Run Story vs WireCoach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Run Story
Create visually appealing photo and video content from your running data. Customize stats, routes, and add creative elements like stickers and blend modes. Share your running achievements with stunning, personalized visuals.
- Custom stat templates
- Customizable fonts and colors
- Runner artist stickers
- Detailed run route maps
- Image background removal
- Professional blend modes
- 3D rotation and animation
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Run Story is the most powerful running stats editor with pro-grade design tools built for athletes, in one free app. Bring the depth of a desktop design suite to your data: layers, blend modes, background removal, 3D rotation, custom typography, animations, and more. Access your run data via Garmin, Strava or Apple Health. If using Apple Health & Coros, be sure to allow permissions to Apple Health to see your data. Create stunning visuals from your activities with complete customization control: Stats & Design - Custom stat templates with professional layouts - Splits, heart rate zones, laps, and elevation, each with their own charts - Custom fonts, colors, and styling options - Four app themes: Classic, Light, Neutral, and Midnight - Stickers featuring Runner artists and Run Clubs from all around the world - High-quality photo and video export, with HDR preserved end to end - Search your activities by name, location, or type - Available in 19 languages Maps & Routes - Full detailed run route maps - Custom polyline colors - Animated route draw-in, so your run traces itself Advanced Editing - Add any image with automatic background removal - Professional blend modes (Screen, Overlay, Multiply, Lighten, Darken) - Layer management and positioning tools - 3D rotation on any element - Drop shadow controls with blur, offset, opacity, and color - Background blur slider for targeted focus - Gradient and custom text elements - Entry animations, plus charts that build themselves as they appear - Random layout button to shuffle fonts and templates in one tap Daily, Weekly & Monthly Summaries - Switch your activity list between Month and Week - A calendar of the whole month, collapsible to just this week - Monthly and weekly templates: day grids, timelines, route grids, and totals - One map combining every route from the period - Animated recap video for a month or a week, with per-activity stats - Daily stories for a single day's activities - Light/dark themes and rounded/serif font options - Optional reminder when a week or month wraps up Augmented Reality (AR) - Place your stats in the world or overlay them on your face - Photo and video capture Premium Upgrades - Optional in-app purchases to remove the banner ad or watermark Transform your activities into shareable stories that showcase your achievements! Questions? Contact @madewithrunstory or mikeruns26.2 on Instagram for any questions!
WireCoach
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WireCoach is live coaching for running, HYROX, hybrid and strength training. The athlete trains with Apple Watch; the coach follows every beat from their phone and coaches in the moment. YOUR COACH, LIVE ON YOUR WRIST • Start a workout on Apple Watch and choose who sees it: nobody, your coaches, or everyone. • Heart rate, zone, pace, distance, energy and your GPS route stream live to your coach. • Cues land on your wrist with a tap of haptics: "Push now", "Ease off", or one your coach set to fire the moment you reach 170 bpm or 3 km. FOR COACHES • Follow one athlete or the whole squad: live numbers, a 3D route map, the workout timeline and heart-rate trends. • Send a cue now, or queue one to send when a threshold is reached. It fires even with your phone in your pocket. • Build structured workouts: warmup, work and recovery blocks, time and distance goals, heart-rate targets. • Make a workout available to one athlete, a group or everyone you coach. Share it as a link or QR code, add it to the calendar as a session, and start it for everyone with one tap. THE LIVE FEED • Watch public sessions from athletes around you, one per screen, and follow the ones you like. • Runs and rides show the route on the map; indoor sessions breathe with the athlete's heart-rate zone. FOR ATHLETES • Everything your coaches send you in one list, with a preview and a copy for Apple's Workout app. • Join a coach's session by link or QR code. When the coach starts it, your Watch starts with you. • Guided intervals with count-ins, haptic step changes and zone nudges. • Sync sessions from Apple's Workout app to your coach through Apple Health, and review every session: heart-rate trace, route, duration, distance and energy. • One account can be both coach and athlete. BUILT FOR THE WRIST, THE POCKET AND THE TABLET Big numbers, zone colours, one-hand controls and a native design on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Health and location data are read only with your permission, shared only with the coaches you choose, or with everyone when you make a session public. Never used for advertising, never sold. Report or block anyone from the feed. Delete your account, and all your data, anytime in the app. Privacy policy: https://wire.coach/privacy WireCoach requires an Apple Watch for live streaming and guided intervals. iPhone and iPad alone can build and share workouts, follow athletes live and watch the feed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WireCoach at none against Run Story's 2. WireCoach also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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 Story sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. WireCoach asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Run Story | WireCoach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (25 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 65.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Finish Line Labs, LLC | Appset, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Run Story
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Remove Watermark$0.99
WireCoach
No in-app purchases









