Comparison

Runbuds vs Ore

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

Ore

Effortlessly track your calorie and macronutrient intake with AI-powered logging. Input meals via text, photo, or voice, and receive personalized daily targets. Adjust your plan and monitor progress with a clear visual breakdown.

Highlights
  • AI-powered calorie and macro estimation
  • Log meals via text, photo, or voice
  • Personalized daily calorie and macro targets
  • Editable nutrition plan
  • Visual progress tracking
  • Multi-day diary
  • Saved foods for quick logging
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Ore is the meal logger that finally fits how you actually eat. No scrolling through a food database. No hunting for the right "grilled chicken." Just tell Ore what you had — type a sentence, snap a photo, or say it out loud — and it estimates the calories and macros for you. Every estimate is yours to correct. Ore shows calories, protein, carbs, fat, and fiber for each item, and you can fix any number with a tap before you save. It's a smart starting point you control, not a black box. Built around a plan that's actually yours: • Tell Ore about you once — your body, your activity, and your goal — and it calculates a daily calorie and macro target, then shows how it arrived at your daily calorie budget. • Adjust any target. The plan is a proposal you can edit, not a verdict. • Watch your day fill in against your targets with a clean calorie ring, macro breakdown, and automatically calculated daily Fiber goal. Log a meal three ways: • Text — "two eggs, toast, and a flat white" becomes a logged meal in seconds. • Photo — snap your plate and Ore reads it into an editable draft. • Voice — say what you ate, hands-free, and review before it saves. More ways Ore keeps you honest and fast: • A multi-day diary so you can see patterns, not just today. • Optionally connect Apple Health to use recent weight, steps, active calories and workouts when shaping your program, and see daily steps against your walking goal. • Saved foods — save a meal for next time, then choose how much you had without rebuilding it. Your saved ingredients, portions, and nutrition stay together. • Targets you can revisit and adjust whenever your needs change. Private by design. Sign in with Apple — no separate password. Photos attached while logging stay with the confirmed meal so you can see them in your diary, and are deleted with the meal or account. Raw Apple Health activity stays on your device. Delete your account and your data anytime from inside the app. Ore is free to use after sign-in and onboarding. No subscription is required. Ore is a smart-estimate tool to help you stay aware of what you eat. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical or dietary advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://oreapp.fit/privacy

Screenshots

Runbuds3 screens
Ore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Runbuds at none against Ore's 1. Runbuds also leads on ratings volume (64 vs 13). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Ore sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $12.99 per month. Runbuds asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Runbuds against 5.0 for Ore. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 64 and 13 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Runbuds's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ore's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Runbuds ships an update every 2 days, Ore every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Runbuds versus Ore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunbudsOre
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (64 ratings)5.0 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings64 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLight Nudge0xdesigner LLC

Customer experience

Runbuds

All ratings64 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive96.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.7%

Ore

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Runbuds

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Ore

Subscriptions1
  • Ore Pro7 Days trial$12.991 Month

Questions

Is Runbuds free?
Runbuds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ore free?
Ore is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Runbuds or Ore?
Ore is rated higher. Runbuds averages 4.9 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while Ore averages 5.0 from 13 ratings.
Do Runbuds or Ore have ads?
Neither Runbuds nor Ore shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Runbuds or Ore?
Runbuds ships an update every 2 days, and Ore every 3 days. Most recently, Runbuds was updated on October 14, 2026 and Ore on October 3, 2026.

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