FitChallenge vs Running Station
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FitChallenge
Turn your workouts into competitive games by challenging friends to real-time fitness duels. Track progress live, earn rewards, and build your fitness profile. Compete in community or custom challenges to prove you're the ultimate fitness champion.
- Real-time fitness duels
- Community and custom challenges
- Live progress tracking
- Workout logging and rep banking
- Apple Health integration
- XP, badges, and profile building
- FitCoins and rewards
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Challenge friends to real-time fitness duels. Turn workouts into a game you actually want to win. FitChallenge lets you battle friends head-to-head, see their progress live, and prove who's the ultimate fitness champion. DUEL MODE Go one-on-one with friends in real-time workout battles. Watch their reps climb while you push harder. Only one wins. CHALLENGES Join community challenges or create your own. Set daily rep goals and climb the leaderboard together. BANK YOUR REPS Log workouts in seconds. Every rep counts toward your rank, your streaks, and your wins. APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION Sync your workouts with Apple Health. Every session you complete is automatically written to Apple Health, keeping your fitness data connected across all your apps. LEVEL UP Earn XP, unlock badges, and build a profile that shows off your fitness journey. SOCIAL FEED See workouts, wins, and milestones from your friends in real time. Stay accountable together. FITCOINS & REWARDS Earn FitCoins and spend them on boosts and perks to get ahead. Whether you're competing with gym buddies or challenging friends across the world, FitChallenge makes every workout count. Download now. Start dueling. Terms of Use: https://www.fitchallenge.io/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.fitchallenge.io/privacy.html
Running Station
Connect with friends to share running achievements and track your progress. This app complements your existing running trackers by allowing social interaction and comparison of running records. Discover your running TIER and engage with your crew.
- Discover friends' running TIER
- Sync with Apple Health Records
- Compliment and react to running records
- Invite crew members
- Share running records with friends
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Your neighborhood is the race. Track runs, claim local stations and climb your neighborhood leaderboard. Check in at "stations" around your city and go for a run. Your distance stacks up on the station, and a fresh ranking starts every week. ■ What makes it different • Station check-in — start your run within 100 m of the start point and you're checked in automatically • Weekly rankings — every station has a leaderboard that resets each week; go for #1 • Your neighborhood map — nearby stations and this week's runners at a glance • Found new stations — if there's none nearby, be the first to create one ■ Tracked in detail • Distance, time, average pace and automatic km splits • Your route drawn along real streets • Accurate GPS tracking with elevation gain and pause handling ■ More fun together • Cheer and comment on runs in the feed • Share "run cards" with your stats over your photo or video • Find friends from your contacts and follow them ■ Your location, protected • Other runners see your route with the start and end sections hidden Start today at the station around the corner.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Running Station at none against FitChallenge's 2. Running Station also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. FitChallenge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Running Station asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FitChallenge | Running Station |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FitChallenge SAS | 마야크루 |
Customer experience
FitChallenge
Running Station
In-app purchases
FitChallenge
- Monthly Susbcription$2.991 Month
- Yearly Susbcription$19.991 Year
Running Station
No in-app purchases









