Track progress, compete with others, and earn rest weeks for maintaining your goals.

Highlights
  • Weekly workout streak challenges
  • Group and friend accountability
  • GPS running tracker
  • Gym workout logger with set/rep tracking
  • Photo proof for workouts
  • In-app group chat
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Pressure is a weekly workout streak you keep with friends, built on accountability, so running and lifting become a habit. Workout partners, couples and whole groups use it as a challenge to keep each other going: every run and lift you record counts. Nobody wants to be the one who breaks it. YOUR STREAK Start a streak with a friend, a group of up to 12, or your club. The streak sets one target, 1 to 7 days a week, and everyone in it hits that number. Weeks run Monday to Sunday, so rest days are part of the plan. Recorded runs and gym sessions count on their own, or the streak can ask for photo proof. Every Monday the week is settled: the streak continues, or it breaks. Keep hitting your weeks together and you earn a Rest week, which covers one missed week. Your streaks have their own tab in the app. YOUR FIRST WEEK Start on any day. If everyone hits the target in the week you start, that week counts too, and you can watch the week add up from day one. REMINDERS Still short this week? On Saturday you get a heads-up if the week is at risk. In a group you see how many are in this week. GROUP CHAT Each streak has its own chat in the app, where proof photos land. Add runbot, our iMessage bot, to your group chat and every run and workout is posted there when you finish, so your friends follow along even without the app. RUN Record your runs with GPS. Watch your route draw on the map in real time, with pace, distance, time, elevation, and heart rate as you go. After the run, review the full map, your splits, and how the effort compares to your past runs. Workouts from Apple Health show up automatically, so your history stays in one place. GYM Log every set, rep, and weight with a fast tracker and a built-in rest timer. Each exercise has a clear illustration and demo so you know the movement. When you finish, the muscle-map view lights up every muscle you trained, shaded by how hard you worked it. Pressure tracks your personal records and your 1RM over time, and you can save your go-to sessions as routines. CLUBS AND FRIENDS Join a club and see where you stand. Weekly and all-time leaderboards rank your miles and your volume against your friends. Follow people, react to their workouts, and leave a comment. Your profile shows your year and your full history. DIAMOND Every streak you keep with friends, its Rest week, its chat, and runbot in as many group chats as you like are free for everyone. Diamond, the optional membership, adds deeper training tools such as route generation and race plans. YOUR DATA Pressure reads your workouts from Apple Health and keeps your training in one place. We do not sell your data, we do not show ads, and we do not track you across other apps. Run or lift, every workout counts, and your friends keep the pressure on. Terms of Use: https://api.fyt.life/terms Privacy Policy: https://api.fyt.life/privacy

Screenshots

Map My Run GPS Running Tracker4 screens
Pressure4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pressure at none against Map My Run GPS Running Tracker's shown. Pressure also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Map My Run GPS Running Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (758K vs 11) and chart position (#156 vs unranked). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Map My Run GPS Running Tracker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Pressure sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pressure holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Map My Run GPS Running Tracker has 758K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Map My Run GPS Running Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pressure's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Map My Run GPS Running Tracker ships an update fortnightly, Pressure every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Map My Run GPS Running Tracker versus Pressure: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMap My Run GPS Running TrackerPressure
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (758K ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings758K — better11
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#156 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB87 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperOutside Television IncJames Han

Customer experience

Map My Run GPS Running Tracker

All ratings757,615 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews1,653 reviews
Positive68.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative22.6%

Pressure

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Map My Run GPS Running Tracker

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Workouts not saving properly
  • Inaccurate pace and distance reporting
  • App freezing and crashing during use
  • Syncing issues between phone and watch
  • Phantom workouts being recorded

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add dark mode option
  • Improve interval training functionality
  • Allow more customization of audio prompts
  • Enhance route planning and mapping capabilities
  • Improve syncing between phone and watch

Pressure

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Map My Run GPS Running Tracker

Subscriptions9
  • MVP Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Monthly MVP2 variants$7.991 Month
  • Monthly MVP$9.991 Month
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  • Monthly MVP14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • One Year of MVP with 30% off14 Days trial$27.991 Year
  • Annual MVP$29.991 Year
  • Annual MVP14 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Annual MVP14 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Annual MVP$49.991 Year
3 purchases

Pressure

Subscriptions2
  • Pressure Diamond Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Pressure Diamond Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pressure Diamond (Lifetime)$199.99

Questions

Is Map My Run GPS Running Tracker free?
Map My Run GPS Running Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pressure free?
Pressure is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Map My Run GPS Running Tracker or Pressure?
Pressure is rated higher. Map My Run GPS Running Tracker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 758K ratings, while Pressure averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Map My Run GPS Running Tracker or Pressure have ads?
Map My Run GPS Running Tracker shows ads; Pressure does not.
Which is updated more often, Map My Run GPS Running Tracker or Pressure?
Map My Run GPS Running Tracker ships an update fortnightly, and Pressure every 3 days. Most recently, Map My Run GPS Running Tracker was updated on November 11, 2026 and Pressure on November 10, 2026.

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