Comparison

Traace vs Muscle Maps

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

Head to head
About

Traace

This app transforms your fitness activities into visually stunning, interactive maps. Track your walks, runs, and cycles, then explore your routes with detailed insights and easy organization. It prioritizes privacy and a streamlined user experience.

Highlights
  • Visualize routes on map
  • Color-coded by activity
  • Search and filter workouts
  • Detailed route statistics
  • Lightweight and private
  • No external uploads
Features
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Traace helps you visualize your fitness journey. Whether you’re walking around town, running through trails, or cycling to new spots, Traace turns your workouts into beautiful, interactive routes you can explore, organize, and reflect on. - See Your Routes on the Map Sync your walking, running, and cycling workouts from HealthKit and view them directly on a map, color-coded by activity. - Search, Filter, and Focus Quickly find past workouts by date, name, or distance. Focus on a single route or toggle between activity types for a clear overview. - Detailed Insights Tap into any route to view key stats like distance, elevation, and start/end locations. - Lightweight, Private, and Instant Traace is designed to be fast, elegant, and respects your privacy. All workouts come directly from your device — nothing is uploaded externally. - No Accounts. No Ads. Just You. Traace keeps it simple: sync and go. Perfect for runners, walkers, hikers, or cyclists who just want to explore.

About

Muscle Maps

Features
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Muscle Maps is a location-based walking game built around nearby zones, weekly step goals, and a tiny virtual pet. Open the map, find zones around you, walk into range, and capture them for XP. Your steps also care for a pet with a goal that resets each week. What you can do: - Discover nearby zones on the live map - Walk into range and capture zones for XP - View all of your captured zones on the Profile map - Complete daily quests tied to movement and exploration - Feed your steps to a tiny pet and build a weekly care streak - Share your pet progress and set optional reminders - Track optional step-based progress with Apple Health - Use Muscle Maps Plus for rolling 30-day step catch-up and 5 worldwide captures per subscription period Pet Guardian Pass is a separate optional monthly subscription. If a pet passes away after a missed weekly goal, an active subscriber can restore that same pet once for the missed week and preserve its care streak. The pet feature remains free to use, and non-subscribers can adopt a new pet when the next weekly care period begins. Privacy: - Location is used to place nearby zones and measure activity progress - Health and Motion access are optional - Location history, motion data, and Health samples stay on your device for gameplay - Feature requests and optional developer update opt-in are user-initiated by email Subscription Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Traace4 screens
Muscle Maps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Traace at none against Muscle Maps's 2. On price, update cadence, 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. Muscle Maps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Traace asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Traace ships an update every 8 days, Muscle Maps every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Traace versus Muscle Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTraaceMuscle Maps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAadi-Shiv MalhotraMichael Norman

In-app purchases

None

Traace

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Muscle Maps

Subscriptions2
  • Pet Guardian Pass$0.991 Month
  • Muscle Maps Plus$1.291 Month

Questions

Is Traace free?
Traace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Muscle Maps free?
Muscle Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Traace or Muscle Maps have ads?
Neither Traace nor Muscle Maps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Traace or Muscle Maps?
Traace ships an update every 8 days, and Muscle Maps every 4 days. Most recently, Traace was updated on October 9, 2026 and Muscle Maps on October 11, 2026.

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