Custom Rings vs RunIntensity
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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Build activity rings for anything that matters—not just Move, Exercise, and Stand. Custom Rings turns fitness goals, habits, focus sessions, reading, hydration, and daily routines into rings you can see, close, and keep going. Track manually, auto-track from Apple Health, or log right from your widgets and Apple Watch. YOUR RINGS. YOUR RULES. Create up to five rings in each cluster, with your own name, unit, target, schedule, and color. Swipe between fitness, productivity, wellness, and any other setup you invent. AUTO-TRACK FROM APPLE HEALTH Connect rings to steps, active calories, exercise minutes, stand hours, walking distance, flights climbed, sleep, water, and time in daylight. Raw Health samples are processed on your device. IPHONE, WIDGETS & APPLE WATCH See nested rings on your Home Screen, put a ring on your Lock Screen, or use Quick Track to log progress without opening the app. View and update rings from Apple Watch and add progress to supported watch faces. HISTORY THAT CATCHES UP Health-linked rings can restore missed days when you return, so you do not have to open the app every day to preserve auto-tracked history. See streaks, milestone badges, calendar heat maps, and 7-day or 30-day charts. Export your history to CSV at any time. SESSION CLUSTERS Track counters that do not reset at midnight: workout sets, board-game life totals, card-game scores, or anything session-based. Choose starting values, go negative, reset all at once, and undo an accidental reset. BETTER WITH FRIENDS Sign in with Apple to add friends and share only the rings you choose. See daily progress, send nudges, and compete in 1-, 3-, 7-, 14-, or 30-day challenges. Recurring seasons keep friendly rivalries going. FREE • One cluster with up to five rings • Up to three friends • All auto-track types • Session clusters and scheduled rings • Reminders, widgets, Siri, and Watch complications PRO — ONE-TIME PURCHASE • Unlimited clusters • Unlimited friends • Challenges and recurring seasons • Nudges • Full history No subscription. No ads. Your rings, your goals, your pace. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
RunIntensity
This app provides advanced running analytics, calculating training load with a multi-factor model that considers intensity, terrain, and environmental stress. It offers daily readiness scores and personalized workout plans to optimize training and recovery.
- Stress-Adjusted Miles (SAM) calculation
- Daily readiness score
- Readiness-first "Today" home screen
- Training planner with periodization
- Social features to train with friends
- AI coaching options
- Shoe mileage tracking
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RunIntensity calculates your true training load using Stress-Adjusted Miles (SAM) — a 5-factor model that accounts for heart rate intensity, terrain, surface, cumulative fatigue, and environmental stress. Stop guessing how hard your runs really are. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Most running apps track distance and pace. RunIntensity goes deeper. A hilly trail run in the heat stresses your body far more than an easy road jog — even at the same distance. SAM captures that difference so you train at the right load every day. KNOW WHAT TO DO TODAY The readiness-first "Today" home gives you one clear answer every morning: push or recover. Readiness score, today's planned workout, your weekly training budget, and a one-tap start — all at a glance. HOW IT WORKS RunIntensity reads your Apple Health data — runs, heart rate, HRV, resting heart rate, sleep, and weight — and computes a daily readiness score and weekly SAM budget. No manual logging. No wearable lock-in. If your watch writes to Apple Health, RunIntensity can use it. FREE FEATURES - Stress-Adjusted Miles (SAM): the real cost of every run - Daily Readiness Score from HRV, sleep, resting HR, and recent load - Readiness-first "Today" home with weekly SAM goal and streaks - Home & Lock Screen widgets, plus Siri ("What's my readiness?") - Training planner with periodization (base, build, peak, taper, recovery) and race milestones - Personal Records and a Lifetime Bests trophy case - Body soreness tracker (36 regions) - Shoe mileage tracking with retirement alerts - Live Activity on the Dynamic Island during Apple Watch workouts - The science behind every calculation — no black boxes TRAIN WITH FRIENDS — FREE - Follow friends' readiness, SAM, and workouts - React and comment on the social Board - Weekly leaderboards and head-to-head challenges (SAM or miles) - Streaks and momentum badges COACH BRADY — YOUR AI COACH ($19.99/year, 7-day free trial) - Chat about your week, your goals, and how to train - Advice grounded in your own readiness, SAM, and history - Automatic weekly workout planning - Web coach dashboard from any browser COACH MODE ($39.99/year) Everything in Coach Brady, plus manage unlimited athletes and groups, assign periodized plans, and compare athletes side by side. PRIVACY FIRST Core calculations happen on your device. RunIntensity reads Apple Health but never writes to it. No ads. No third-party tracking SDKs. REQUIREMENTS iPhone with iOS 17 or later. Optional Apple Watch (watchOS 10+) for the Race Pace timer and Live Activity. Apple Health data from any GPS watch or phone workout. Subscriptions are auto-renewable yearly, charged to your Apple ID. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.zerodi.net/runintensity-privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Custom Rings at every 3 days against RunIntensity's fortnightly. RunIntensity's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Custom Rings sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and RunIntensity sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
RunIntensity holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 10 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Custom Rings ships an update every 3 days, RunIntensity fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Custom Rings | RunIntensity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christopher DAdamo | Zero Di, LLC |
Customer experience
Custom Rings
RunIntensity
In-app purchases
Custom Rings
- Custom Rings Pro$2.99
RunIntensity
- Coach Brady — Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Coach Mode — Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year





