RunRecap vs Personal Bests
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RunRecap
This app offers advanced tools to compare and analyze running performance, visualizing long-term trends and effort across multiple workouts. It integrates directly with Apple Health for a privacy-first experience, providing insights beyond basic summaries.
- Compare multiple runs side-by-side
- Visualize long-term running trends
- Analyze pace, heart rate, and elevation
- Route and distance matching for comparisons
- Privacy-first data integration with Apple Health
- Unique heart rate/pace/elevation grade plot
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See more. Understand more. RunRecap goes beyond basic workout summaries with tools that most apps lock behind pay walls. Additionally, RunRecap brings the familiar look and feel of the iPhone Fitness app to iPad — designed from the ground up to feel native, focused, and powerful on a larger screen. Workout Comparisons Compare multiple runs: • Pace, heart rate, cadence, elevation, power • See how effort and performance change across workouts • Instantly spot improvements or regressions • Route/distance matching to help make apples-apples comparisons Long-Term Trends Visualize how your running evolves over time: • Weekly and monthly trends • Performance metrics over multiple years or decades • Identify hidden patterns that manifest slowly over time No subscriptions. No paywalls. These features are included. Your data. Your device. • Uses Apple Health data directly • No new accounts required • Privacy-first by design • Optional .fit export for advanced analysis on platforms like Runalyze • Proprietary heart rate/pace/elevation grade plot to see running effort at paces relative to elevation change all in one plot! • Time/distance synchronized graph selection to see your running metrics, location, and elevation together at any point in time Perfect for runners using the Apple Health ecosystem who want more than just a summary.
Personal Bests
This app analyzes your workout history from Apple Health to find your fastest segments of any distance. It ranks these personal bests across all your activities and timeframes, offering detailed insights and flexible tracking for athletes focused on performance.
- Finds fastest segments of any distance
- Works across running, cycling, swimming, rowing
- Segments can be anywhere within a workout
- Customizable segment lengths
- Rankings across all timeframes
- Detailed segment analysis and export
- Syncs via iCloud
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Personal Bests helps you discover your fastest efforts hidden inside your workouts. Most fitness apps only show totals: total distance, total time, average pace. Personal Bests goes deeper. It analyzes every workout in Apple Health and finds your fastest segments of any length, then ranks them across all your workouts and timeframes. Need to find your fastest 7K segment within the last year? Your fastest 1-mile effort ever, even if it happened in the middle of a longer run? Your best 500m row, 5K ride, or 1K swim? Personal Bests will find it. Segment-Based Personal Bests • Automatically finds your fastest segments for any distance you care about. • Works across running, cycling, walking, swimming, rowing, and more. • Segments don’t need to align with workout start or end — Personal Bests finds the fastest effort anywhere inside a workout. Custom Distances • Track exactly what matters to you. • Add any segment length: 400m, 1K, 7K, 10 miles, marathon, or anything else. • Set favorite segments per activity for quick access. Rankings Across Time • Rank your segments against all your workouts. • Filter rankings by timeframe: • All-time • Past year • Past months or weeks • Custom time windows • Instantly see where a workout ranks — 1st, top 10, or beyond. Detailed Segment Analysis • View segment results, rankings, and medals for each workout. • See which distance source was used (GPS route, Health statistics, or raw samples). • Export segment results or distance data as CSV for deeper analysis. Powerful Rankings View • Browse leaderboards by: • Segment (fastest times) • Duration (longest workouts) • Distance (farthest efforts) • Filter by activity type, timeframe, and segment length. • Quickly jump from rankings into the full workout details. Now on iPhone, iPad & Mac • Your segments and rankings sync securely through your own iCloud. • Widgets keep your latest personal bests on the Home Screen. • Background notifications alert you the moment you set a new best. • Optional, on-device AI summaries (Beta) give a quick recap of a workout. Flexible & Private • Uses your existing Apple Health data. • No third-party accounts — your data syncs privately through your own iCloud. • Analysis runs on-device. • You stay in full control of what’s included. Who Is This For? Personal Bests is built for athletes who care about performance, not just totals: • Runners tracking PRs at multiple distances • Cyclists comparing best efforts over time • Swimmers, rowers, and endurance athletes • Anyone who wants deeper insight into their training history If you’ve ever wondered “When was I actually at my fastest?”, Personal Bests is for you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RunRecap at every 4 weeks against Personal Bests's every 6 months. On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RunRecap against 5.0 for Personal Bests. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
RunRecap ships an update every 4 weeks, Personal Bests every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RunRecap | Personal Bests |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Excelsis Consulting | Markus Kettner |
Customer experience
RunRecap
Personal Bests
In-app purchases
RunRecap
No in-app purchases
Personal Bests
No in-app purchases









