Comparison

CardioSimple vs Pace Lab

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

Head to head
About

CardioSimple

This app offers AI-driven cardiac rehabilitation exercises and coaching at home. It personalizes your experience through surveys, tracks vitals and medications, and provides AI-graded nutrition logging. Guided workouts focus on heart rate targets to support your recovery.

Highlights
  • AI-driven exercise coaching
  • Personalized rehab plans
  • Nutrition logging and AI-grading
  • Medication tracking
  • Vitals monitoring
  • Heart rate target guided workouts
  • Progress charts
Features
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CardioSimple is a full comprehensive app for cardiac rehab. Using AI-driven insights and coaching during exercise, CardioSimple brings AI to the at-home cardiac rehab experience, allowing users to be supervised during exercise. Users fill out a survey using their patient data to customize their experience to be adapted for each unique user. Users can log and AI-grade their nutrition, log their medications, track their vitals, help themselves cease smoking, do AI-supervised exercise workouts guided by heart rate target ranges according to the American Heart Association, and be encouraged using the progress charts. Works with Apple Watch: see live heart rate and your target zone on your wrist during supervised workouts, take on-demand heart-rate measurements, and sync results back to your phone automatically. NOT FOR MEDICAL USE. FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY --- SEE IN-APP DISCLAIMER.

About

Pace Lab

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Pace Lab is a running calculator built for runners who want clear numbers without the clutter. ■ Key Features - Pace calculator Calculate pace and speed from any distance and time. - Race pace calculator Set your goal time and get your target pace — then view full race splits with real clock times across the course. - Pace–speed converter Switch instantly between pace (min/mi or min/km) and speed (mph or km/h). - 400m lap calculator Convert between lap times and equivalent running pace for track sessions. - Training pace calculator Enter your goal time and get recommended paces for easy runs, long runs, marathon pace, threshold runs, and interval workouts. - Heart rate zone calculator Calculate your 5 training zones using Max HR, Resting HR, or Lactate Threshold (LTHR). - Race time predictor Predict finish times across distances using recent race results or VDOT-based estimates. - Energy gel calculator Get a personalized gel count and timing plan based on your race distance and goal pace. No sign-up required — just the tools runners need for smarter training and race planning.

Screenshots

CardioSimple4 screens
Pace Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CardioSimple at none against Pace Lab's shown. CardioSimple also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CardioSimple ships an update every 9 days, Pace Lab weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CardioSimple versus Pace Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardioSimplePace Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB31 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSeamless Care LLCPyoungoh Yun

In-app purchases

None

CardioSimple

No in-app purchases

None

Pace Lab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CardioSimple free?
CardioSimple is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pace Lab free?
Pace Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CardioSimple or Pace Lab have ads?
Pace Lab shows ads; CardioSimple does not.
Which is updated more often, CardioSimple or Pace Lab?
CardioSimple ships an update every 9 days, and Pace Lab weekly. Most recently, CardioSimple was updated on October 7, 2026 and Pace Lab on October 18, 2026.

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