Comparison

Orbit Running vs MapMyActivity Route Visualizer

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

Head to head
About

Orbit Running

Track your running performance and view historical data. Easily share your runs, including photos with performance overlays, with friends and family.

Highlights
  • View and share runs
  • Check running stats
  • Overlay performance on photos
  • Track historical runs
  • Share with friends and family
Features
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View and share your runs with Orbit! Quickly check your stats, look at any photos you captured during your run and overlay your performance and running route on the image. Easily track your performance and historical runs, in an app that offers the easiest way to share your runs with friends and family.

About

MapMyActivity Route Visualizer

Features
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Sync, view, and share your workouts effortlessly. MapMyActivity makes it easy to import your activities, organize rides and runs, and generate beautiful visual maps from your performance data — all privately and securely on your device. Key Features: • Import workouts seamlessly from your Strava account • Clean activity log to browse rides and runs with ease • Export high quality route maps with performance stats • Dark & light mode support for styled exports • Demo mode to try the app Whether you’re training hard or just love seeing your progress, MapMyActivity helps you relive and share your fitness journey in style. Your data stays private. We never share or store your data on external servers. Everything stays securely on your device.

Screenshots

Orbit Running4 screens
MapMyActivity Route Visualizer3 screens

Verdict

The call

Orbit Running and MapMyActivity Route Visualizer are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbit Running ships an update every 5 days, MapMyActivity Route Visualizer every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Orbit Running versus MapMyActivity Route Visualizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbit RunningMapMyActivity Route Visualizer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.3 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAvinash JainJans Pavlovs

In-app purchases

None

Orbit Running

No in-app purchases

None

MapMyActivity Route Visualizer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orbit Running free?
Orbit Running is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MapMyActivity Route Visualizer free?
MapMyActivity Route Visualizer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Orbit Running or MapMyActivity Route Visualizer have ads?
Neither Orbit Running nor MapMyActivity Route Visualizer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Orbit Running or MapMyActivity Route Visualizer?
Orbit Running ships an update every 5 days, and MapMyActivity Route Visualizer every 6 days. Most recently, Orbit Running was updated on June 1, 2026 and MapMyActivity Route Visualizer on September 17, 2026.

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