Ghostr vs Race Your Ghost
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
Race Your Ghost
This app transforms your runs into personal challenges by replaying your previous best performance live alongside you. Track your progress second by second, compete against yourself, and share your achievements.
- Real-time ghost replays of past runs
- Live ahead/behind status updates
- Free Run mode for basic tracking
- Apple Watch app integration
- Apple Health data saving
- Shareable run summaries with photos
- Challenge friends with your ghost runs
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Race Your Ghost turns every run into a head-to-head showdown — against the one runner who always pushes you hardest: you. Record a run and it becomes your "ghost." Next time you head out the same route, your ghost runs right alongside you in real time. Pull ahead and you'll feel it; fall behind and you'll know exactly how many seconds you need to make up. It's the simplest way to actually get faster, run after run. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Race your ghost — your past run replays live as you go, showing whether you're ahead or behind, second by second. • Free Run mode — just want to log miles? Track distance, pace, and route with no ghost at all. • Apple Watch app — monitor and finish runs from your wrist, with your ahead/behind status synced instantly to your phone. • Apple Health — every workout is saved natively to the Health app, so your rings and history stay complete. • Beautiful run summaries — see your route, splits, and stats, add a photo, and share the moment. • Challenge a friend — send any run as a challenge and see if they can beat your ghost. • Voice & haptic cues — keep your eyes on the road; the app tells you where you stand. Whether you're chasing a 5K PR or just trying to be a little faster than last week, Race Your Ghost makes progress something you can see and feel on every run. Lace up. Beat yesterday. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Race Your Ghost at 5.0 against Ghostr's 1.0. Race Your Ghost also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Ghostr's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). 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. Race Your Ghost sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Ghostr asks for nothing beyond the download.
Race Your Ghost holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ghostr | Race Your Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hello Nasty | Nicola Adamchik |
Customer experience
Ghostr
Race Your Ghost
In-app purchases
Ghostr
No in-app purchases
Race Your Ghost
- English$4.991 Month
- English$29.991 Year









