Comparison

Trail Mate vs Common Run

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

Head to head
About

Trail Mate

Features
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【Trail Mate】 keeps hikers, cyclists, and trail runners confident on any route with offline-ready maps, on-device navigation, and detailed activity tracking. **Offline-ready maps** Download topographic packs with contour lines and 3D terrain so you always see climbs, descents, and landmarks even without a signal. **Smart trail guidance** Follow realtime positioning, voice prompts, and deviation alerts that nudge you back toward the path before you wander too far. **Activity recording & insights** Record distance, pace, elevation gain, and time directly on iPhone, then review every outing inside a tidy history. **Planning & organization** Design custom routes in the map, merge multi-day tracks, add waypoint notes, and keep every adventure organized for quick sharing. Stay found, plan purposeful adventures, and bring Trail Mate on every outing. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://clqcn.xyz/tuban11/privacy.html

About

Common Run

Features
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Your running routes in one place. Common Run connects your workouts, routes, and planning in one app. Import runs from Apple Health, draw new routes on the map, and share them with friends. Create routes on the map. Plan new runs by placing waypoints on the map—routes snap to roads so you get accurate distances. Or sketch your path freehand and let Common Run turn it into a road-following route. View distance, elevation and estimated time. Set your running pace to get an estimated time, switch between miles and kilometers for distance and see route elevation profiles. Share easily as images. Generate clean route images (map snapshot, distance, and your route path) to share via social apps or anywhere else. Import and Export GPX files. Import GPX files from other apps or devices, and export your routes to GPX when you need them elsewhere. No social linking required. No leaderboards or in app social linking. Your routes are stored on your device.

Screenshots

Trail Mate3 screens
Common Run4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Trail Mate at 3 against Common Run's 1. Trail Mate also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Trail Mate versus Common Run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrail MateCommon Run
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSMJ Jewellery (HK) LimitedWill Trickey

In-app purchases

None

Trail Mate

No in-app purchases

None

Common Run

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Trail Mate free?
Trail Mate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Common Run free?
Common Run is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Trail Mate or Common Run have ads?
Neither Trail Mate nor Common Run shows ads.

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