Comparison

ConnectStats vs Fitmeter Run Basic

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

Head to head
About

ConnectStats

Analyze your fitness activities from Garmin Connect and Strava with detailed reports, graphs, and statistics. Visualize your performance with gradient maps and track historical trends. Supports multiple accounts and various activity types.

Highlights
  • Detailed activity reports with lap breakdowns
  • Gradient color mapping for performance metrics
  • Calendar view of activities
  • Activity search functionality
  • Monthly/Weekly summary statistics
  • Historical reports and graphs
  • Scatter plots and trend lines
Features
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WARNING: The current version due to an API change will currently not see any existing history of your activities for Garmin, but only download activities done after your first install. We are working on a fix, meanwhile you can use strava in addition to Garmin to see some history DESCRIPTION Connect Stats is an activity viewer for Garmin Connect or Strava. It provides in-depth review of your activities, search, analysis, plot and see basic statistics on all your data collected in garmin connect or strava from your iphone or ipad. You can read some of the motivation behind the app in the blog NOTES - Data from activity trackers like vivofit or vivosmart are not supported by this app. - In case of initial connection trouble or issue, please check the support web site, the help or send me a bug report. If you write a negative review I can't reply to you and help you. - This app is updated incrementally regularly, so the latest reviews constantly drop. Feel free to look at all reviews or leave a new one if you like the app. - This app is now open source. See the support web page for details. FEATURES - Detailled report on your activities, with laps break down, map gradient, graphs and statistics - Use gradient color to visually see on the map your heart rate, speed, power or cadence - Calendar view of your activities - Activity search - Monthly/Weekly summary statistics of your activities - Monthly/Weekly/Detailled Historical report and graphs on any collected data - Display scatter plots, trend lines for both historical and track data. - Best Rolling Plots, histograms. - Support multiple garmin connect account simultaneously with multiple profiles. - Support most activity types, including support for lap swimming, ski, run bike, ... - Display the location name for your activities. - Derived metrics (stride length, Power kJ,...), - Calculated and auto laps for arbitrary distances or time. Let's you see you split time or distance, fastest km, etc - Display time in zone for power and heart rate. Zones are downloaded from garmin connect. - Best Rolling plots and lap for HR, pace and power (Critical Power Plot) - This app can import information from your HealthKit Data like the weight to add it to the analysis of your fitness FIRST USE - when you start the program you will be have to choose and enable download for the service of your choice.  * Garmin: you can choose the connectstats service, which will pop up a login message or to download from the website in which case you will have to enter your user name and password.  * Strava: upon first refresh, the strava login page will popup. - you can then download activities by pulling down on the activity list. - Note that the initial download process can be slow if you have a lot of activities. Also for Garmin activities from Garmin there will be an initial synchronisation that can take some time before the activities are ready. - If you have issue connecting check the trouble shooting section on the web page. - There is also a help section in the setting tab. HOW TO USE IT - You can refresh by pulling down the activity list - You can navigate the different tabs and touching most data will let you drill down on that number. - You can touch a graph or the gear button to rotate through the different graphs options or bring in the graph full screen. - You can reload an activity to update changes in garmin connect by pulling down on the detail tab - You can see full history of any field by selecting the field name in the stats page Check the web site and the blog for a lot more details on how to use it and what the different screen and graph mean.

About

Fitmeter Run Basic

This app transforms your iPhone into a powerful running computer, tracking your workouts with GPS. It provides real-time data on distance, pace, altitude, and calories burned, with detailed session history and statistics.

Highlights
  • GPS tracking and route mapping
  • Real-time pace and distance
  • Altitude and calorie tracking
  • Auto-pause detection
  • Session history and statistics
  • CSV export
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Fitmeter Run turns your iPhone into a running computer with incredible functionality. Your session is tracked GPS based and all data is presented in real-time. The app is designed for a wide user base, from amateur to professional. Features: - GPS based position and route of the session will be displayed on a map including distance markers - Distance - Duration of the session - Pause time - Auto Pause detection - Current pace - Pace of last mile - Fastest mile - Altitude tracking. Uphill / Downhill - Burned calories - Split times - History. Activities will be stored and can be reviewed. The session count is limited to 10. - Export all activities to a CSV file - Statistics for a session. Speed and Altitude over distance - Records. See your all-time records and a summary over all sessions. - Facebook support. Post sessions to your Facebook timeline. - Apple health support: Read the weight and use it calculate the burned calories Save the workout and its activity energy - No registration required - No annoying notifications - No marketing emails Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

ConnectStats4 screens
Fitmeter Run Basic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ConnectStats at none against Fitmeter Run Basic's shown. ConnectStats also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Fitmeter Run Basic's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for ConnectStats against 4.7 for Fitmeter Run Basic. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 391 and 220 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 83% and 83% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ConnectStats ships an update every 3 weeks, Fitmeter Run Basic every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ConnectStats versus Fitmeter Run Basic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConnectStatsFitmeter Run Basic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (391 ratings)4.7 (220 ratings)
Positive reviews83.1% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings391 — better220
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrice RosenzweigVolker Schueppel

Customer experience

ConnectStats

All ratings391 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews201 reviews
Positive83.1%
Neutral3.0%
Negative13.9%

Fitmeter Run Basic

All ratings220 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.3%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and requests

ConnectStats

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Syncing issues with recent Garmin updates
  • Crashes when trying to open the app
  • Inability to delete or edit erroneous data points

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to overlay and compare activities
  • Integration with more fitness platforms
  • Customizable dashboards and data views
  • Improved mobile optimization and UI

Fitmeter Run Basic

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ConnectStats

No in-app purchases

None

Fitmeter Run Basic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ConnectStats free?
ConnectStats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fitmeter Run Basic free?
Fitmeter Run Basic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ConnectStats or Fitmeter Run Basic?
ConnectStats and Fitmeter Run Basic are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 391 and 220 ratings respectively.
Do ConnectStats or Fitmeter Run Basic have ads?
Fitmeter Run Basic shows ads; ConnectStats does not.
Which is updated more often, ConnectStats or Fitmeter Run Basic?
ConnectStats ships an update every 3 weeks, and Fitmeter Run Basic every 3 months. Most recently, ConnectStats was updated on September 29, 2026 and Fitmeter Run Basic on October 1, 2026.

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