Comparison

Runbuds vs Groundfall

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

Head to head
About

Runbuds

This app allows you to run with friends in real-time, seeing each other's avatars on a virtual track. It includes a run tracker with lock screen support, group relay challenges, and detailed performance statistics with shareable visualizations.

Highlights
  • Real-time avatar tracking
  • Live lock screen activities
  • Group relay challenges
  • Detailed run statistics
  • Shareable run visualizations
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Runbuds is the social running app that is truly built for your friends first. /// THE TRACK /// ・ Your avatar moves around a physical track ・ Your friends move around the track with you ・ Pass (or get passed oh no !!!) by your friends /// LOG RUNS /// Our run tracker lets you choose between: ・ An in-app full screen view ・ Live activities on your lock screen /// GROUP RELAYS /// Run towards a shared goal: ・ Set a total distance target ・ Set a timeframe ・ Add your friends to the Relay ・ Run run run run run !!! /// BEAUTIFUL STATS & VISUALS /// ・ See beautiful visualizations of your past runs ・ Sort by date, pace, distance, or difficulty ・ Share images of your runs with your friends /// GET IN TOUCH /// ・ Hit us up with ANY feedback or requests !!! ・ Contact support@runbuds.app

About

Groundfall

Features
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Groundfall turns your runs into a hand-kept field journal. Every run pulls from Apple Health to generate a short observation shaped by your pace, distance, and the day's weather. Tap to make it your own! RITUALS is your full running history, grouped by month, with routes drawn like ink on parchment. JOURNAL is every entry, browsable and editable, a page for every run. SEALS is a growing set of achievements earned by real distance, pace, weather, time of day, even the calendar. Connect Strava for a deeper set built on kudos, achievements, and effort. Share any run as a parchment-styled card straight to your Instagram story. Running is ritual. Groundfall just keeps the record.

Screenshots

Runbuds3 screens
Groundfall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Runbuds at none against Groundfall's 1. Runbuds also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Groundfall sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Runbuds asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Runbuds versus Groundfall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunbudsGroundfall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (69 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings69 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLight NudgeKRISTIN RENTERIA

In-app purchases

None

Runbuds

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Groundfall

One-time1
  • Unlock the Rite$6.99

Questions

Is Runbuds free?
Runbuds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Groundfall free?
Groundfall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Runbuds or Groundfall have ads?
Neither Runbuds nor Groundfall shows ads.

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