Running Station vs Running Buddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Running Buddy
Connect with local runners who match your pace, schedule, and fitness goals. Create a profile, specify your running preferences, and discover others in your area. Make your running routine more social, consistent, and enjoyable.
- Connect with local runners
- Match pace, schedule, and goals
- Create runner profiles
- Discover nearby runners
- Make running social
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Running Buddy is a simple way to meet other runners nearby. Whether you're just getting started or have been running for years, it helps you find people who share your pace, schedule, and goals. Set up your profile, choose when and where you like to run, and see who else is out there. It’s about making running feel more social, more consistent, and a little more fun.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Running Station at 15.0 against Running Buddy's 18.2. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Running Station against 5.0 for Running Buddy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Running Station ships an update every 5 days, Running Buddy every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Running Station | Running Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 마야크루 | Beyza Tumkor |
Customer experience
Running Station
Running Buddy
In-app purchases
Running Station
No in-app purchases
Running Buddy
No in-app purchases









