Comparison

Rivea Run vs RunLive

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

Head to head
About

Rivea Run

Features
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Marathon Guide is your companion for Hamburg's 2026 running season — and every training run in between. — How it works 1. Create a session in the app — race or training. 2. Share a link with your family and friends. 3. They watch live in any browser. No app required. No signup. While you run, voice messages from home play on your phone. Reactions arrive in real time. Your Apple Watch shows who's there with you. — Hamburg Season 2026 — HELLA HALF MARATHON · June 28 21.1 km through Hamburg city center starting on the Reeperbahn. Past Speicherstadt, Landungsbrücken, the Außenalster. Course map, pacing guidance, prep tips in the app. ALSTERLAUF · September 6 10K around the Außenalster. Opens the Hamburger Laufcup series. Course details and pacing strategy for your first 10K of the season or a personal best chase. INT. AIRPORT RACE · September 13 10 miles (16.1 km) with views of the runways. Course highlights include the Krohnstieg tunnel and the parking-deck climb. Hamburg's most unusual race. PSD BANK HALF MARATHON · September 20 Fast and flat through Wandsbek. Pacers for 1:30, 1:45, 2:00, and 2:15. Built for personal bests. BERLIN MARATHON · September 27 One of the six World Marathon Majors. Course map, fueling stations every 5 km, pacing strategies for the iconic Brandenburg Gate finish. Preparation tips for the final 12 weeks. — Training year-round — Marathon Guide isn't just for race days. Every long Sunday run can be shared live. Tempo sessions, warm-weather training camps, your first 30K before the marathon — your family can be there, wherever they are. Voice messages and reactions work for every training run. What proves itself on race day proves itself in everyday training. — What stays after the run — Every session gets a permanent Memory Page with all voice messages, reactions, photos, and statistics. A digital keepsake you can share — with parents, friends, yourself in five years. — What's coming next — Marathon Guide is built in the open. What we're building, what comes next, and what you can request: rivea.run/roadmap — Requirements — iPhone with iOS 16 or later. Apple Watch supports real-time reactions on your wrist. Free for the entire 2026 season. Successfully used at Hamburg Marathon 2026. Made in Hamburg.

About

RunLive

Share your live workout progress with friends and family, who can track your position, stats, and even send virtual cheers. Relive your activity with automatically generated highlight films and connect with local sports groups.

Highlights
  • Live workout tracking with position and stats
  • Virtual cheering and chat for viewers
  • Real-time map view of all athletes
  • Automatic workout highlight films
  • Social feed for photos, routes, and comments
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Privacy controls and data deletion
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RunLive is race day, live. Go live when you start and the people who care about you ride along: your position on a 3D satellite map, your pace, heart rate, distance and elevation, and the route drawing itself behind you. They cheer with hearts, talk in the chat, and send Sparks that land in your earbuds mid-race. It is not just for running. Rides, hikes, walks and trail runs each wear their own numbers. A ride reads speed. A run reads pace. WATCH THE WHOLE FIELD Every athlete in a race on one map, moving in real time. Pick anyone and drop into their stream. Follow your friends, find the fastest, or watch the pack come through the last mile. GO LIVE FROM YOUR POCKET Tap Go Live, lock your phone, and go. Your position and stats stream to your viewers about once a second, and a checkpoint keeps your pin on the map even when the signal drops. You choose exactly which stats go out. A stat you switch off never leaves your phone. SEND A COWBELL Sparks are how the crowd shows up. Buy a pack, send a water cup, a banana, a cowbell or a winged shoe, and the athlete hears it through their earbuds. Athletes who receive gifts earn a share and cash out through Stripe. EVERY WORKOUT BECOMES A FILM When you finish, RunLive renders a film of your workout: a 3D flight over your route, drawn the way you moved through it, with your splits and the music you were playing. Save it, post it, or send the link. YOUR PEOPLE A feed built for race day: photos, routes, kudos and comments. Run clubs, group rides, hiking crews and track nights near you. Join one, or start your own for any sport. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app shows your pace, heart rate, distance and elevation, and every cowbell as it lands. Answer your viewers without touching your phone. PRIVACY, PLAINLY Going live shares where you are while you are there, and nothing more. No ads, no analytics SDK, no data brokers. Health data never touches advertising. Delete your account from inside the app any time. RunLive works with Apple Health and uses your location while you are live. Sparks are bought through the App Store and are entertainment credits for cheering; they are not redeemable for cash by the buyer.

Screenshots

Rivea Run4 screens
RunLive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rivea Run at none against RunLive's 6. Rivea Run also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). RunLive's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and 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

Both are free to download. RunLive sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Rivea Run asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rivea Run ships an update every 4 days, RunLive fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Rivea Run versus RunLive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRivea RunRunLive
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB110 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZERODOTFIVE UG (haftungsbeschrankt)Cameron Asa

In-app purchases

None

Rivea Run

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

RunLive

One-time6
  • 100 Sparks$0.99
  • 525 Sparks$4.99
  • 1000 Sparks$9.99
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  • 2,900 Sparks$24.99
  • 6,250 Sparks$49.99
  • 13,500 Sparks$99.99

Questions

Is Rivea Run free?
Rivea Run is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RunLive free?
RunLive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rivea Run or RunLive have ads?
Neither Rivea Run nor RunLive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rivea Run or RunLive?
Rivea Run ships an update every 4 days, and RunLive fortnightly. Most recently, Rivea Run was updated on October 30, 2026 and RunLive on October 31, 2026.

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