Marathon Pace vs Marathon Goal Keeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Marathon Pace
This app helps marathon runners set target times by providing a list of split times for various distances based on pace per kilometer. It also includes functions to calculate times at specific points from lap times and vice versa.
- Target time split list by distance
- Calculate time from pace per km
- Calculate time at specific points
- Calculate lap time from specific point time
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*overview* ・When setting a marathon target time, we have listed the times for each location. ・In addition, a calculation function is also provided. *function* ① From the pace per km, you can check the times of 5km, 10km, 15km, 20km, Half, 25km, 30km, 35km, 40km, Full in a list. ② For distances that are not listed, it is also possible to "calculate the time at a certain point from the lap time". ③It is also possible to "calculate lap time from the time at a certain point".
Marathon Goal Keeper
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Time keeper tool for marathon runners. Application checks time and distance and calculates required pace. Did you write time/distance/pace on you arm ? You can get these information from the Application. And it tells you updated information esspecially required pace. App gets distance traveled from the start by GPS ( or HealthKit ). And you can adjust distance as preset checkpoint. Time is based since start time. Basically Application is clock. You can't stop clock. Main screen has 4 blocks, information from start and previous point, and information to next point and goal. Each block has traveled/remain distance and time, and actual/required pace. And additonal information in previous block, time advanced or hehind is shown. Time could be Checkpoint(Gate) time or your target time. Checkpoint time is not editable on the fly. Target time is OK to change. Target time could be set as net time(since start line) or gross time(since official start time). You can adjust target goal time and pace on the fly. on adjust panel. And adjust units are settable in preference page. If you runs faster than your plan, you can use better target time. Too much information in the screen could make you hard to read. You can hide some. Some of previous information and item labels. Default method of running distance is GPS. And HealthKit is OK to use. HealthKit could have delay and slightly larger error. And another way, constant mode. Distance is calculated by time with preset pace. Logging actual time is not scope of the Application. But you can save time and refer it for later races. Caution: Even though there are reduction of display items, much information might confuse you. Please use Application before your race in order to be familier the Application. Application has const mode, it runs automatically like demonstration. Self review: Chackpoint times are not tight for me and race is ultra marathon. I use it as memo of water-stations. If required times are tight, information esspecially required pace could help me. Versions: ver.1.01 Fix issue of dialog timing ver.1.02 Fix issue of check point during ready to start ver.1.2.3 Modify location check method, during ready to start. ver.1.3.0 Internationalization, Add English ver.1.4.0 Available to show 'Net time' in result/record page.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Marathon Pace at fortnightly against Marathon Goal Keeper's every 2 months. Marathon Goal Keeper's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Marathon Pace ships an update fortnightly, Marathon Goal Keeper every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Marathon Pace | Marathon Goal Keeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yoshiki Shibuya | Takashi Sato |
In-app purchases
Marathon Pace
No in-app purchases
Marathon Goal Keeper
No in-app purchases
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