Comparison

Pace vs Black Rock Compass

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

Head to head
About

Pace

Discover and join real-world active experiences like run clubs, yoga, and urban exploration. Connect with a community focused on health, purpose, and genuine interaction. Lead your own movement or participate in curated events.

Highlights
  • Real-world active experiences
  • Run clubs and trail runs
  • Yoga and mindfulness sessions
  • Urban exploration walks
  • Active adventures (cycling, swimming)
  • Community connection
  • Lead or join movements
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Find your people. Match your energy. Pace is the dating and social app for people who live active lifestyles, are done with the grind of swipe-all-day dating apps, and want to meet real people at real events. The best connections happen when you’re doing what you love. A hiking buddy, a weekend brunch crew, or a romantic spark. Pace matches you on real activities and shared interests, not just photos. From a Saturday trail run to a Friday cocktail class, you meet people where you already want to be. Stop scrolling. Start living. Most dating apps are built to keep you behind a screen. Pace is built to get you off it. With 50+ activity types, it connects what you find online to what you actually do offline. Everything you need to find your people: Smart Matching: Tinder-style swiping built around active interests. Match for dating, friendship, or events, all in one place. Event Discovery: Create and join events by activity, location, and date. Find what’s happening near you, or host your own. Map Exploration: See nearby events on a live map and drop in to meet up. Rich Profiles: Show how you actually move. Link your Instagram, Strava, and Spotify. Messaging: Go from match to meetup fast with 1:1 and group chats to plan routes and coordinate details. Verified Community: Every profile goes through admin approval and moderation, so the people you meet are real. Find your pace, choose your move. High-energy fitness or a laid-back social vibe, there’s something for you: Fitness & Adventure: Running, Cycling, Hiking, Rock Climbing, Surfing Sport & Flow: Pickleball, Tennis, Yoga, Pilates Lead your own thing or drop into something that catches your eye. Pace turns your city into a place to move and meet people on purpose. Ready to set the pace? Join numerous active users already meeting up in the real world. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Black Rock Compass

Navigate and discover everything happening at Burning Man. Find friends, events, and essential locations like porta-potties with real-time guidance. Plan your schedule and stay connected with your crew, even with limited cell service.

Highlights
  • Full Burning Man event schedule
  • Real-time friend finder compass
  • Navigate to friends, art, events & porta potties
  • Interactive BRC map
  • Save events and build personal schedule
  • Bluetooth status broadcasts
  • Offline location sharing via Bluetooth
Features
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Black Rock Compass is your companion for Black Rock City. There's always more happening than you can see. BRC helps you catch more of it — and find your people (and the nearest porto) while you do. Browse thousands of events by day and vibe — music, workshops, parties, fire, food, art, and more. Save favorites and build your personal schedule. Find your crew with a real-time compass needle that points directly at your friends. Set a status so everyone knows what you're up to — "at camp", "heading to temple", "come find me". Works with GPS and Bluetooth when cell signal drops. Explore the BRC map with layers for camps, art installations, events, and friends. Tap anything for details and directions. Message your crew directly or in groups. Messages queue offline and deliver when signal returns. Set your status and share your location with nearby friends over Bluetooth — no cell signal needed. Your crew sees where you are and what you're doing, even in the deep playa. Plan a hop crawl — a route between events, bars, or art installations. Pick a vibe and go. Feeling spontaneous? Hit Surrender and let the playa decide what's next. FEATURES: - Full event schedule - Real-time friend finder compass - Navigate to friends, art, events & porta potties - Interactive BRC map with camps, art & events - Save events and build your personal schedule - Bluetooth status broadcasts — tell your crew what you're up to - Offline location sharing via Bluetooth — no signal needed - Hop crawl planner for themed routes - Direct and group messages - Built for the desert — works mostly offline Black Rock Compass is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Burning Man Project. Your companion for Black Rock City, browse the full event schedule, find your crew with a real-time compass, explore the city map with camps, art, and portos, and plan your days. Works fully offline out on the playa.

Screenshots

Pace4 screens
Black Rock Compass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pace at 100% against Black Rock Compass's 50%. Pace also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Black Rock Compass's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 days). On price, ads, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pace sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Black Rock Compass asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Black Rock Compass has 142 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Pace's written reviews are positive against 50% of Black Rock Compass's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pace ships an update every 11 days, Black Rock Compass every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pace versus Black Rock Compass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaceBlack Rock Compass
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.8 (142 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3142 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size235 MB28 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperEyeswideBenjamin Ritter

Customer experience

Pace

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Black Rock Compass

All ratings142 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.1%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pace

Subscriptions1
  • Pace Plus$9.991 Month
None

Black Rock Compass

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pace free?
Pace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Black Rock Compass free?
Black Rock Compass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pace or Black Rock Compass?
Pace is rated higher. Pace averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Black Rock Compass averages 4.8 from 142 ratings.
Do Pace or Black Rock Compass have ads?
Neither Pace nor Black Rock Compass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pace or Black Rock Compass?
Pace ships an update every 11 days, and Black Rock Compass every 2 days. Most recently, Pace was updated on September 13, 2026 and Black Rock Compass on September 21, 2026.

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