True North Challenges vs Run the Edge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
True North Challenges
Embark on virtual fitness adventures and earn finisher medals by completing challenges. Track your progress, set goals, and explore iconic locations from your device. Supports various self-propelled activities and integrates with popular fitness trackers.
- Virtual fitness challenges
- Earn finisher medals
- Track progress and set goals
- Integrates with Fitbit, Garmin, Strava, Under Armour
- Supports walking, running, biking, swimming
- Explore iconic landmarks and landscapes
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Start earning finisher medals with True North Challenges, your gateway to exhilarating virtual fitness adventures! Get ready to explore iconic landmarks, majestic landscapes, and exciting trails right from your device. Whether you're a seasoned athlete or a fitness enthusiast, there are a variety of challenges to suit all levels. Everytime you walk, run, bike, swim or any other self propelled activity you get one step closer to completing your challenge! Track your progress, set personal goals, and celebrate your achievements with pride. Embark on a journey of self-discovery and embrace the true north spirit. Integrates with: Fitbit Garmin Strava Under Armour Note on location data: When you decide to use this app for activity tracking, we will collect location data to enable activity tracking. We do this even when the app is in the background to ensure we can track your activities when you lock your phone or switch to another app. Once you are finished with your activity, we stop tracking your location.
Run the Edge
This app offers a supportive community for setting and achieving personal, group, and team goals. It transforms exercise into engaging activity with unique challenges for all fitness levels and locations. Earn badges and virtual tools as you strive for your best self.
- Personal, group, and team goal setting
- Supportive community environment
- Engaging exercise challenges
- Inclusive for all fitness levels
- Incentive badges and virtual tools
- Goal achievement tracking
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Run the Edge Challenges provide a supportive and motivating community space for people to set and achieve personal, group, and team goals throughout the year. Each of the Run the Edge Challenges provides a unique landscape for turning exercise into engaged activity. Our Challenges are inclusive and designed for everyone regardless of their age, fitness level, geographic location, or desire to do it on their own or with a team. Members earn incentive badges, virtual tools, and additional perks throughout each Challenge. Try it today to feel great and reach your goal of the best you, you can be!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Run the Edge at 4.1 against True North Challenges's 3.0. Run the Edge also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 3) and device support. True North Challenges's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price 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.
Run the Edge holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Run the Edge has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | True North Challenges | Run the Edge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 4.1 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sportstats Acquisitions, LLC | Maven Publishing, LLC |
In-app purchases
True North Challenges
No in-app purchases
Run the Edge
No in-app purchases
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