Comparison

Run Stats vs Runnerd

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

Head to head
About

Run Stats

This app helps runners analyze their performance with detailed journaling, tracking of hydration, fuel, and conditions. It offers personalized insights, data visualization, and seamless integration with health platforms and other fitness apps.

Highlights
  • Detailed running performance tracking
  • Hydration and fuel logging
  • Journal entries with notes and photos
  • Map visualization of run locations
  • Integration with Apple HealthKit
  • Personalization options (colors, dark mode)
Features
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Run Stats: Analysing Your Private Running Journal Run Stats is your complete running journal, designed to help you understand your performance over time. It was created to go beyond basic metrics, helping you see the bigger picture and discover what truly impacts your runs. Track What Matters, Your Way Whether you use an Apple Watch, a Garmin, or no device at all, you can log every run. Go beyond miles and pace to record the details that are important to you: - Running performance: All of the usual stats on your runs and conditions - Detailed Journals: Add notes on how you felt, where you ran, and any discomfort you experienced. - Hydration & Fuel: Easily track if you ate or drank during your run to see how it affects your performance. - Your Data, Your Photos: Add pictures to remember your favourite runs and create a complete record. - Visualise: See your running locations on a map and track your personal bests. - Connected Insights: Link your runs to other factors like sleep and log other workouts, such as strength training. - Seamlessly import data from Apple HealthKit, with support for integrated apps like NRC, Runkeeper, and Garmin. If you have an Apple Watch, you can quickly capture post-run information and create custom workouts. Personalised Since everyone has their own favourite style, you can personalise the app's colours, choose different journal summaries and use dark mode. Privacy First Your health data is valuable and personal. That's why Run Stats stores everything securely on your device, giving you complete control. You can back up your data to iCloud or export it for your own analysis anytime. If you use iCloud, you can view and analyse your journal using the iPad and Mac versions of Run Stats. Get Started for Free!  Download Run Stats and explore its core features at no cost. You’ll be able to track your runs and start building your journal right away. Happy running!

About

Runnerd

This app analyzes your running data from Apple Health to provide insights into your training, readiness, and performance. It offers detailed run breakdowns, season timelines, and coaching advice without requiring an account or subscription.

Highlights
  • Readiness Score calculation
  • Detailed run analysis
  • Performance Management Chart
  • Season timeline view
  • Three coaching tones
  • Shoe mileage tracking
  • Personal bests tracking
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Runnerd is a running coach and a serious analytics app in one. It builds a plan around your goal, explains every recommendation and works with the runs you've already logged. No subscription. No account. No compromises. HOW IT WORKS Connect Apple Health and Runnerd reads your past runs, whether they came from your Apple Watch, your iPhone or another running app. No blank slate: Runnerd knows where you stand from day one. Keep tracking with whatever you use today. Set a goal, like your next half marathon, and pick a coach. The Patient One builds up carefully, The Ambitious One pushes harder, and The Balanced One sits in between. The difference shows up in your plan, not just in the tone. Runnerd maps out every week until race day and schedules more of the run types you enjoy. You can add your own runs whenever you like. Each morning, your coach checks the plan against your readiness. After each run, it reviews how it went. Ahead of your goal? It'll tell you. Goal asking for more than your coach allows? It'll tell you that too. FOR NERDS WHO RUN Fitness, fatigue and form, running economy, intensity, training load: Runnerd shows whether your training is working and explains every term along the way. It's all built on proven sports science, not AI: Banister for fitness and form, Daniels VDOT for training paces and predictions, Karvonen for heart rate zones. IPHONE AND MAC Check in on your iPhone, dig deeper on your Mac with a native Mac app. Your data syncs through your private iCloud. Runnerd collects nothing and runs no servers. AND THE DETAILS Shoe mileage with a heads-up before a pair wears out. Personal bests, spotted automatically. Running partners. Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Share runs, weeks and personal bests as images. FREE, WITH A ONE-TIME PRO UPGRADE Runnerd is free to use. Pro adds race predictions, running technique analysis, GPX export and The Ambitious One. One purchase covers iPhone and Mac.

Screenshots

Run Stats4 screens
Runnerd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Runnerd at 100% against Run Stats's 0%. Runnerd also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Run Stats's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.4 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Run Stats sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Runnerd sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Runnerd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Run Stats's written reviews are positive against 100% of Runnerd's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Run Stats ships an update every 3 weeks, Runnerd every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Run Stats versus Runnerd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRun StatsRunnerd
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Mac
Requires iOS17.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB16 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGraham ParkesNorma Steller

Customer experience

Run Stats

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

Runnerd

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Run Stats

One-time1
  • Premium$1.99
2 purchases

Runnerd

One-time2
  • Runnerd Pro$7.99
  • Support a Nerd$17.99

Questions

Is Run Stats free?
Run Stats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Runnerd free?
Runnerd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Run Stats or Runnerd?
Runnerd is rated higher. Run Stats averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Runnerd averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Run Stats or Runnerd have ads?
Neither Run Stats nor Runnerd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Run Stats or Runnerd?
Run Stats ships an update every 3 weeks, and Runnerd every 2 weeks. Most recently, Run Stats was updated on October 15, 2026 and Runnerd on October 12, 2026.

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