Stacking vs RunAtlas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stacking
This app helps you understand your long-term running progress and consistency. Visualize your workouts with trend charts and activity grids, set personalized goals, and gain insights into your performance. It integrates with Apple Health to track various metrics and offers customization options for your training preferences.
- Trend charts for long-term progress
- Activity grids for workout history
- Heart rate zone analysis
- Personalized fitness goal setting
- Progress tracking for multiple activities
- Insights and comparisons
- Apple Health integration
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Your Apple Watch tracks every run. But are you actually getting better? Stacking is your running companion for the long run. Understand your long-term progress, set goals that match how you train, and master the consistency that makes you a better runner. Your Workouts, Visualized - Trend Charts - Track your running progress over weeks, months, and years with clear visual comparisons - Activity Grids - See your workout history at a glance with intuitive calendar views for the week, month, and year - Heart Rate Zone Analysis - Understand the intensity of every workout with detailed 5-zone breakdowns using the proven Heart Rate Reserve method - Explore detailed run data & charts - Filter your past workouts and view detailed data for your runs, which includes effort insights, heart rate data, pace, grade adjusted pace, splits and more. Set Goals That Stick Create personalized fitness goals that match how you actually train: - Frequency - "Run 3 times a week" - Duration - "Exercise for 150 minutes a week" - Distance - "Cycle 100 km a month" - Elevation - "Gain 5,000 m this year" Track progress for any activity: running, cycling, swimming, strength training, yoga, HIIT, and more. Set weekly, monthly, or yearly targets and watch your progress build. Insights That Matter - Compare this week to last week, this month to last month, this year to last year - Filter by activity type to focus on what matters to you - Track total time, distance, and elevation gained across all your workouts - Track Resting Heart Rate, HRV, VO2 Max, Active Energy, and Cardio Recovery with clear 3-year trends from Apple Health Upgrade to Stacking Pro - Monitor your heart rate zones over time - Compare your easy pace week-to-week improvements - View your Yearly Activity progress - and more! Built for Your Preferences - Customize heart rate zones to match your training - Choose your units: kilometers or miles, meters or feet - Set your week to start on Monday or Sunday Privacy First Stacking reads directly from Apple Health. Your data stays on your device where it belongs. --- Stack your runs. Track your trends. See your progress. For terms of service: https://stackingapp.net/terms
RunAtlas
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Explore Your Running History RunAtlas transforms your Apple Health running data into beautiful insights. If you've been running with your Apple Watch, you already have years of runs waiting to be explored. Key Features: • Interactive World Map - See every city you've run in, with markers sized by how often you run there. Filter by all runs, 5K+, 10K+, half marathon, or marathon efforts. • Monthly Comparison - Compare your running in any month across all years. See all runs by default, or focus on 5K+ efforts when you want a performance-oriented view. • Fastest Times - Track your best 5K, 10K, half marathon, and marathon efforts when available. • Detailed Statistics - Explore yearly totals, distance milestones, countries visited, cities explored, pace trends, and more. • Run History - Browse all running workouts, search by location, and add location or distance details for indoor runs. • Run Routes - View the actual GPS route of any outdoor run on a map. Privacy First: - No accounts or sign-ups required - No data collection or tracking - Your running data is read from Apple Health and stays on your device - Optional indoor run edits can sync through your private iCloud account Requirements: - Reads running workouts from Apple Health - Works best with Apple Watch running data - Outdoor route maps require workouts with GPS route data Perfect for runners who want to understand their running history, track progress across years, or simply see all the amazing places they've run.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RunAtlas at none against Stacking's 3. 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
Both are free to download. Stacking sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. RunAtlas asks for nothing beyond the download.
Stacking ships an update every 2 weeks, RunAtlas weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stacking | RunAtlas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 — better | 18.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeremiah Daneil de la Rouviere | Shahin Sefati |
In-app purchases
Stacking
- Stacking Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
- Stacking Pro - 14-day accessFree
- Stacking Pro - Lifetime Access$19.99
RunAtlas
No in-app purchases









