Ghostr vs Built to Scale
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ghostr
Transform your runs into races against virtual opponents. Compete against your past performances, friends, or global runners in real-time. Track your progress, climb leagues, and improve your Ghostr Score with live feedback.
- Race against virtual ghosts
- Compete with friends and global runners
- League-based competition
- Real-time feedback and visualizations
- Ghostr Score tracking
- Social feed for sharing results
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There are loads of running apps – Ghostr is more than run tracking Experience a completely new way of running where every run becomes a race. Ghostr turns past runs into virtual ghosts you can race in real time. Challenge yourself, battle friends or compete against runners from around the world. SINGLE MODE Race against your own best times or create a custom virtual ghost. BATTLE MODE Record a run and challenge your friends. The fastest runner wins. LEAGUE MODE Join a running league. Race against community ghosts, earn promotion and climb through the divisions. Every run matters. GHOSTR SCORE Every race impacts your Ghostr Score. Compare yourself with friends and the community, track your progress and see your performance over time. SOCIAL FEED Follow friends, share results, celebrate victories and stay up to date with races, league promotions and community activity. REAL-TIME RACE FEEDBACK Live visual and audio updates show whether you're ahead of or behind your ghost and predict whether you're on pace to win. SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED Ghostr is a subscription-based app. Start with a 1 month free trial and cancel anytime during the trial period to avoid being charged. An active subscription is required to continue using Ghostr after the trial ends. Subscription options and pricing are displayed in the app. Stop running – Start racing Terms and Conditions: https://www.ghostr.run/en/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://www.ghostr.run/en/privacy-policy
Built to Scale
This app helps you log and track your fitness workouts, focusing on your personal progress and consistency. It analyzes your training patterns to help you maximize each session and earn achievements for building habits. The app captures your actual performance without prescribing specific routines or judging modifications.
- Log workouts and track movements
- Analyze workload trends and demand signals
- Earn achievements for consistency
- View effort across movement groups
- No prescribed programming or judgment
- Personal data privacy and cloud backup option
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Most workout apps were built for athletes who go Rx. Built to Scale was built for the rest of us. Log your workouts, track your movements, and see how each session compares to your own personal baseline. Built to Scale surfaces your real training patterns through workload trends and demand signals, so you can get the most out of every WOD. Earn achievements as you build consistency, and see your effort across entire groups of movements, not just single lifts. Built to Scale doesn't prescribe programming, tell you what to do, or judge your modifications. It captures what you've actually done so you can see the progress you're already making. The first 30 days are entirely free, no payment method required. Your workouts are your own, your data should be too. Built to Scale has no ads, does not track users, and only stores your workout data if you choose to use cloud backup. Happy Training! Terms & Conditions of Use: https://www.builttoscale.fit/terms-conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Built to Scale at 5.0 against Ghostr's 1.0. Built to Scale also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Built to Scale holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Ghostr ships an update every 5 days, Built to Scale weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ghostr | Built to Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hello Nasty | Steven Gill |
Customer experience
Ghostr
Built to Scale
In-app purchases
Ghostr
No in-app purchases
Built to Scale
No in-app purchases








