Comparison

Run Your Time vs Vertane

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Vertane

This app helps you break unwanted habits by focusing on daily actions and building a life where the habit doesn't fit. It offers a shame-free approach to setbacks, rewarding progress rather than just days clean.

Highlights
  • Daily action tracking
  • Urge management tools
  • Progress-based XP system
  • Shame-free slip logging
  • Pattern analysis for urges
  • Accountability partner
Features
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Quit the habit you've already tried to quit a hundred times. Not by resisting it every day. By building a life it doesn't fit into. Picture six months from now. Your head is quiet. You've got energy for the gym, for your work, for the person you're with. Nothing feels like a fight. You just don't go there. ONE THING A DAY Every morning, one action. Not ten. One. You pick it, you lock it in, you do it, you get credit for it. WHEN THE URGE HITS, TAP SHIFT One two-minute thing to do right now. Cold water. Twenty pushups. Step outside. Text someone. Free, unlimited, always. The worst moment of your day is not the moment to hit a paywall. YOU GET CREDIT FOR WHAT YOU DID Most apps count days clean. Miss one, you're back to zero, and you feel like garbage. Vertane counts actions. XP for what you actually did today. Eight ranks to climb, Seeker to Master. A SLIP TAKES NOTHING FROM YOU Log it. Your XP stays. Your level stays. Your badges stay. Your calendar keeps every day you showed up. The streak resets. That's all. No red anywhere in this app, and no lecture waiting for you. FREE FOREVER - SHIFT, unlimited - Today's action - Your streak - The no-shame reset PREMIUM - Your full calendar and history - XP, levels, 8 ranks, 18 badges - Patterns: when your urges actually cluster - An accountability partner - Breathing and sleep tools No feed of strangers. No fake stats about your brain. No score telling you how broken you are. Nobody has to know you're using this. The name doesn't say what it's for. Neither does the icon. Lock it behind Face ID, and never make an account at all. I built this because I've been there for years, and I got tired of apps that made me feel worse every time I slipped. A setback is the recipe for a comeback. — R. Vertane is free to download. Premium is an annual subscription with a 7-day free trial, or monthly or weekly with no trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://vertane.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://vertane.app/terms

Screenshots

Run Your Time4 screens
Vertane4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vertane at 100% against Run Your Time's 40%. Vertane also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Run Your Time sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Vertane sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Run Your Time versus Vertane: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRun Your TimeVertane
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB37 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDining Decider LLCROCCO EMILIANO RUANO

Customer experience

Run Your Time

Written reviews63 reviews
Positive39.7%
Neutral31.7%
Negative28.6%

Vertane

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Vertane

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Run Your Time

Subscriptions5
  • 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
4 purchases

Vertane

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Annual - Special Offer$19.991 Year
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  • Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Run Your Time free?
Run Your Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vertane free?
Vertane is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Run Your Time or Vertane have ads?
Neither Run Your Time nor Vertane shows ads.

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