Comparison

FivePointFive vs CheerMyRun

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

Head to head
About

FivePointFive

Enhance athletic performance and recovery with science-backed breathwork exercises. This app offers guided sessions to improve focus, reduce stress, and deepen sleep, with real-time heart rate monitoring and personalized coaching insights.

Highlights
  • Guided breathwork sessions
  • Live heart-rate monitoring
  • AI Performance Coach
  • Performance and recovery tracking
  • Stress reduction
  • Improved focus
  • Deeper sleep
Features
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FivePointFive: Breathwork for Athletes What is FivePointFive The world’s first breathwork app built for athletes—used by Elite Athletes and a fast-growing community of Everyday Athletes. We turn cutting-edge breathing science into short, coached sessions that strengthen performance and recovery, improve focus and stress resilience, and deepen restorative sleep. Built on science. Made measurable. Peer-reviewed research links structured breathwork with higher VO₂-max, improved HRV, lower resting heart rate, and better sleep quality. FivePointFive translates that science into sessions you can see working: - Live heart-rate in class to watch your autonomic nervous shift in real time - AI Performance Coach with post-session insights and coach tips - Trends over time across HR, HRV, resting HR, and sleep Train the full system: Mind • Body • Sleep - Mind: Downshift stress fast, sharpen focus, and rebalance the nervous system—in as little as 90 seconds. - Body: Build breathing mechanics and CO₂ tolerance to increase endurance, boost stamina, and speed recovery. - Sleep: Lower nighttime cortisol and deepen restorative sleep so you wake recovered and ready to go. Backed by the best - Patrick McKeown -#1 functional breathwork expert globally and best-selling author, scientist and founder of ‘Oxygen Advantage’. - Jay T. Wiles - Global authority in HRV biofeedback, applied psychophysiology, and performance psychology. Founder of Thrive Wellness & Performance, working with elite athletes across the NFL, NBA, MLB, PGA, ATP, and MLS. - Marco Altini - World leader in HRV, Human Movement and High performance coaching. Founder of HRV4Training & Data Science Advisor to Oura. Editor of the Wearable Department of IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine. Privacy Your health data stays with you. We read/write to Apple Health with your permission and never sell personal data. Subscriptions Quarterly and Yearly plans with a free trial. Auto-renews unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage in your Apple Account Settings. FivePointFive® — Breathwork for Athletes Not medical advice. Individual results vary. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

CheerMyRun

Enhance your running experience with live tracking and real-time cheers from friends and family. Share your progress, receive motivational messages, and celebrate every mile together.

Highlights
  • Live GPS tracking
  • Voice message cheers with transcription
  • Customizable race distances
  • Real-time status updates
  • Multi-language support
  • Privacy controls
Features
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The running app that tracks every run live and puts your friends' voice cheers in your headphones, from the Sunday long run to race day, when it matters most. Share one link and your friends and family follow every mile in real time. They record a voice message, you hear it in your headphones while you run. HOW IT WORKS 1. Start a run, or schedule your race days in advance. 2. Share your link. They need no app, no account and nothing to install. 3. Hear them cheer you on, mile after mile. FOR RUNNERS - Live GPS tracking with pace, distance and time - Voice cheers played straight into your headphones - Automatic transcription, so you can read what you missed - Schedule a race ahead of time and invite your crowd - 5K, 10K, half marathon, marathon or any custom distance - Works for training runs, virtual races and charity events FOR THE PEOPLE CHEERING YOU ON - One tap on your link. No download, no sign-up. - Watch your runner move on the map in real time - Record a voice message and send it mid-race - See pace, distance and how far is left - Cheer together with everyone else following WHY IT WORKS Crowds line marathon courses for a reason. Support is the difference between a good race and a great one. CheerMyRun brings that crowd with you wherever you run, including the long Sunday training run nobody comes to watch. More than 100,000 runners have used it, and over 1,000,000 cheers have been sent. PERFECT FOR - Race day: marathon, half marathon, 10K, 5K, trail and ultra - Long training runs, when motivation runs out at mile 20 - Family and friends who live too far away to be at the finish line - Running clubs and charity teams supporting each other - Solo runners who want company YOUR PRIVACY You decide who sees your run. You can stop sharing your live location whenever you want. A subscription unlocks unlimited runs and unlimited cheers, with weekly, monthly and annual plans. Terms of use (EULA): https://cheermyrun.com/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://cheermyrun.com/en/privacy Help and Support: https://cheermyrun.com/en/support

Screenshots

FivePointFive4 screens
CheerMyRun4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: FivePointFive at none against CheerMyRun's shown. FivePointFive also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 33%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). CheerMyRun's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. FivePointFive sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $44.99 per 3 months and CheerMyRun sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FivePointFive holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FivePointFive has 5K ratings behind it against 384, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of FivePointFive's written reviews are positive against 33% of CheerMyRun's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FivePointFive ships an update every 5 days, CheerMyRun every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
FivePointFive versus CheerMyRun: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFivePointFiveCheerMyRun
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5K ratings) — better4.6 (384 ratings)
Positive reviews57.9% of reviews — better32.8% of reviews
Number of ratings5K — better384
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#93 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.616.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size870 MB169 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperfivepointfiveNEMA LOYALTY LLC

Customer experience

FivePointFive

All ratings5,038 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews164 reviews
Positive57.9%
Neutral9.8%
Negative32.3%

CheerMyRun

All ratings384 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral0.8%
Negative10.2%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive32.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative67.2%

Bugs and requests

FivePointFive

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Can't log in, awful
  • Won't let me log in
  • Way too buggy
  • Faulty

Requested features

1 request
  • Record HRV measurements to Apple Health

CheerMyRun

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

FivePointFive

Subscriptions5
  • FivePointFive 3 Months$44.993 Months
  • FivePointFive 3 Months3 Days trial$44.993 Months
  • FivePointFive 1 Year Discount3 Days trial$69.991 Year
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  • FivePointFive 1 Year$89.991 Year
  • FivePointFive 1 Year3 Days trial$89.991 Year
13 purchases

CheerMyRun

Subscriptions13
  • Weekly Plan$4.997 Days
  • Unlimited (Weekly)$9.997 Days
  • Weekly Plan$9.997 Days
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  • Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Plan$19.991 Month
  • Unlimited (Monthly)$19.991 Month
  • Annual Plan$24.991 Year
  • Unlimited (Yearly)$29.991 Year
  • Annual Plan$29.991 Year
  • CheerMyRun Pro Annual$34.991 Year
  • Unlimited (Yearly)$39.991 Year
  • Annual Plan2 variants$39.991 Year
  • Unlimited (Yearly)$49.991 Year

Questions

Is FivePointFive free?
FivePointFive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CheerMyRun free?
CheerMyRun is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FivePointFive or CheerMyRun?
FivePointFive is rated higher. FivePointFive averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5K ratings, while CheerMyRun averages 4.6 from 384 ratings.
Do FivePointFive or CheerMyRun have ads?
CheerMyRun shows ads; FivePointFive does not.
Which is updated more often, FivePointFive or CheerMyRun?
FivePointFive ships an update every 5 days, and CheerMyRun every 8 days. Most recently, FivePointFive was updated on October 23, 2026 and CheerMyRun on October 22, 2026.

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