Comparison

Bears Wake Up vs Run For Fun

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

Head to head
About

Bears Wake Up

Features
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This app helps you time your exercises and rest intervals for your daily workout routine, which can include multiple segments. Simply create your routine, and let the app handle timing with spoken cues for both exercises and rest periods. Stay focused on your movements and let the app count for you. Buy once and enjoy a lifetime of use. No ads, no network access required โ€“ use it anywhere, anytime. Notes: - To continue timing, please keep the app in the foreground. Avoid locking the screen or switching to other apps. You can reduce brightness to conserve battery power.

About

Run For Fun

This app helps you reduce screen time by linking app access to physical activity. Earn screen time points by walking, running, or exercising to unlock restricted apps and websites. It prioritizes your privacy and offers customizable settings for accountability.

Highlights
  • Link app access to physical activity
  • Earn screen time points through exercise
  • Restrict social media apps and websites
  • Private and secure data handling
  • Customizable restriction schedules
  • Accountability partner password protection
Features
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Run For Fun helps you reduce screen addiction, end doomscrolling, practice self-discipline, and get healthy. Privately and securely limit the usage of addictive social media apps and websites until you perform physical activity. When you walk, run, bike, climb stairs, and exercise, you gain screen time points to use those apps. - Your physical activity and app usage data stays private and is not transmitted to the developer. - Using an Apple Watch or similar capable device is optional but highly recommended for best results as it more accurately tracks things like steps, calories burnt, stairs climbed etc. - Your physical activity in the last 1.5 days is used. Usage: Step 1. Allow access to physical activity data from Apple's HealthKit. Includes step count, calories burnt, exercise, move, and stand times, distance cycled, flights climbed, and distance walked and ran. Step 2. Allow access to app usage data from Apple's ScreenTime. Step 3. Select apps and websites to restrict via Apple's ScreenTime. - Optionally, enable notifications for when apps are restricted and unrestricted. - You can choose which weekdays and between what time period restrictions apply. - You can snooze restrictions, choose how long to snooze for, or disable the snooze button altogether. - Change how screen time points are calculated from your physical activity. You control how easy or hard it is to gain screen time points. - Ask your friend to set a password for editing settings. Once set, only your friend can change settings after entering the password. This helps keep you accountable, since you wonโ€™t be able to adjust the settings on your own. - Drain all existing points to instantly restrict your apps until you exercise to gain more points. - Only around 550 KB to download and 1.5 MB to install. Free version is limited to restricting 1 app, 1 website, 1 category and all-day everyday schedule. This app is developed by a small indie developer. Please support development costs with a one time only in app purchase. This gets you lifetime access to restricting unlimited apps, websites, and categories, restrictions scheduled on specific weekdays and time, and custom screen time points calculation and snooze times. No subscriptions. Thank you for your support. If you have any questions, please email me from the app at: pran@pranapps.com ----- Running Dog icon created by https://www.flaticon.com/free-icons/dog

Screenshots

Bears Wake Up4 screens
Run For Fun4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Run For Fun at Free against Bears Wake Up's $1.99. Run For Fun also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). Bears Wake Up's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Run For Fun is free to download; Bears Wake Up costs $1.99 up front. Run For Fun sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bears Wake Up asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bears Wake Up ships an update every 3 weeks, Run For Fun every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 5 level
Bears Wake Up versus Run For Fun: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBears Wake UpRun For Fun
Price$1.99Free โ€” better
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
Monetizationโ€”Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS16.616 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerๆž—ๆทฎ ๅˆ˜Pranoy Chowdhury

In-app purchases

None

Bears Wake Up

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Run For Fun

One-time1
  • Run for Fun Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Bears Wake Up free?
Bears Wake Up costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Run For Fun free?
Run For Fun is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bears Wake Up or Run For Fun have ads?
Neither Bears Wake Up nor Run For Fun shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bears Wake Up or Run For Fun?
Bears Wake Up ships an update every 3 weeks, and Run For Fun every 8 days. Most recently, Bears Wake Up was updated on October 27, 2026 and Run For Fun on October 28, 2026.

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