Comparison

Custom Rings vs Run Window

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

Head to head
About

Custom Rings

Create and track custom daily goals beyond standard activity metrics. Organize them into sets, sync with Apple Health, and compete with friends. Offers reminders, history, and streaks for motivation.

Highlights
  • Customizable goal rings
  • Auto-tracking from Apple Health
  • Session clusters for manual counters
  • Scheduled rings for specific days
  • Social sharing and challenges
  • Apple Watch support
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Make progress on what matters to you. Custom Rings turns your habits and goals into personal rings: reading, water, movement, focus, practice, and more. Choose a name, unit, target, schedule, and color, then check in with a simple +. A SIMPLE DAILY CHECK-IN See your rings together on Today. Use your preferred quick amount, open a ring to enter a custom amount, and undo an accidental entry. Starter templates make it easy to begin. A CLEARER VIEW OF YOUR PROGRESS Your free seven-day overview shows completed goals and a daily tracker. Explore deeper comparisons, thirty-day summaries, full calendar history, and CSV export with Pro. CONNECTED TO APPLE HEALTH Connect compatible data for steps, active calories, exercise minutes, stand hours, walking distance, flights climbed, sleep, water, and time in daylight. Available data depends on your devices and permissions. Raw Health samples are processed on your device. IPHONE, WIDGETS & APPLE WATCH Keep goals visible with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Use Quick Track to log progress, or check in from Apple Watch. The Three Rings complication lets you choose a different daily ring for each position in a large rectangular Watch face slot, with totals, percentages, or progress remaining. MORE WAYS TO MAKE IT YOURS Create session counters for goals that should not reset at midnight, such as workout sets or game scores. Use scheduled rings and reminders to fit your routine. Export a local backup of your rings and history, preview a backup before importing, and keep a recovery copy when restoring. OPTIONAL SHARING Sign in with Apple to add friends and share only the rings you choose. Pro adds more social features, including challenges, recurring seasons, and nudges. No account is required to track your own rings. START FREE • One group with up to five rings • Seven-day Progress overview and daily tracker • Up to three friends • Apple Health auto-tracking types • Scheduled rings and session counters • Reminders, widgets, Siri, and Watch complications PRO — ONE-TIME PURCHASE • Unlimited groups • Deeper insights and thirty-day summaries • Full calendar history and CSV export • Unlimited friends • Challenges, recurring seasons, and nudges No subscription. No ads. Your rings, your goals, your pace. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Run Window

This app analyzes hourly weather forecasts to find the optimal time for your outdoor runs based on your personal comfort preferences. It helps you plan your runs by identifying the best window for temperature, humidity, wind, and AQI, and learns from your feedback to refine recommendations.

Highlights
  • Personalized running window identification
  • Hourly forecast analysis
  • Customizable weather preferences
  • 16-day hourly forecast scoring
  • Daily run window notifications
  • Weather condition tracking for planned runs
  • Feedback-based learning for accuracy
Features
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You already know you want to run today. The only question is when. Run Window is the running weather app that gives you one answer. Tell us what conditions you actually like — cold mornings, humid afternoons, a little rain — and we'll scan the hourly forecast for the best time to run today. Your best running window shows up the moment you open the app. No guessing. No cross-referencing three weather apps. Just: here's your hour, go. Try Run Window free for 7 days — no credit card required. After your trial, plans start at $5.99/month. WHO IT'S FOR Runners who run outside. Marathon training, easy days, race-week tapers, the half-marathon block you can't skip. If your schedule has a 2–4 hour window most days, Run Window finds the hour inside it where conditions line up — temperature, humidity, wind, dew point, AQI, all of it. HOW IT WORKS We start with four quick scenarios: would you head out in 35° wind? 88° humidity? Steady rain? Then you tell us when you usually run. Your answers build a comfort profile that scores every hour of the forecast against what you actually enjoy. The result is a window — a specific block of time where conditions line up for you. Not some generic "good running weather" label. Your window, based on your preferences. WHAT YOU GET • Your best windows — open the app, swipe through them, plan one to the quarter hour • 16 days of hourly forecasts — scored and ranked to your comfort zone • Today's verdict each morning — a notification with your window before you head out • Weather watch — we track conditions for your planned runs and tell you if anything shifts • Learns from your runs — tell us how it felt, and your windows get sharper • Plan your week — see ten days at a glance, mark rest days, build your schedule around the weather • Backup windows — not just the best hour, but your second and third options too BUILT FOR RUNNERS WHO RUN OUTSIDE We know you're going regardless. Run Window just helps you pick the hour where it'll feel the best. And when conditions are genuinely rough, we'll say so — no sugarcoating. We watch the running weather forecast. You go run. Terms of Use: https://runwindow.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://runwindow.com/privacy

Screenshots

Custom Rings4 screens
Run Window4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Run Window at 5.0 against Custom Rings's 4.4. Run Window also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Custom Rings sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Run Window sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Run Window holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Custom Rings's written reviews are positive against 100% of Run Window's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Custom Rings ships an update every 4 days, Run Window weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Custom Rings versus Run Window: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustom RingsRun Window
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings711 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB88 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperChristopher DAdamoPatrick Hayes

Customer experience

Custom Rings

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Run Window

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Custom Rings

One-time1
  • Custom Rings Pro$2.99
2 purchases

Run Window

Subscriptions2
  • Run Window$5.991 Month
  • Run Window$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Custom Rings free?
Custom Rings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Run Window free?
Run Window is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Custom Rings or Run Window?
Run Window is rated higher. Custom Rings averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Run Window averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Custom Rings or Run Window have ads?
Neither Custom Rings nor Run Window shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Custom Rings or Run Window?
Custom Rings ships an update every 4 days, and Run Window weekly. Most recently, Custom Rings was updated on November 8, 2026 and Run Window on November 5, 2026.

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