Run Your Time vs Get Aktiv
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Run Your Time
This app allows you to unlock screen time on distracting applications by completing workouts. It integrates with Apple Health to track your exercise, and the duration of your workout determines how much time you gain back on your chosen apps. Features require a subscription.
- Limit distracting apps
- Complete workouts
- Sync with Apple Health
- Earn screen time based on exercise
- App blocker functionality
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Can't put your phone down? Run Your Time makes screen time something you earn. The app blocks your most distracting apps until you exercise. Work out for ten minutes, and you unlock ten minutes of screen time — one minute of activity for every minute on your phone. Run Your Time is a subscription app and begins with a free trial. If it isn't the right fit, you can cancel anytime in Settings. HOW IT WORKS Choose the apps you want blocked, such as social media or games. Complete a workout using any fitness app that syncs with Apple Health — Strava, Nike Run Club, Peloton, and Apple Watch workouts all count. Open Run Your Time, and your exercise minutes convert into screen time. When your time is up, your apps lock again automatically. WHAT'S INCLUDED Block unlimited apps, enforced by real iOS Screen Time Earn screen time from any workout and any fitness app Bank your earned time throughout the week and redeem it anytime through midnight Saturday Set a custom exchange rate, such as one minute of exercise for two minutes of screen time Pause a session and save the remaining time for later Track a live countdown in the Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen STAY HONEST Ask a friend or partner to set the passcode. Without it, you can't unblock your apps or change the rules — real accountability, not a setting you can quietly switch off. Your health data never leaves your device. The app reads only your workout duration to credit your screen time. Terms of Service: https://garretteledui.wixsite.com/run-your-time-app/eula Privacy Policy: https://garretteledui.wixsite.com/run-your-time-app/privacy
Get Aktiv
This app allows users to share their physical activities, such as runs and workouts, to earn rewards. Users can then use these rewards to purchase new gear from an integrated marketplace. Personalized gear recommendations are also provided based on wearable data.
- Share activities like runs and workouts
- Earn rewards for sharing
- Receive personalized gear recommendations
- Purchase new gear in the marketplace
- Link activities with gear from locker
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Aktiv is a platform where you can share your activities—like runs, workouts and outdoor adventures—earn rewards, and receive personalized gear recommendations based on your wearable data. You can easily earn money by sharing your activities and linking them with gear from your gear locker. All money earned can be spent on new gear in the Aktiv Marketplace.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Run Your Time at 5.0 against Get Aktiv's 4.1. Get Aktiv's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (67% vs 40%). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Run Your Time sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Get Aktiv asks for nothing beyond the download.
Run Your Time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Get Aktiv has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Run Your Time's written reviews are positive against 67% of Get Aktiv's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Run Your Time ships an update weekly, Get Aktiv every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Run Your Time | Get Aktiv |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.1 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.7% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dining Decider LLC | Aktiv Insights, Inc |
Customer experience
Run Your Time
Get Aktiv
Bugs and requests
Run Your Time
Reported bugs
14 issues- App stops blocking selected apps randomly
- Syncing fails with fitness trackers (Garmin, Strava, Fitbit, Apple Health)
- Date format confusion causing incorrect workout dates
- Timer glitches and displays wrong remaining time
- Cannot pause or unpause sessions despite premium subscription
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- App crashes after premium subscription purchase
- Minute count resets unexpectedly after new workouts
- Session already used error when session wasn't started
- Apps remain accessible despite time limit reached
- Unblocks apps at same time daily regardless of workouts
- Doesn't recognize Apple Watch workouts
- Incompatible with certain fitness trackers (Coros)
- Doesn't work with YouTube
- Deleting app causes screen time data corruption
Requested features
12 requests- 24-hour redemption window for workout time instead of daily reset
- Ability to pause screen time without premium subscription
- Auto-pause when closing social media apps
- Customizable workout-to-screen-time conversion ratio
- Widget or live notification for remaining time
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- Scheduling feature for time-based blocking
- Support for website blocking
- Ability to change linked fitness tracking app
- Starting day with preset screen time instead of zero
- Lifetime subscription option
- Custom daily exercise goal thresholds
- Rounding up time instead of showing seconds
Get Aktiv
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Run Your Time
- Run Your Time Premium$4.991 Month
- RYT Premium: Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Run Your Time Premium: Monthly$12.991 Month
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- Run Your Time Premium: Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Run Your Time Premium: Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
Get Aktiv
No in-app purchases









