Comparison

Marathon's World vs Training Beat

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

Head to head
About

Marathon's World

Connect with fellow runners, track your progress, and share your running experiences. This platform offers a personal space for journals, training logs, and real-time route mapping. Engage with a community of athletes by liking posts and leaving messages.

Highlights
  • Personal journals and progress tracking
  • Support for multiple training types
  • Real-time route mapping
  • Post immediate results and details
  • Upload and share photos
  • Community journal walls with likes and messages
Features
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Marathon's World is a social media website geared toward runners. Marathon's World is picking up the pace in the running community. This dynamic website integrates races for runners to interact and share experiences and expertise. Personal Home Area: - Display your personal journals. - Easily track your monthly progress. - Friend List at your fingertips. - Personal information including running experience, total distance, cycling distance, month goal. Training: - Support multiple types training (Basic/Distance/Time/Calories Run and Cycling) - Clean, easy-to-read interface. - Real time map display of your route. - Post immediate results on the Marathon's World website. - Fill in all details including, location, weather, as well as your post-run physical conditions for all running stats. - Upload and share photos. - Support music play. Journal walls: - An area for everyone to share their journals. - 'Like' your favorites and leave messages for other users. - View updates from both friends as well as others in your area. * Please Note: - Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. *** This app integrates with the Health app, we could read your steps data and show daily steps chart. ***

About

Training Beat

Features
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Keep your class on the same clock with Training Beat, a clear interval timer for coaches and group workouts. Set up a session on iPhone or iPad, then follow each work and rest phase on a large, easy-to-read countdown. NOW ON APPLE WATCH Start a saved workout on your Watch or follow a workout started on your iPhone. See your countdown and progress, feel haptic cues and control your workout from your wrist. BUILD THE WORKOUT YOU NEED • Start quickly with an editable workout. • Combine blocks with their own set count, work timing, and rest timing. • Split a set into consecutive work segments when a session has more than one effort or pace. • Set rest periods to zero when you want to move straight into the next phase. KEEP THE CLASS MOVING A 3-2-1 preparation countdown gives everyone time to get ready. Clear WORK, SET REST, and BLOCK REST states show what is happening now. Tap the timer to reveal Pause, Resume, Skip, and Exit controls when you need to adjust the session. Sound cues help mark key moments, and a workout progress indicator shows how far you have come. SAVE IT FOR NEXT TIME Save workout setups in Library, edit them later, and start them again with a tap. Recent keeps the ten most recently started setups so you can quickly repeat a session, including one you exited early. MADE FOR THE ROOM Training Beat works in portrait and landscape on iPhone and iPad. It runs offline, needs no account, and keeps workout setups and preferences on your device.

Screenshots

Marathon's World4 screens
Training Beat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Marathon's World at 15.0 against Training Beat's 17.0. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Marathon's World ships an update weekly, Training Beat every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Marathon's World versus Training Beat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarathon's WorldTraining Beat
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB2 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperiTravel Tech Co., Ltd.CHIU TSUI

In-app purchases

None

Marathon's World

No in-app purchases

None

Training Beat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Marathon's World free?
Marathon's World is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Training Beat free?
Training Beat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Marathon's World or Training Beat have ads?
Neither Marathon's World nor Training Beat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Marathon's World or Training Beat?
Marathon's World ships an update weekly, and Training Beat every 3 days. Most recently, Marathon's World was updated on October 29, 2026 and Training Beat on November 1, 2026.

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