Comparison

Runmeter Running GPS Tracker vs Simple White Noise

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

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About

Runmeter Running GPS Tracker

This app transforms your iPhone into a powerful fitness computer, tracking a wide range of outdoor activities with detailed stats, maps, and graphs. It offers voice commands, live tracking, and training plans, with advanced features available through an upgrade.

Highlights
  • GPS tracking for various activities
  • Detailed stats, maps, and graphs
  • Voice commands and announcements
  • Live tracking and sharing
  • Configurable interval training
  • Workout analysis and plans
Features
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Runmeter is the most advanced application for runners. Built for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and iCloud, it makes your iPhone a powerful fitness computer — with maps, graphs, splits, intervals, laps, announcements, zones, training plans and more. • Obsessively complete — Wired • Records a wealth of data — Macworld • Clean, easy-to-use — New York Times Experience core features and dependability for free, then upgrade to Elite to add advanced features. Powered by your iPhone • Tracks cycling, running, walking, hiking, skiing, kayaking, and more. • Swipe across the stopwatch to see pages of stats, maps, and graphs - completely configurable. • Analyze your workouts on your iPad, updated with your latest data using iCloud. Private & Secure • Your workout data is securely stored on your iPhone — years of workouts only take up the space of a few songs. • No user names or passwords are required. • Share workout data if you wish using email, Strava, MyFitnessPal. • Live tracking is optional and only with friends you invite. • Optional iCloud backup is encrypted. Track • Track heart rate, bike speed, bike cadence, and bike power with sensors. • Track step cadence and steps. • Use your iPhone's barometric altimeter to measure ascent & descent. • Detect stops automatically. • View terrain and traffic maps with Google Maps. • Automatically record temperature and weather. Voice-Enabled • Use Siri to start, stop, lap, and ask for statistics. • Select from more than hundreds of configurable announcements including distance, time, speed, elevation, and heart rate. • Hear stats on-demand, or at time and distance intervals. Free Live-Tracking and Messaging • Automatically share your location, path, and statistics with family and friends. • Messages are automatically spoken to you with text-to-speech. Share • Share an online Workout Explorer for analyzing workouts. • Share by email, Strava, or MyFitnessPal. • Use HealthKit to export or import your workouts in the Health app and to read heart rate and biometric data. • Share to your iPhone calendar and your online calendars. • Imports and exports GPX, TCX, FIT, KML, and CSV. Train • Analyze your split, interval, and zone performance. • Keep on track with configurable interval training, zones, and targets. • Compete against your previous workouts along a route. • Includes 5K, 10, half, and marathon running plans. • Design your own training plans. Apple Watch • Start, stop, lap and finish a workout all from the Apple Watch. • Includes beautiful gauge pages with zones. Elite includes a 7-day free trial. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account after confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, at the same price. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription, where applicable. Privacy: abvio.com/privacy Terms: abvio.com/terms

About

Simple White Noise

Features
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Simple White Noise helps you fall asleep, stay asleep and focus, with nearly 100 calming sounds and none of the clutter. No ads, no account, no subscription, and no data collected. REAL RECORDINGS AND LIVE NOISE Field recordings of rain on a tin roof, thunderstorms, ocean surf, waterfalls, crackling fires, dawn birdsong, frogs, crickets, cafés and city streets, each one levelled and looped seamlessly. Alongside them, white, pink, brown, grey and green noise, fans, trains, airplane cabins, a heartbeat, a music box lullaby and singing bowls are generated live on your iPhone, so they never repeat at all. MIX YOUR OWN Layer up to four sounds, set each one's level and save the blend. Start from ready-made mixes like Thunderstorm, Cosy Cabin, Newborn, Night Train and Deep Focus. CREATE YOUR OWN SOUNDS Design a sound from scratch: choose a noise colour, shape it, add movement like waves or gusts, scatter raindrops or crackles over it, and add a hum, drone or chimes. It plays live as you go. Or import your own recording and the app turns it into a seamless loop. MADE FOR SLEEP • A sleep timer that fades out so slowly you won't notice it stop • A gentle fade-in when you start • A volume limit for babies and small speakers • A dim bedside clock that keeps the screen on, with a red-light option and a touch lock so little hands can't stop the sound FOCUS SESSIONS Work in focused blocks with short breaks between them and a longer break after each set. Choose one sound for focusing and another, or silence, for breaks, with a soft chime between phases. EVERYWHERE ON YOUR IPHONE • Lock Screen and Control Center playback controls • A Live Activity and Dynamic Island countdown for your timer • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for your favourites • A Control Center control to play or pause • Siri and Shortcuts: "Play rain in White Noise", "Start a sleep timer in White Noise" • AirPlay and Bluetooth speakers BEAUTIFUL ON EVERY SCREEN Designed for Liquid Glass on iOS 26 and later. Layouts adapt to every iPhone and iPad in portrait and landscape. On iPhone Duo, stand it half open and the bedside clock fills the top half while the controls sit on the bottom. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything you create stays on your device. The app collects no data at all. Available in 25 languages.

Screenshots

Runmeter Running GPS Tracker4 screens
Simple White Noise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Runmeter Running GPS Tracker at Free against Simple White Noise's $0.99. Runmeter Running GPS Tracker also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 22 months) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). Simple White Noise's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 16) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Runmeter Running GPS Tracker is free to download; Simple White Noise costs $0.99 up front. Runmeter Running GPS Tracker sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Simple White Noise asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Runmeter Running GPS Tracker ships an update every 11 days, Simple White Noise every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Runmeter Running GPS Tracker versus Simple White Noise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunmeter Running GPS TrackerSimple White Noise
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 22 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbvio Inc.Alexander Scott

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Runmeter Running GPS Tracker

Subscriptions6
  • Elite Upgrade$4.991 Month
  • Elite Upgrade5 variants$9.991 Year
  • Elite Upgrade1 Year trial$14.991 Year
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  • Elite Upgrade$14.991 Year
  • Elite Upgrade7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Elite Upgrade14 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Elite Upgrade6 variants$9.99
None

Simple White Noise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Runmeter Running GPS Tracker free?
Runmeter Running GPS Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple White Noise free?
Simple White Noise costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Runmeter Running GPS Tracker or Simple White Noise have ads?
Runmeter Running GPS Tracker shows ads; Simple White Noise does not.
Which is updated more often, Runmeter Running GPS Tracker or Simple White Noise?
Runmeter Running GPS Tracker ships an update every 11 days, and Simple White Noise every 22 months. Most recently, Runmeter Running GPS Tracker was updated on October 31, 2026 and Simple White Noise on November 1, 2026.

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