Comparison

RunWindow vs Reaction Light Trainer

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

Head to head
About

RunWindow

This app guides your runs using haptic feedback and on-screen cues to keep you within your target heart rate or pace zones. It focuses on training by feel, minimizing the need to constantly check your watch. View run trends and summaries post-workout.

Highlights
  • Haptic feedback for pace and heart rate zones
  • On-screen color cues for effort level
  • Adjustable pace or heart rate windows
  • Run trend and summary data
  • Apple Health integration
  • No account or phone app required
Features
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RunWindow taps you on the wrist when you drift outside the window you set — so you can run by feel, without looking at your watch. Pick a target: a heart-rate range or a pace range. Roll the two wheels with the Digital Crown, or pick a heart-rate zone in one tap, then press Start and drop your arm. THREE CUES, NOTHING ELSE • Fast taps, nonstop — speed up • Slow taps, nonstop — ease off • One tap — you're back in range The cue tells you what to do, never which number moved, and it keeps going until you're back in your window. Hold a steady effort right on the edge and RunWindow stays silent — it waits for a real drift, not a wobble. WHEN YOU DO GLANCE Color Field turns the whole screen into the signal: green in range, warming toward red when you push too hard, cooling toward deep blue when you're too easy, with the word on screen so colour is never the only cue. Prefer a gauge? Swipe up or down for a tick ring or a tuner. DURING AND AFTER THE RUN • Pause, resume, or change your window mid-run • Trend: your whole run drawn against your window • Summary: total time, time in window, heart-rate zones 1–5, distance and active calories BUILT FOR TRAINING, NOT TRACKING • Heart rate streams live from the watch during the workout • Pace comes from GPS, smoothed so a single bad fix can't buzz you • Quick heart-rate zones from your age, plus your own saved windows • Miles or kilometres • Every run is saved to Apple Health as a workout • No account, no phone app, no data leaves your watch RunWindow runs on Apple Watch only. It needs Health access for heart rate and Location access for pace. A one-minute demo shows every cue without either.

About

Reaction Light Trainer

Features
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Reaction Light Trainer turns the phones you already own into a full reaction-light system — the kind of setup coaches pay hundreds for, free. Lights flash in random, unpredictable colors and positions; you react and hit them as fast as you can. Because the cue is unplanned, you train true REACTIVE agility, reaction time, reflexes and hand-eye coordination — not a memorized pattern. That's the difference between reaction lights and cones or ladders, and why athletes use them. KEY FEATURES - Multi-device stations: link several phones (and Apple Watch) over Wi-Fi and spread them out as reaction pods — build lines, boxes, arcs and circuits for a whole squad. Any device hosts and starts. - Solo drills on a single phone: 30s challenge, multi-light, color go/no-go, footwork. - Go / no-go: tap only the right color to train decision speed and impulse control. - Adaptive difficulty: the deadline tightens as you get faster, keeping you at your limit. - Rounds & rest, like real interval / SAQ training. - Live stats & competition: reaction time, hits, misses, accuracy, fastest/average, per-player results and head-to-head racing. BUILT FOR - Speed, agility & quickness (SAQ), reactive agility, change of direction - Soccer & goalkeepers, basketball, tennis, badminton, table tennis, hockey, volleyball - Boxing, MMA & martial arts — hand speed and defensive reflexes - Rehab & return-to-play, balance, proprioception and sports vision - Team & youth coaching, PE classes, group fitness, and cognitive / brain training A flexible, affordable alternative to expensive reaction-light pods — using the devices you already have. Free to download. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://scoreboard.100for1.com/reactionlight/privacy/

Screenshots

Reaction Light Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RunWindow at none against Reaction Light Trainer's 2. RunWindow also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). Reaction Light Trainer's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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. Reaction Light Trainer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. RunWindow asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RunWindow ships an update daily, Reaction Light Trainer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
RunWindow versus Reaction Light Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunWindowReaction Light Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid Fieldszhenyu song

In-app purchases

None

RunWindow

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Reaction Light Trainer

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads (Yearly)$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$6.99

Questions

Is RunWindow free?
RunWindow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reaction Light Trainer free?
Reaction Light Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RunWindow or Reaction Light Trainer have ads?
Reaction Light Trainer shows ads; RunWindow does not.
Which is updated more often, RunWindow or Reaction Light Trainer?
RunWindow ships an update daily, and Reaction Light Trainer every 5 days. Most recently, RunWindow was updated on October 11, 2026 and Reaction Light Trainer on October 7, 2026.

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