Sumyt vs Pacenotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sumyt
Create and manage custom workouts and training plans that sync seamlessly with Apple Watch. Track your progress across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with detailed summaries and weather forecasts for your activities.
- Create custom workouts
- Manage training plans
- Syncs with Apple Watch
- Track progress on multiple devices
- View weather forecasts
- Integrates with Apple Health
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Do you love using the Apple Workouts app but want more flexibility and control? That's where Sumyt comes in! Sumyt lets you create and manage workouts and training plans across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with automatic syncing to your Apple Watch. Your scheduled workouts will be ready for you on your watch, and once you've completed them, you can easily track your progress on any of your devices. Here's how it works: 1. Schedule a workout on your device of choice. 2. Complete the workout that's seamlessly synced to the Workouts app on your Apple Watch. 3. View the workout details in Sumyt, wherever you are. With a Sumyt+ subscription, you can unlock even more features, whether you're training for a marathon or prepping for your sports season. Free Features: - Schedule unlimited workouts on iPhone, iPad, or Mac. - Take control of your training with plans and custom workouts that sync seamlessly to your Apple Watch. Design, manage, and track your fitness journey all in one place. - Automatic sync to Apple Watch for workouts scheduled that day. - Create custom workouts with warm-up, work, and cool-down intervals. - Access any of Apple's 80+ activity types. - Set individual preferences for each activity type. - Review details of your upcoming and completed workouts. - View weather forecasts for upcoming workouts, with fully customizable locations. - Get a summary of your day, including activity rings and key metrics. Sumyt+ Subscription Features: - Create unlimited training plans and filter workouts by plan. - Organize your plans with training blocks and events. - Build a library of custom workouts that you have created. - Apple Watch companion app to view upcoming workouts. - Widgets and watch complications to track what's next. - Help support an indie developer and shape the future of Sumyt! Join the Sumyt community. This app is just getting started, and I'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions. Together, we can make Sumyt even better. Reach out anytime at support@sumyt.app. Thanks for being part of the journey, and happy training! Your privacy is important. Sumyt integrates with Apple Health to sync workouts, and your data stays securely on your devices. Privacy: https://sumyt.app/privacy Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Note: While Sumyt is available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, you'll need an Apple Watch and iPhone to benefit from automatic workout syncing.
Pacenotes
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Running training app with adaptive plans, GPS route planner, and Strava sync. Your plan adapts weekly to what you actually ran. VDOT pace zones included. Record, train, discover routes, track strength, and analyse your fitness — one app, built around your actual data. Pacenotes is the only running app that does everything. Most apps record well or plan well. Pacenotes does both — and adapts every week based on what you actually did. • ADAPTIVE TRAINING PLANS • • Get a personalised plan for your goal race: 5K, 10K, half marathon, or marathon. Every Monday, your plan rebuilds from your real performance data: pace, heart rate, effort load. • • • Miss a session or go harder than planned, next week adjusts automatically. • RECORD ON YOUR PHONE • • Built-in GPS recording with live pace, heart rate, and elevation. No Garmin, no watch required. Works seamlessly with Strava and Apple Health too. • STRENGTH & YOGA BUILT IN • • 120+ exercises. Log your gym sessions and mobility work alongside your runs. Your coach sees the complete picture — not just the miles. • DEEP INSIGHTS • • HR zones calculated from per-second data. Exercise load and ACWR score so you know when to push and when to back off. See whether your aerobic fitness is improving at every pace. • ROUTE DISCOVERY • • Find beautiful new routes near you, filtered by distance and terrain. Never run the same loop again. • YOUR TERRITORY • • An interactive world map of every run, ride, and hike you've ever done. Every country, every trail, every city block. Free to download. Works with your existing Strava and Apple Health data — no new hardware needed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pacenotes at none against Sumyt's 2. Pacenotes also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Sumyt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Pacenotes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sumyt ships an update every 2 weeks, Pacenotes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sumyt | Pacenotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William Beal | Matteo Majnoni |
In-app purchases
Sumyt
- Solo1 Month trial$3.991 Year
- Family1 Month trial$6.991 Year
Pacenotes
No in-app purchases









