Comparison

RunBuilder vs Paceboard

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

Head to head
About

RunBuilder

Create custom running workouts with detailed control over distance, time, and pace. Map out your running routes with precision, and track your progress with GPS and heart rate data. Sync your runs to Apple Health and other platforms.

Highlights
  • Custom workout builder
  • Plain English workout input
  • FIT file import
  • Screenshot workout import
  • Interactive course mapping
  • GPS and heart rate tracking
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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RunBuilder turns the workout in your head — or the one buried in your coach's email — into a structured session you can actually run. BUILD IT YOUR WAY • Step by step, with control over distance, time, pace, and recovery • Type or dictate it in plain English: "2 mile warmup, 6x800 at 5K pace with 400 jog, 2 mile cooldown" • Import a FIT workout file • Screenshot a workout and let RunBuilder read it • Start from a built-in template • Paste anything from the clipboard NEW: MAP YOUR COURSES • Tap out a route and watch it snap to real roads and paths • Switch to straight lines for tracks and trails • Distance and elevation gain update as you build • Mile or kilometer markers appear right on the map • Search for a starting point anywhere in the world • Retrace to start, or route back, for an easy out-and-back or loop • Undo and redo any point • Save courses by name, then duplicate one to build a variation • Check the elevation profile before you head out • Run a course with your route and your position live on screen RUN IT • Outdoor runs with GPS, pace, distance, and heart rate • Treadmill runs with automatic speed and incline control on compatible Wahoo FTMS treadmills • Spoken step announcements and periodic audio updates • Music controls without leaving the run screen • Runs save to Apple Health, route included CONNECT YOUR GEAR • Bluetooth heart rate monitors • Foot pods and running power meters, including Stryd • Engo smart glasses, with your key metrics in view SEND IT ANYWHERE • Garmin Connect • Wahoo • Apple Watch, scheduled straight into the built-in Workout app • Export a FIT file, or a printable PDF BUILT FOR iPHONE AND iPAD Large, readable run screens meant to be glanced at mid-stride, whether the phone is in your hand or the iPad is propped on a treadmill. Workouts, settings, and courses sync across your devices with iCloud. Widgets put today's session on your Home Screen, and Siri and Shortcuts can create or start one hands-free. RUNBUILDER PRO Building workouts, mapping courses, running them, and saving to Apple Health are all free. No account required. RunBuilder Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks: • Sending workouts to Garmin Connect and Wahoo • Scheduling workouts to Apple Watch • Engo smart glasses support • Race Goal, which builds a session around your target race and finish time • Nested repeats, for complex interval structures Note: RunBuilder schedules workouts to the built-in Workout app on Apple Watch; there is no separate watch app to install. Course elevation comes from a terrain model and is approximate, especially among tall buildings.

About

Paceboard

Effortlessly transform training plans into structured, watch-ready workouts. Automatically calculates paces based on race results and syncs directly to Garmin or Apple Watch. Organizes your week and provides intelligent feedback on your training.

Highlights
  • Structured workout creation from text
  • Automatic pace calculation
  • Garmin and Apple Watch sync
  • Weekly training schedule
  • AI-powered training feedback
  • Workout sharing
  • Lap review and analysis
Features
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Paceboard turns a sentence into a structured, watch-ready session — built at your exact training paces and synced straight to your Garmin or Apple Watch. This isn't another training plan app. You already know what you're doing: your coach, your club, your training book, or your own head sets the workouts. Paceboard gets them onto your wrist, structured and paced, without the tiny screens and the pace math. YOUR PACES, SET ONCE Enter one recent race result and Paceboard calculates your training paces, from easy through threshold to reps. Every workout you build uses them automatically — no pace charts, no converting race times mid-build, no running someone else's zones. BUILD IT THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN Type the session the way your coach said it. "6×800m at interval pace with 90 seconds rest" comes back as a real structured workout, every rep and recovery in place. Edit anything by hand, or just ask for the change. STRAIGHT TO YOUR WATCH Sync to Garmin or Apple Watch and run it. Every rep, recovery and target pace on your wrist, with the alerts where they should be. YOUR WHOLE WEEK, SCHEDULED Set the week up on Sunday night and it lands on your watch for you. The calendar shows what's planned, what's done, and how the week is adding up. A COACH THAT ANSWERS BACK Ask what to run today, why a session is written the way it is, or how your last run went. Paceboard reads your recent training, your paces and your Apple Health recovery data, and answers with the workout — not a wall of text. Say the word and it rewrites the session, moves it, or builds the week. SHARE WITH YOUR CLUB Send any workout by link or QR code. One tap and everyone runs the same session at their own paces. No recreating workouts, no group chats full of screenshots. REVIEW EVERY LAP Completed runs sync back with your splits matched to every rep, so you can see exactly how you hit each interval — and what that means for the next one. BUILT FOR Garmin and Apple Watch runners training anywhere from 5K to the marathon. Runners with a coach, a club or a plan who just need it on their watch. Run clubs sharing sessions across the group. Anyone tired of building intervals on a tiny screen. Terms of Use: https://www.mypaceboard.com/terms

Screenshots

RunBuilder4 screens
Paceboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Paceboard at every 3 days against RunBuilder's every 6 weeks. RunBuilder's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RunBuilder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Paceboard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for RunBuilder against 1.0 for Paceboard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RunBuilder ships an update every 6 weeks, Paceboard every 3 days. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RunBuilder versus Paceboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunBuilderPaceboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLandWare, LLCMatthew Militante

Customer experience

RunBuilder

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Paceboard

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RunBuilder

One-time1
  • RunBuilder Pro$14.99
4 purchases

Paceboard

Subscriptions4
  • Paceboard Pro Weekly7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Paceboard Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Paceboard Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
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  • Paceboard Pro Yearly1 Year trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is RunBuilder free?
RunBuilder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Paceboard free?
Paceboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RunBuilder or Paceboard?
RunBuilder and Paceboard are both rated 1.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do RunBuilder or Paceboard have ads?
Neither RunBuilder nor Paceboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RunBuilder or Paceboard?
RunBuilder ships an update every 6 weeks, and Paceboard every 3 days. Most recently, RunBuilder was updated on September 24, 2026 and Paceboard on September 24, 2026.

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