Comparison

NRTH vs PB

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

Head to head
About

NRTH

Features
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NRTH is adaptive training for hybrid athletes, built around a community that keeps you accountable. Your plan responds to every session you log, and the people you train with are right there to push you on. Your training lives in Blocks: Endurance, Strength, Weight Optimisation, Skill and Mobility. Choose the ones you want and NRTH builds your week around them, then adapts as you go. Lifts progress, core holds build, and your runs anchor to paces from your real race times. Whether you're laying down your first base or chasing a Hyrox podium, the plan scales to where you are and gets harder as you do. Every athlete gets a unique @handle, your identity across the app and a shareable link to your profile, with your training, challenges and milestones all in one place. The supporter feed brings your people's training together too: their workouts, milestones and 15-second challenge clips, all in NRTH's card style. Respect and comment on what they do, get a notification when someone supports you back, and keep each other going. You stay in control of what you share. Weight and life-context are private by default, and everything else is your call, kept to yourself or shown off to the NRTH community. Start training for free, and with NRTH Pro when you want more. Privacy policy: https://www.nrth.co.uk/Privacy Terms of use: https://www.nrth.co.uk/Terms

About

PB

Features
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PB-Runner is a running app that records your runs with the full depth your watch/phone can capture - pace, distance, splits, heart rate, and running-form metrics like power, ground contact time, vertical oscillation, stride length and cadence - and shows them in detail with route maps. - Record runs on Apple Watch (standalone, phone left at home) or on iPhone. - Garmin Support with PB-Runner ConnectIQ app - Detailed run breakdowns, route maps, and splits. - Create custom training schedules with AI you can follow on your wrist/phone with audio and haptic cues. - Recovery context from Apple Health (resting heart rate, sleep, HRV, VO2max). - An analytics dashboard on the web at pb-runner.com. - Share your run with a built-in editor for sharing your runs โ€” stats over the map or your photo, dragged into place and styled to match. Bring your own AI (optional): connect an AI you already use - Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or another - to your own training data and build your Athletes Profile so it can analyse your runs and help plan your sessions based on the athlete you are, not a generic runner in an age group . PB-Runner is the connector; the AI is your own separate subscription, and the app works fully without it. PB-Runner is free while we launch - record runs, sync across your devices, and see your stats. Connecting your own AI is included free for now but will become a paid option later; your recording and history stay free. Privacy: your health and location data is used only to run the features you use, never for advertising, and never sold. It is only shared with an AI when you explicitly choose to connect one.

Screenshots

NRTH3 screens
PB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PB at none against NRTH's 3. NRTH's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.4). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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

Both are free to download. NRTH sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. PB asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NRTH ships an update weekly, PB every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
NRTH versus PB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNRTHPB
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better26.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size98 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTwenty Third C Technology LimitedPB-Runner

In-app purchases

3 purchases

NRTH

Subscriptions3
  • Premium$3.991 Month
  • UK$9.991 Month
  • Premium committed$39.991 Year
None

PB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NRTH free?
NRTH is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PB free?
PB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NRTH or PB have ads?
Neither NRTH nor PB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NRTH or PB?
NRTH ships an update weekly, and PB every 5 days. Most recently, NRTH was updated on September 18, 2026 and PB on September 23, 2026.

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