running2win Mobile vs Track Shack Timing & Tracking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
running2win Mobile
This app serves as a mobile companion to a popular online running community. It allows users to plan, record, and share workouts and race results, connect with other runners, and access forums for advice and motivation. It's a comprehensive tool for individual runners and teams.
- Plan workouts
- Record GPS workouts
- Share workouts with friends
- Post and read running forums
- Access running community features
- Log book and social network integration
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Running2Win is the very popular free running community website created for runners, by runners in 2004. With over 125,000 members, it is used daily by both individual runners and by over 4000 college, club, high school, and community running teams to plan, record, and share workouts and race results. Running2Win is rich with features that allow runners to share motivation and advice, whether they are high school teammates or running buddies that live on opposite sides of the globe. This app is a fully functional front-end for the full website. Using the app, you can plan a workout, record a GPS workout, share a workout with friends, post/read running forums, etc. All your favorite features of Running2Win are right at your fingertips including Top 20, rFriends, rMail, and Forums. Running2Win is part running log book and part social network, and now it is available as a mobile app. Running2Win.com was founded and developed by All-American and World Record holder, Mike Stahr in 2004. Over the past few years the site has grown into one of the best on-line running logs. We welcome you to the world of Running2Win. We hope you enjoy the features built into the mobile version and all the advanced features of the main site. Note: This app has the ability to use GPS functionality and continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Athletic Performance Tools, LLC.
Track Shack Timing & Tracking
This app offers real-time race tracking for participants and spectators. View live leaderboards, course maps, and participant progress with instant updates and notifications. Share your race experience socially.
- Interactive course map
- Live leaderboards
- Real-time participant data
- Live course tracking
- Event information
- Multiple participant tracking
- Push notifications
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Track Shack Timing & Tracking provides race tracking for select virtual and in-person races. This app is perfect for both participants and spectators. Highlights: - Interactive course map for participants - Live leaderboards - Participant times, paces, estimates, and places in real-time - Live course tracking - Event info and messaging - Easy tracking of multiple participants at the same time - Push notifications as progress is made on the course - Social sharing Notes: - Not all races are available on the app. Some included events may not use all features. - Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Track Shack Timing & Tracking at 4.8 against running2win Mobile's 3.3. Track Shack Timing & Tracking also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%). running2win Mobile's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 35 months) and iOS requirement (6.1 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Track Shack Timing & Tracking holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of running2win Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Track Shack Timing & Tracking's.
running2win Mobile ships an update every 4 months, Track Shack Timing & Tracking every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | running2win Mobile | Track Shack Timing & Tracking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (28 ratings) | 4.8 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Athletic Performance Tools, LLC. | Dilltree Inc |
Customer experience
running2win Mobile
Track Shack Timing & Tracking
Bugs and requests
running2win Mobile
Reported bugs
25 issues- App crashes often
- Logged runs no longer load after crash
- White box covering GPS timer
- Cannot change profile picture
- Loading symbol lingers after logging workout
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- R-mail rarely works, hangs or crashes
- Emails take forever to load
- Receive duplicate emails
- App is slow to load
- App is slow to load workouts
- App is slow to load emails
- App is slow as molasses
- App crashes more frequently over time
- App does not save workouts
- Not optimized for anything more than iOS 6
- Screen is no longer centered after update
- Cannot see some things at top and bottom after update
- Scrolling goes back to the top on team page
- App won't open on iPad
- App won't open on phone, crashes on start-up
- Keyboard won't go away to complete drop-down entry
- Cannot see teammates daily miles without pulling up individual logs
- When viewing team member's log and exiting, returns to top of team page
- Does not show daily miles on team page
- Erases workout before it can be seen
Requested features
21 requests- Fix white box covering GPS timer
- Add ability to upload pictures and videos
- Improve R-mail functionality
- Add weekly totals and charts
- Allow changing weekly start day to Monday
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- Add mileage counter for shoes with alerts
- Improve team page view (show daily miles)
- Add member search to Friends and Favorites
- Ability to show only running miles or all miles on Month Overview
- Add sharing to Twitter/Facebook
- Fix screen centering after update
- Add 'miles today' column to team page
- Add monthly graphs and ability to compare years
- Make it work on iPad
- Add dark mode option
- Improve graphics and add more options
- Fix bug where scrolling goes back to top
- Add number of viewers of log today
- Add number of miles ran in past 7 consecutive days
- Add Favorites section under Friends
- Allow choice to display running miles or all miles on Month Overview
Track Shack Timing & Tracking
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
running2win Mobile
No in-app purchases
Track Shack Timing & Tracking
No in-app purchases
Questions
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