Comparison

Tread Timer vs RunRoutes

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

Head to head
About

Tread Timer

This app provides treadmill workout timers to help users structure their exercise sessions. It offers customizable intervals for running, walking, and resting, ensuring a consistent and effective workout experience.

Highlights
  • Treadmill workout timers
  • Customizable intervals
  • Running and walking segments
  • Rest periods
  • Structured exercise sessions
Features
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Treadmill workout timers

About

RunRoutes

Features
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Your run starts on the map. Open RunRoutes and you are looking at a route from your own front door. Pick a distance, tap once, and a loop appears: out and back home, no planning, no retracing your steps. Run it from your wrist or your phone. Tap Start and your Apple Watch takes over: turn alerts, pace and a tap on the wrist when it matters, while your phone mirrors the run live on a full-screen map. No watch? Your phone guides you on its own. ROUTES FROM ANY DOOR Pick 5K, 10K or any distance you like, and RunRoutes draws a loop that starts and ends where you stand. Save the loops you love, run them again, or draw your own by tapping waypoints on the map. GUIDED WHILE YOU RUN The map fills the screen edge to edge with six numbers over it: time, distance, pace, heart rate, calories and the length of your loop. Turn alerts arrive before the corner, on your wrist and on your lock screen. INTERVALS THAT RIDE ALONG Run and walk intervals on any route, or without one. Build your own workouts, or follow the built-in Couch to 5K program: from your first minute of running to 28 minutes nonstop, in 9 weeks. EVERY RUN COUNTS Progress opens on your week: which days you ran, what the week adds up to, and how many weeks you hit your goal. Runs recorded with other apps count too, so your story is complete from day one. TAKE THE ROUTE WITH YOU Share any route as a GPX file to your watch or the running app you already use, and post the run card to your story. RUNROUTES PRO Try two route generations free, with no payment details. After that, choose a weekly, monthly or yearly subscription for unlimited routes, all custom workouts and the full 5K program. No free subscription trial. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled. Existing purchases remain valid. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://runroutes.app/privacy

Screenshots

Tread Timer1 screens
RunRoutes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tread Timer at none against RunRoutes's 3. Tread Timer also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). RunRoutes's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). On price and device support 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. RunRoutes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Tread Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tread Timer ships an update monthly, RunRoutes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on June 29, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Tread Timer versus RunRoutes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTread TimerRunRoutes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBenchmark Fitness, Inc.Tom van den Bogaart

In-app purchases

None

Tread Timer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

RunRoutes

Subscriptions2
  • IntervalRun Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • IntervalRun Pro$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • IntervalRun Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Tread Timer free?
Tread Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RunRoutes free?
RunRoutes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tread Timer or RunRoutes have ads?
Tread Timer shows ads; RunRoutes does not.
Which is updated more often, Tread Timer or RunRoutes?
Tread Timer ships an update monthly, and RunRoutes every 3 days. Most recently, Tread Timer was updated on June 29, 2026 and RunRoutes on September 24, 2026.

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