Comparison

Runify vs Phase

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

Head to head
About

Runify

This app transforms your runs into a competitive experience. Earn XP, unlock new tiers, and climb leaderboards by tracking your progress and challenging friends. Visualize your journey with detailed stats and share your achievements.

Highlights
  • Gamified running with XP and ranks
  • Competitive leaderboards (friends, global, local)
  • Track distance, pace, and consistency
  • Unlock visual ranks and tiers
  • Share post-run visuals
  • Visualize progress with graphs and history
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**Run. Rank. Repeat.** Runify is the first-ranked running app that transforms your runs into a competitive experience. Earn XP, unlock new tiers, and climb the leaderboard while tracking your progress and challenging friends. Whether you're running solo or side by side with others, every step counts. Gamified Running Tracker | XP | Ranks | Leaderboards | Clubs | Streaks **Level Up Your Running:** Advance through competitive ranks like Bronze, Diamond, and Iridescent based on your distance, consistency, and pace. Runify rewards your performance with XP and a visual rank system designed to keep you motivated. - Earn XP after every run - Progress through a ranked tier system - Lose rank if you go inactive - Unlock a visual identity that evolves with you **Compete With Friends:** Running is better with rivals. Compare times, chase leaderboard spots, and see how you stack up against your crew or the world. - Friends, global, country, and club leaderboards - Race across 1K, 5K, 10K, and more - Watch your rivals rise or fall in real time **Compete by Country & Run Club:** Take your rank past your friends list. See where you stand among runners across your country, or build a private club for your crew, team, workplace, or school and race on your own leaderboard. - Country leaderboards for regional competition - Private, invite-only run club leaderboards - Create a run club and invite members with a link - Top-three podium and full ranked standings - See your own rank even when you're outside the top list - New Countries & Clubs section in the Ranks tab **Share Your Grind:** Create post-run visuals that showcase your stats with style. Customize your templates and post them straight to your story. - Auto-filled template editor - Includes time, distance, and pace - Export directly to Instagram **Track Your Progress:** Every run earns data. Visualize your effort with XP graphs, streak history, and run breakdowns. Runify doesn't just track; it reflects your journey. - Weekly summaries and lifetime stats - XP over time and recent runs - Personal progression and rank trends Download Runify today and earn your place on the leaderboard. Consistency isn't optional—it's ranked. Privacy Policy: https://runifyprivacy.carrd.co/ Terms of Service: https://runifytermsandconditions.carrd.co/

About

Phase

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Phase is an interval timer for starting where you are, and not where you think you should be. Coming back to running? Choose a run/walk Journey that gives you something manageable today and only suggests the next step after you finish. Already know your HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, circuit, boxing, swim, or gym workout? Build it your way and let Phase handle the clockwork. # START AT A LEVEL YOU CAN HANDLE Your First Mile begins with one-minute runs and 90-second walks. After each completed session, tell Phase how it felt. If the opening session is too hard, Phase can offer something gentler, down to 15-second runs. If it feels right, stay with it. If you’re ready for more, Phase can offer one small step forward. You decide whether the plan changes. You can also work toward a continuous 5K or 10K. Journeys move by completed sessions and your feedback—not calendar weeks—so missing Tuesday doesn’t put you behind. # LET PHASE CALL THE WORKOUT Keep your hands free and your phone in your pocket. Spoken phase cues and countdowns guide the workout, including while the phone is locked, and can mix with music already playing. On screen, color and a clear “Next” preview make each transition easy to follow. Vibration adds another cue when it’s available. A call or a trip to the background won’t make the timer quietly drift. When you return, Phase checks the clock and catches up honestly. # BRING YOUR OWN WORKOUT Make a simple work/rest timer in a few taps, or add a warm-up, cool-down, repeats, and individual times and names for every round. Save a favorite once; run it again. Or start with 28 ready-made workouts for HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, circuits, boxing, running, stretching, and swimming—plus three guided running Journeys. # SEE PROGRESS WITHOUT LOSING A STREAK Phase keeps the time, distance, active days, and completed workouts you earned. There are no streaks to lose, because a rough week can’t erase work that already happened. Favorites and Collections organize your routines. History records each session. Journey Milestones preserve evidence-backed changes when completed workouts show a meaningful change. Stop early? Phase saves the time you actually trained without calling the workout complete. # THE CATCH, PLAINLY Your first 14 completed workouts are free. No card. No deadline. No automatic charge. No account. After that, Phase Unlock removes the workout limit and includes all 28 ready-made workouts, all three Journeys, unlimited custom workouts, and the current customization features for one payment. There is no subscription or recurring charge, and Phase has no ads, analytics, or “pro” tier. Your workouts, settings, Journey progress, Milestones, and history live on your phone. Export a backup whenever you want. GPS is optional for ordinary workouts. Final distance workouts in the running Journeys need it because distance is the finish line. When GPS is on, Phase calculates distance on your device, including while the phone is locked. It saves the total, not a route, and doesn’t send your location to us. Start where you are. We’ll handle the clockwork.

Screenshots

Runify4 screens
Phase4 screens

Verdict

The call

Runify and Phase are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Runify sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Phase sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Runify versus Phase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunifyPhase
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (244 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings244 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOneDegree LabsZHUYE DENG

Bugs and requests

Runify

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Sync issues with Garmin and Strava
  • Potential location sharing concerns

Requested features

2 requests
  • Improve sync functionality with fitness trackers
  • Provide more transparency on location sharing

Phase

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Runify

Subscriptions13
  • Runify Pro Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Runify Pro2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Runify Pro$9.991 Month
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  • Runify Pro$14.997 Days
  • Runify Pro$19.991 Year
  • Runify Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Runify Pro$29.991 Year
  • Runify Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Runify Pro6 Months trial$49.991 Year
  • Runify Pro14 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Runify Pro$49.991 Year
  • Runify Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Runify Pro7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Runify Pro$79.99
1 purchases

Phase

One-time1
  • Phase Lifetime$8.99

Questions

Is Runify free?
Runify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Phase free?
Phase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Runify or Phase have ads?
Neither Runify nor Phase shows ads.

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